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Name
Paul Schneider

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1976-03-16 (50 years old)

Place of Birth
Asheville, North Carolina, USA

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Dick Liddil
2007 Lars and the Real Girl as Gus
2006 Live Free or Die as Lagrand
2004 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover as Owen McCabe
2003 All the Real Girls as Paul
2009 Bright Star as Mr. Brown
2000 George Washington as Rico Rice
2011 Water for Elephants as Charlie
2011 The Flowers of War as Terry
1997 Pleasant Grove as Bedford
2012 The Babymakers as Tommy Macklin
2001 Security, Colorado as Paul
2014 Goodbye to All That as Otto Wall
2022 Abandoned as Dr. Carver
2013 Hello Carter as Aaron
2022 American Murderer as David Brown
2011 Beloved as Henderson
2005 Elizabethtown as Jessie Baylor
2015 The Daughter as Christian
2014 Black Eyed Dog
2016 Café Society as Steve
2016 Rules Don't Apply as Richard Miskin
2021 Brothers by Blood as Jimmy
2005 The Family Stone as Brad Stevenson
1998 Physical Pinball as Guy playing pool
2021 A House on the Bayou as John Chambers
2009 Away We Go as Courtney
2025 Xeno as Chase
Soon Pretty Ugly as Terry Aldridge
2025 Train Dreams as Apostle Frank
2008 Pretty Bird as Beach Dog Jogger (as Otto Peotomy)
Soon Crude

1999 Third Watch ( 3 episodes ) as Warner
2014 The Divide ( 8 episodes ) as Clark Rylance
2019 NOS4A2 ( 3 episodes ) as Jonathan 'The Hourglass' Beckett
2016 Channel Zero ( 6 episodes ) as Mike Painter
2023 Florida Man ( 5 episodes ) as Andy Boone
1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Daniel Strawn
2016 American Crime Story ( 1 episode ) as Paul Beck
2009 Parks and Recreation ( 30 episodes ) as Mark Brendanawicz
2012 The Newsroom ( 2 episodes ) as Brian Brenner
2022 A Friend of the Family ( 1 episode ) as Marty
2016 Chance ( 10 episodes ) as Ryan Winter
2020 Tales from the Loop ( 6 episodes ) as George
2019 The Righteous Gemstones ( 1 episode )
2026 Cape Fear ( 2 episodes ) as Detective Grayson Park

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