Born on the 16th of March 1976, Paul’s complete name is Paul Andrew Schneider. He was born and brought up in Ashville located in North Carolina. He was inclined to creative work since the beginning and for this inclination he chooses to be a graduate in arts from the University of North Carolina. Paul is active into the acting industry since the year 1997 when he started off his career with the short film Pleasant Grove followed by another one named Physical Pinball in the year 1998.
Technically, Paul kicked off into movies with the film ‘George Washington’ under the role of Rico Rice. And since then he has not looked back. The year 2003 saw him in two movies Security Colorado and All the Real Girls. Interestingly, in both the name of his character was Paul and for the latter he also served as a writer. After doing a few movies like Crude in the year 2003 and 50 ways to leave your lover in the year 2005, he was seen in the Orlando Bloom starrer film ‘Elizabethtown’ in the character of Jesse Baylor. The film was directed by Cameron Crowe who advised Paul to travel with My Morning Jacket, a band. This was done for the preparation of the role. Schneider followed the advice very cautiously and travelled with eth band for 5 days to the locations wherever they went to perform. Next he was seen on feature films like Live Free or Die and The Family Stone, both in a supporting role. The movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford saw him in the pivotal role of Dick Liddil. Slowly and gradually he developed his talents of writing and direction which he showed off fluently for the 2008 flick Pretty Bird. Schneider has been actively engage with the business of movies and TV shows. In the year 2008 he was featured in the Variety’s list of ‘Ten actors to Watch.’ He has portrayed the award winning character of Charles Armitage Brown in the movie Bright Star for which he was praised by critics and even grabbed the award for best actor in a supporting role from the National society of film critics award. Thereafter he is seen in supporting roles in many movies and his latest venture is Woody Allen film slated to release in the year 2016.
The TV show ‘Parks and Recreation’ co-starred Paul in the role of the loved character of Mark Brendanawicz. However, he could be seen only for one year (2009-10) on the show and once he left never wished to come back on it.
Paul likes to keep a low profile and it is due this attitude of his that there is no information of whether he is married or has children. He is also not much into socializing; therefore his fans could not get any update regarding him through social networking sites like twitter and Facebook. Paul has earned everything in his life by his hard work and dedication. He has not only raised the bar of his net worth to 5 million USD but has also garnered sufficient respect for himself.
| Birth Date: | 16 Mar, 1976 |
| Age: | 44 yrs |
| Occupations: | Television actor Film actor Screenwriter |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Oakland |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American film actor |
| Net Worth 2021: | 1 million |
