Paul Schneider

Acting

Born March 16, 1976, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

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).

Filmography

• Cape Fear — Detective Grayson Park
• 2025Train Dreams — Apostle Frank
• 2025Xeno — Chase
• Florida Man — Andy Boone
• A Friend of the Family — Marty
• 2022Abandoned — Dr. Carver
• 2022American Murderer — David Brown
• 2021A House on the Bayou — John Chambers
• 2021Brothers by Blood — Jimmy
• 2021The Salvation Of The World As We Know It — Bulli-Fahrer
• Tales from the Loop — George
• NOS4A2 — Jonathan 'The Hourglass' Beckett
• The Righteous Gemstones
• American Crime Story — Paul Beck
• 2016Café Society — Steve
• Chance — Ryan Winter
• Channel Zero — Mike Painter
• 2016Rules Don't Apply — Richard Miskin
• 2015The Daughter — Christian
• 2014Black Eyed Dog
• 2014Goodbye to All That — Otto Wall
• The Divide — Clark Rylance
• 2013Hello Carter — Aaron
• 2012The Babymakers — Tommy Macklin
• The Newsroom — Brian Brenner
• 2011Beloved — Henderson
• 2011The Flowers of War — Terry
• 2011Water for Elephants — Charlie
• 2009Away We Go — Courtney
• 2009Bright Star — Mr. Brown
• Parks and Recreation — Mark Brendanawicz
• 2008Pretty Bird — Beach Dog Jogger (as Otto Peotomy), Director, Writer
• 2007Lars and the Real Girl — Gus
• 2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — Dick Liddil
• 2006Live Free or Die — Lagrand
• 2005Elizabethtown — Jessie Baylor
• 2005The Family Stone — Brad Stevenson
• 200450 Ways to Leave Your Lover — Owen McCabe
• 2003All the Real Girls — Paul, Story
• 2001Security, Colorado — Paul
• 2000George Washington — Rico Rice
• Third Watch — Warner
• 1998Physical Pinball — Guy playing pool
• 1997Pleasant Grove — Bedford
• Law & Order — Daniel Strawn
• Crude
• Pretty Ugly — Terry Aldridge
• The Families Stone — Brad Stevenson