Paul Rudd to Star in New Film 'Dinner for Schmucks' with Carell, Galifianakis and More

Broadway vet Paul Rudd will be starring in "Dinner for Schmucks," a new comedy for Paramount, Dreamworks, and Spyglass films alongside Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams, Steve Carell and Zach Galifianakis, according to Variety.  

The  film, directed by Jay Roach centers on a Swiss banker (Walliams) that Tim Conrad (Rudd) and his Fender Financial cohorts attempt to impress as a potential investor. Greenwood plays the role of the billionaire investor, Fender.

Paul Rudd most recently starred on Broadway in Three Days of Rain in 2006. Additional Broadway credits include: Twelfth Night and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Other theatre credits include Bash (Douglas Fairbanks Theater, NY/Canon Theater, L.A.), The Shape of Things (Promenade Theatre, NY/Almeida Theatre, London), Long Day's Journey Into Night (Lyric Theatre, London) and Ancestral Voices (George Street Playhouse/Westport Country Playhouse). He has appeared on television in include Friends, A&E's The Great Gatsby and in films such as The 40 Year Old Virgin, Anchorman, The Shape of Things, The Chateau, Wet Hot American Summer, The Cider House Rules, The Object of My Affection, Romeo + Juliet, Clueless, I Could Never Be Your Woman, Wanderlust, and Knocked Up.