Paul Andrew Schneider (born March 16, 1976) is an American film actor.
Schneider was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated from the North Carolina School of Arts. He made his cinematic debut in 2000 in the independent film George Washington, directed by David Gordon Green, and later starred in All the Real Girls.
As research for his role as Jesse Baylor in Elizabethtown, director Cameron Crowe suggested that Schneider tour wi...
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Paul Andrew Schneider (born March 16, 1976) is an American film actor.
Schneider was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. He graduated from the North Carolina School of Arts. He made his cinematic debut in 2000 in the independent film George Washington, directed by David Gordon Green, and later starred in All the Real Girls.
As research for his role as Jesse Baylor in Elizabethtown, director Cameron Crowe suggested that Schneider tour with the band My Morning Jacket for five days beginning June 1, 2004. So he accompanied them to concerts held in such locations as Irving Plaza, the Webster Theater, the Theater of the Living Arts, and Stone Pony Landing.
Following Elizabethtown, Schneider was given more supporting roles in The Family Stone and Live Free or Die. In 2007, Schneider, again as a supporting actor, portrayed Gus Lindstrom in Lars and the Real Girl and Dick Liddil in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
He was named as one of the "Ten Actors to...
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