Paul Schneider (actor)

**Paul Andrew Schneider** (born March 16, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Mark Brendanawicz on the first two seasons of the NBC television show _Parks and Recreation_. He also plays Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

### Film

|Year||Title||Role||class="unsortable"|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||||||
|2020|_The Sound of Philadelphia_|||||||
|TBA|_American Murderer_|David Brown|Post-production|||||

### Television

|Year||Title||Role||class="unsortable"|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|||||
|2020|_Tales from the Loop_|George|5 episodes|||||
|2020|_NOS4A2_|Jonathan "The Hourglass" Beckett|3 episodes|||||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Work|Result||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2003|Gotham Awards|Breakthrough Actor|_All the Real Girls_|||
|2004|Chlotrudis Awards|Best Original Screenplay (shared with David Gordon Green)|_All the Real Girls_|||
|2008|Sundance Film Festival|Dramatic|_Pretty Bird_|||
|rowspan="5"|2009|Alliance of Women Film Journalists|Best Supporting Actor|_Bright Star_||
|Hollywood Film Awards||||||
|Indiewire Critics' Poll|Best Supporting Performance|_Bright Star_||||
|San Diego Film Critics Society Awards|Dramatic|_Pretty Bird_||||
|Village Voice Film Poll|Best Supporting Actor|_Bright Star_||||
|2010|National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA|Best Supporting Actor|_Bright Star_|||
|2012|RiverRun International Film Festival|||||
|2014|Tribeca Film Festival|Best Actor in a Narrative Feature|_Goodbye to All That_|||
|2017|Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|Best TV Actor|_Channel Zero: Candle Cove_|||

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Paul Schneider (2018) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Schneider in July 2018
- **name**: Paul Schneider
- **birth place**: Oakland, California, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1996–present
- **education**: University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA)