Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 16, 1976
Place of Birth
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Credits
47 titles
Paul Schneider
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Cape Fear
Detective Grayson Park
Train Dreams
Apostle Frank
Xeno
Chase
Florida Man
Andy Boone
American Murderer
David Brown
A Friend of the Family
Marty
Abandoned
Dr. Carver
A House on the Bayou
John Chambers
The Salvation Of The World As We Know It
Bulli-Fahrer
Brothers by Blood
Jimmy
Tales from the Loop
George
The Righteous Gemstones
NOS4A2
Jonathan 'The Hourglass' Beckett
Rules Don't Apply
Richard Miskin
Chance
Ryan Winter
Channel Zero
Mike Painter
Café Society
Steve
American Crime Story
Paul Beck
The Daughter
Christian
Goodbye to All That
Otto Wall
Black Eyed Dog
The Divide
Clark Rylance
Hello Carter
Aaron
The Babymakers
Tommy Macklin
The Newsroom
Brian Brenner
The Flowers of War
Terry
Beloved
Henderson
Water for Elephants
Charlie
Bright Star
Mr. Brown
Away We Go
Courtney
Parks and Recreation
Mark Brendanawicz
Pretty Bird
Beach Dog Jogger (as Otto Peotomy)
Lars and the Real Girl
Gus
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dick Liddil
Live Free or Die
Lagrand
The Family Stone
Brad Stevenson
Elizabethtown
Jessie Baylor
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Owen McCabe
All the Real Girls
Paul
Security, Colorado
Paul
George Washington
Rico Rice
Third Watch
Warner
Physical Pinball
Guy playing pool
Pleasant Grove
Bedford
Law & Order
Daniel Strawn
Crude
Pretty Ugly
Terry Aldridge