Paul Rudd in Only Murders in the Building: The Show Must...
Paul Rudd (1969 - )
Film Deaths[]
- Reno 911! Miami (2007) [Ethan the Drug Lord]: Shot in the chest by Patton Oswalt while Paul is talking to the police in his bedroom. (Played for comic effect.)
- Year One (2009) [Abel]: Beaten to death with a rock by his brother (David Cross), as Jack Black and Michael Cera look on in shock. (Played for comic effect.)
- Sausage Party (2016; animated) [Darren]: Blown up in an explosion, along with Douche (voiced by Nick Kroll), after being propelled into the air on a cart full of propane tanks set off by food voiced by Edward Norton and David Krumholtz. His blood and eye ball falls down into the crowd as they celebrate Paul and Nick's deaths.
- Mute (2018) [Cactus Bill]: Stabbed in the throat with his own knife during a struggle with Alexander Skarsgard. He bleeds to death shortly after being found by Justin Theroux who refuses to take Paul to a hospital before leaving him to die.
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)' [Scott Lang/Ant-Man]: While inside a Multiversal Power Core, Paul's body is duplicated as he is shown numerous possible future variants of himself, as explained by Corey Stoll and Jonathan Majors. One of these variants of Paul has his body torn apart when he turns giant and attempts to run for the Core, while several others fall to their deaths while making a human power to help the original Paul complete his mission. Paul survives the movie.
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) [Gary Grooberson]: Rapidly freezes to death, along with everyone else in the firehouse, when Ian Whyte uses his powers to prevent the Ghostbusters from obstructing his path. He is later brought back to life when Kumail Nanjiani uses his pyrokinetic powers to thaw them out.
- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) [Scott Lang/Antman]: Rudd doesn't appear in the film but his character appears as a giant skull in valiant world, he died sometime before the events of the film, his skull is used as Emma Corrin's base of operations.
Television Deaths[]
- Robot Chicken: Book of Corrine (2006; animated) [Jasper the Douchebag Ghost]: Provides the voice of a ghost, having died some time before his appearance.
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp; Electro/City (2015) [Andy Fleckner]: In the play-within-the-show, his character is executed by the electric chair; he survives the episode in reality.
- What If...?: What If... Zombies? (2021; animated) [Scott Lang/Ant-Man]: Infected by the zombie virus after he is attacked by Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). His head is later revived by Vision (Paul Bettany).
- Only Murders in the Building: I Know Who Did It (2022) [Ben Glenroy]: Dies of an apparent poisoning while onstage. Once Paul collapses, Steve Martin rushes to the stage to check on him, alongside Martin Short, while Selena Gomez watches from the audience, as they realise he has died.
- Only Murders in the Building: The Show Must... (2023) [Ben Glenroy]: After being clinically dead as the result of being poisoned by Linda Emond, he is revived by doctors. He is then pushed down an elevator shaft by Wesley Taylor. His body is shown when it falls through the glass ceiling of the elevator below.
- Only Murders in the Building: Escape from Planet Klongo (2024) [Glen Stubbins]: Playing Ben Glenroy's stunt double, he is suffocated with a pillow in his hospital bed by Jin Ha.
Gallery[]
Paul Rudd in Reno 911: Miami
Paul Rudd in Year One
Paul Rudd's animated death in Sausage Party
Paul Rudd in Only Murders in the Building: I Know Who Did It