Biography

Paul Schneider

by Maggie Cage,

American actor Paul Schneider is known for portraying Mark Brendanawicz on the first two season of American political satire television sitcom, Parks, and Recreation. In 2007, he listed as one of Variety Magazine's 10 Actors to Watch.

Schneider won several awards and nominations for his appearances in 2009 British-French-Australian biographical fiction romantic drama film, Bright Star, including Hollywood Film Awards, and Fangoria Chainsaw Awards among others.

Early Life And Education Of Paul Schneider

Paul Schneider was born Paul Andrew Schneider on 16th March 1976 in Asheville, North Carolina, the U.S. He belongs to White-American ethnicity/race and holds American nationality.

Schneider did his primary education from the Carolina Day School. He then joined Asheville High School. Schneider graduated from the University Of North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998. At the University, he became friends with an American filmmaker, David Gordon Green.

Paul Schneider’s Career

Paul Schneider debuted on the silver screen from the 2000 American drama film, George Washington. He worked on two short movies; Pleasant Grove and Physical Pinball before George Washington.

In 2003, Schneider made his television debut with American crime drama television series, Third Watch as a guest starring Thomas Warner. The same year, he was also cast in American romantic drama film, All the Real Girls, for which he was nominated for Gotham Awards and Chlotrudis Awards.

Schneider won Hollywood Film Awards, and National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, and Alliance of Women Film Journalists for Best Supporting Actor among many other wins and nomination for the 2009 drama film, Bright Star.

Moreover, Schneider won 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actor in a Narrative Feature for his performances in American film, Goodbye to All That. He was also nominated for Fangoria Chainsaw Awards under Best TV Actor for American horror anthology television series, Channel Zero.

Schneider made his appearances in a number of movies, such as 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, The Assa s sination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Water for Elephants, The Babymakers, Straight Men/Same Bed, whereas his television credits include Parks and Recreation, Channel Zero: Candle Cove, and Chance among others.

Paul Schneider’s Net worth

Paul Schneider earns a good amount of money from his career as an actor. As per some online sources, he has an estimated net worth not less than $5 million, however, the amount is still under review.

Schneider’s movies which made a good collection at the box office include:

Movie Budget Box office collection IMDB rating Cast Member
Elizabethtown (2005) $45 million $52 million  6.4 Orlando Bloom
Kirsten Dunst
Susan Sarandon
Alec Baldwin
Bright Star (2009) $8.5 million $14.4 million 3.5 Ben Whishaw
Abbie Cornish
Kerry Fox
Thomas Sangster
Water for Elephants (2011) $38 million  $117.1 million 6.9  Reese Witherspoon
Robert Pattinson
Christoph Waltz
Hal Holbrook
Café Society (2016) $30 million  $43.8 million 6.6 Jeannie Berlin
Steve Carell
Jesse Eisenberg
Blake Lively

Paul Schneider’s Personal life

Paul Schneider is a married man. He tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend on 2016 April 16. The identity of his wife is still not revealed, however, in his Instagram account, she goes as theresaavila tc schneider.

The Couple loves traveling and has posted a number of beautiful pictures on their social media account.

Moreover, Schneider says that 1993 New Zealand drama film, The Piano inspired him to enroll in film school. He is also a big fan of director Jane Campion.

Let’s check out the interview of Paul Schneider with BUILD Series, where he discusses his role on the SyFy Show, "Channel Zero: Candle Cove".