Paul Rust

Paul Rust is an American actor, comedian and writer. He starred in the 2009 film I Love You, Beth Cooper and the Netflix series Love.

Early life Rust is the son of Jeanne and Bob Rust. Rust was raised Roman Catholic and attended Gehlen Catholic High School in Le Mars, Iowa. His mother was a teacher at Le Mars Community High School and his father owned a Western goods and boot-repair shop. He graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2004.

Rust struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder in his youth.

Rust is a frequent guest on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, where he is best known for his "New No-Nos" segment. He has written for IFC's Comedy Bang! Bang! and was a writer and story editor on the revived for Netflix fourth season of Arrested Development in 2013.

Rust starred in the Judd Apatow-produced Netflix series Love (2016–2018) with Gillian Jacobs. He co-created the show with his wife, Lesley Arfin.

Rust and the comedian Charlyne Yi formed the band The Glass Beef in 2006. They appeared together in a video for "Song Away" by Hockey. He is also the lead singer and bass guitar player in the comedy rock duo Don't Stop or We'll Die with fellow comedian Michael Cassady. The band had Harris Wittels on drums until his death.

In 2018, Rust started hosting In Voorhees We Trust With Gourley and Rust with Matt Gourley, a podcast series reviewing every film in the Friday the 13th franchise. The self-proclaimed "easy-listening cozy-cast", now titled With Gourley and Rust, has had several seasons analyzing and discussing horror films.

Personal life Rust married comedy writer and author Lesley Arfin in October 2015.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Exquisite Corpse Jackson 2008 Semi-Pro Wheelchair Darren 2008 Psycho Sleepover Carl Sandersburg 2009 Inglourious Basterds Pfc. Andy Kagan 2009 I Love You, Beth Cooper Dennis Cooverman 2011 Freak Dance Weed Fiend 2013 Ass Backwards Seth 2013 iSteve Billy Corgan 2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Ernie Also co-writer 2017 Fun Mom Dinner Barry 2019 Between Two Ferns: The Movie Eugene Tennyson 2021 Queenpins Albert Anderson 2023 Robots Zach 2024 Saturday Night Paul Shaffer 2025 The Napa Boys Squirm

Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Drake & Josh Ethan Episode: "Mindy Loves Josh" 2006 Cheap Seats Canadian Violent Hugger Episode: "Amazing Games: International Toughmen" 2007 The Right Now! Show Cast Member TV special 2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon The Pie Sniffer 1 episode 2010 The Sarah Silverman Program Customer Episode: "Smellin' of Troy" 2010–2013 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Various voices 2 episodes 2011 Mr. Sunshine Director 2 episodes 2011–2012 The Life & Times of Tim Various voices 2 episodes 2012–2013 The Aquabats! Super Show! Ronmark 2 episodes 2012 Eagleheart Schwartz Episode: "Honor Thy Marshal"; uncredited 2012 Best Friends Forever Kurt McAfee Episode: "Fatal Blow Out" 2012–2016 Comedy Bang! Bang! Various roles 9 episodes; also writer 2012 Parks and Recreation Brian Raisins Episode: "Leslie vs. April" 2012 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Sid Episode: "16 Hop Street" 2012 Animal Practice Jerry Episode: "Clean-Smelling Pirate" 2012–2013 Tron: Uprising Ott (voice) 2 episodes 2012–2021 Bob's Burgers Jonas / various voices 5 episodes 2013 Arrested Development Writer, story editor (season 4) 2013 The Greatest Event in Television History Director Episode: "Hart to Hart" 2013–2014 Super Fun Night Benji 8 episodes 2016–2018 Love Gus Cruikshank 34 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer 2016 Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ Ricky Episode: "Farsi Lessons" 2016–2018 Animals. Mason / P.A. (voice) 3 episodes 2017 SuperMansion Freckles (voice) Episode: "Virtual Reality Bites" 2018 American Dad! Demetri Weinsteinpolis (voice) Episode: "The Never-Ending Stories" 2019 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Mikey Joseph Episode: "The Tattler" 2019 Black Monday Brandt Episode: "364" 2019 Drunk History John Wojtowicz Episode: "Love" 2021–2025 The Great North Ham Tobin (voice) Main role 2021–2022 Central Park Various voices 3 episodes 2021–2023 Ten Year Old Tom Randy / Host (voice) 15 episodes 2021 Santa Inc. Jeremy / Grandpa Smalls (voice) 8 episodes; also writer 2023 History of the World, Part II DNC Staffer Episode: "VIII" 2023 Digman! Kurt (voice) Episode: "Pilot" 2023 Goosebumps Mahar Episode: "Welcome to Horrorland" 2025 Big City Greens Little Big City Employee (voice) Episode: "City Wayne"

Discography Albums (with Don't Stop or We'll Die) Gorgeous (2014) Dazzle Me (2018) SONG-A-WEEK Volume One: Bloom of the Goji (2021) Lives of Leisure, SONG-A-WEEK Volume II (2021) Signature Please (2023)

EPs (with Don't Stop or We'll Die) The Ballad of Bird and Fox (2008) One of the Gang (2011) Diamond Skies Over Western Dreams (2019)