Paul Schneider

Known for ActingBorn 1976-03-16 (age 50)Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Paul Andrew Schneider (born March 16, 1976) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dick Liddil in the epic western film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and his lead role as Mark Brendanawicz on the first and second seasons of the NBC political satirical sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–10). He also appeared in lead roles in the romantic drama film All the Real Girls (2003) and the comedy film The Babymakers (2012), the former of which he co-wrote with David Gordon Green and was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer. He has since appeared in supporting roles in films such as Elizabethtown (2005), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Away We Go (2009), Water for Elephants (2011), Hello Carter (2013), Rules Don't Apply (2016), Brothers by Blood (2020), and American Murderer (2022). For his portrayal of Charles Armitage Brown in the biographical romantic drama film Bright Star (2009), Schneider won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also awarded Best Actor in a Narrative Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival for his performance in the romantic comedy drama film Goodbye to All That (2014).Read more

Movies & web series

Security, Colorado

The Newsroom

Parks and Recreation

Third Watch

American Crime Story

The Righteous Gemstones

Train Dreams

The Flowers of War

Cape Fear

NOS4A2

Lars and the Real Girl

Tales from the Loop

Channel Zero

Law & Order

A Friend of the Family

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Xeno

Chance

Water for Elephants

Away We Go

Florida Man

George Washington

Bright Star

The Divide

Café Society

The Salvation Of The World As We Know It

The Daughter

The Family Stone

Elizabethtown

Beloved

American Murderer

Abandoned

All the Real Girls

Brothers by Blood

Rules Don't Apply

Hello Carter

A House on the Bayou

Physical Pinball

Live Free or Die

Pleasant Grove

Goodbye to All That

The Babymakers

Pretty Bird

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

Black Eyed Dog

Pretty Ugly

Crude

The Families Stone