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23 September 2009 11:08 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

"So...Andrei Tarkovsky!" Paul Schneider said when I sat down to talk with him. I wasn't really prepared to discuss the merits of the Russian auteur, but then neither was he -- it was the just the kind of disarming introduction you'd expect from Schneider, who's made a career of playing guys you'd want to have a beer with in films like "All the Real Girls" and "Elizabethtown." Schneider can currently be seen working his low-key charms on the Amy Poehler sitcom "Parks and Recreation," and serving as a much-needed leavening agent in Jane Campion's period romance "Bright Star."

In the film, Schneider plays once again, the best friend -- Charles Armitage Brown, the colleague and confidant of poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and unlikely rival to seamstress Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) for Keats' attention. While Whishaw and Cornish tug at the heart, Schneider's turn as the sharp-tongued Scot »

- Stephen Saito

16 September 2009 7:25 AM, PDT | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »

Paul Schneider is one of those actors who regularly spins gold from what could be utterly thankless roles. While he's currently appearing on NBC's Amy Poehler comedy Parks and Recreation, he's carved out a lovely niche on screen as a supporting actor in films like The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (where he plays a character that's particularly...randy, providing laughs amongst all the levity), Lars and the Real Girl (where he's Ryan Gosling's brother), and this year's Away We Go. He first drew notice with a starring role and co-writer credit for the romantic indie All the Real Girls (2003), directed by his fellow North Carolina School for the Arts alum David Gordon Green. Over the years, Schneider has continued to develop as an actor and writer, and he made his directing debut with the 2008 Sundance flick Pretty Bird, which he also wrote. ... »

2 articles from 2009