Paul Schneider (actor)

For other people named Paul Schneider, see Paul Schneider (disambiguation).

Paul Schneider
Born	(1976-03-16) March 16, 1976 (age 42) Oakland, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996–present

Paul Andrew Schneider (born March 16, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) alongside Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Jeremy Renner, and his role as Mark Brendanawicz on the first two seasons of the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.^[1][2] He won a Best Actor in a Narrative Feature award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival for his performance in Angus Maclachlan's Goodbye to All That and the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society of Film Critics for his performance as Charles Armitage Brown in Bright Star.^[3][4]

Contents

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Personal life
  


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  4 Credits
  
  
  
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    4.1 Film
    
  
  
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    4.2 Television
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Awards and nominations
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

Early life

Schneider was born in Oakland, California,^[5] and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.^[6]

Career

In 2000, Schneider made his film debut in George Washington and starred in All the Real Girls.^[7][8] As research for his role as Jesse Baylor in Elizabethtown, director Cameron Crowe suggested that Schneider tour with the band My Morning Jacket for five days. Schneider accompanied the band to concerts held in such locations as Irving Plaza, the Webster Theater, the Theater of the Living Arts, and Stone Pony Landing.^{[citation needed]}

After Elizabethtown, Schneider had supporting roles in The Family Stone and Live Free or Die. In 2007, he portrayed Gus Lindstrom in Lars and the Real Girl and Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.^[6] He was named one of "Ten Actors to Watch" by Variety.^[9] In 2008, he made his directorial debut with the independent film Pretty Bird.^[10] Also in 2008, Schneider played President William Henry Harrison in a short parody miniseries entitled Drunk History Vol. 4.^[11]

In 2009, Schneider appeared as Charles Armitage Brown in Bright Star, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society of Film Critics. The award was shared with Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds.^[12] He portrayed Courtney Farlander in Away We Go.^[11]

Schneider co-starred in the NBC series Parks and Recreation as Mark Brendanawicz from 2009 to 2010.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, Schneider made his Broadway debut in Young Jean Lee's play Straight White Men as Matt. Though the production itself received mixed reviews, Schneider's performance earned praise, with The New York Times critic Jesse Green singling him out as one of the highlights of the production.^[13]

Personal life

On April 16, 2016, Schneider married Theresa Avila, an occupational therapist and co-founder of The World Lens Foundation, of which Schneider is a board member.^[14][15]

Schneider is an Innocence Project Ambassador.^[16]

Credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Pleasant Grove	Bedford	Short film
1998	Physical Pinball		Short film
2000	George Washington	Rico Rice
2003	Security, Colorado	Paul	Filmed in the Dogme 95 style.
2003	All the Real Girls	Paul	Writer
2003	Crude	Gabe
2004	50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	Owen McCabe
2005	Elizabethtown	Jesse Baylor
2005	The Family Stone	Brad Stevenson
2006	Live Free or Die	Jeff Lagrand
2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Dick Liddil
2007	Lars and the Real Girl	Gus
2008	Pretty Bird	Beach Dog Jogger	Writer, director
2009	Bright Star	Charles Armitage Brown
2009	Away We Go	Courtney Farlander
2011	Water for Elephants	Charlie O'Brien
2011	The Beloved	Henderson
2012	Flowers of War	Terry
2012	The Babymakers	Tommy Macklin
2013	Hello Carter	Aaron
2014	Goodbye to All That	Otto Wall
2014	Black Eyed Dog
2014	Straight Men/Same Bed		Short film Writer, director, producer
2015	The Daughter	Christian
2016	Café Society	Steve
2016	Rules Don't Apply	Richard Miskin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Third Watch	Thomas Warner	Guest role; 3 episodes
2008	Drunk History Vol. 4	William Henry Harrison	1 episode
2009–2010	Parks and Recreation	Mark Brendanawicz	Main role (seasons 1-2); 30 episodes
2012	The Newsroom	Brian Brenner	Guest role; 2 episodes
2014	The Divide	Clark Rylance	Main role; 8 episodes
2016	The Tunnel	Artem Baturin	Guest role; 4 episodes
2016	Channel Zero: Candle Cove	Mike Painter	Main role; 6 episodes
2017	Chance	Ryan Winter	Main role (season 2); 4 episodes
2018	The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story	Paul Beck	2 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2003	Gotham Awards	Breakthrough Award	All the Real Girls	Nominated
2004	Chlotrudis Awards	Best Original Screenplay (shared with David Gordon Green)	All the Real Girls	Nominated
2008	Sundance Film Festival	Dramatic	Pretty Bird	Nominated
2009	Alliance of Women Film Journalists	Best Supporting Actor	Bright Star	Nominated
	Hollywood Film Awards			Won
	Indiewire Critics' Poll	Best Supporting Performance	Bright Star	Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Dramatic	Pretty Bird	Nominated
	Village Voice Film Poll	Best Supporting Actor	Bright Star	Nominated
2010	National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA	Best Supporting Actor	Bright Star	Won
2012	RiverRun International Film Festival			Won
2014	Tribeca Film Festival	Best Actor in a Narrative Feature	Goodbye to All That	Won
2017	Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	Best TV Actor	Channel Zero: Candle Cove	Nominated

References

1. 
   ^ Evans, Greg (24 May 2018). "Paul Schneider Rounds Out Broadway's 'Straight White Men' Cast; Joins Josh Charles, Armie Hammer". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ Spangler, Todd (22 February 2018). "'Parks and Recreation' Team Rips Into NRA for Using Amy Poehler GIF". Variety. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
   


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   ^ Debruge, Peter (3 May 2014). "Tribeca Film Review: 'Goodbye to All That'". Variety Magazine. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
   


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   ^ Indsdorf, Annette (30 July 2012). "Paul Schneider, Versatile 'Babymaker' and 'Beloved' Actor". Huffington Post. Verizon Media. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
   


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   ^ "The Birth of Paul A. Schneider". California Birth Index. California Vital Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
   


6. 
   ^ ^ab Fischer, Jonathan (February 4, 2010). "The Nifty 50: Paul Schneider, Actor". T Magazine. New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
   


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   ^ Kehr, Dave (28 February 2003). "From the Pride of an Art School, a Sophomore Effort". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
   


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   ^ Adams, Sam (30 September 2009). "Random Roles: Paul Schneider". The A.V. Club. Onion Inc. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
   


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   ^ Idelson, Karen (19 October 2007). "Paul Schneider: 'Jesse James' star prefers life over acting school". Variety. Penske Business Media, LLC. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
   


10. 
    ^ "Up, Up and Away: Paul Schneider's "Pretty Bird"". Indiewire. January 25, 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
    


11. 
    ^ ^ab Johanson, MaryAnn. "AWFJ Women On Film - Paul Schneider on "Bright Star" and more - MaryAnn Johanson interviews". Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
    


12. 
    ^ Childress, Erik (January 4, 2010). "National Society of Film Critics 'Hurt' Oscar Chances?". Moviefone. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
    


13. 
    ^ Green, Jesse. "Review: 'Straight White Men,' Now Checking Their Privilege on Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
    


14. 
    ^ "Home". The World Lens Foundation. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
    


15. 
    ^ "theresa avila tc schneider (@theresaavilas) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
    


16. 
    ^ "Straight White Men". 2econd Stage Theatre. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
    

External links

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  Paul Schneider on IMDb


• Paul Schneider Biography - Yahoo! Movies

v t e National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor

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