Paul Rudd: Star of luck rises with "I Love You, Man"

Paul Rudd: Star of luck rises with "I Love You, Man"

Hollywood's comic actor Paul Rudd has worked at many dead-end jobs including one glazing hams.

(Check out Below all the latest photos of Paul Rudd at the "I Love You, Man" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals.)

Although, after years of toiling away in Hollywood's background several recent leading film roles have sent his star rising.

39-year-old Paul Rudd, for his new comedy "I Love You, Man", which debuts in U.S. theaters on Friday, sees his name and likeness plastered across billboards and other ads promoting the film, and more than ever, his talent for making people laugh is expected to sell theater tickets.

Paul Rudd is edging closer to the career of a leading comic actor like Ben Stiller , Will Ferrell , Jack Black or Vince Vaughn , charter members of Hollywood's "Frat Pack" and Rudd's fellow actors in the 2004 movie "Anchorman."

Those four, for years, have outshone Rudd, but this month finds him on the cover of April's Vanity Fair -- a spot reserved for Hollywood A-listers -- along with his "I Love You Man" co-star Jason Segel, "Pineapple Express" lead Seth Rogen and "Superbad" standout Jonah Hill.

"I'm thrilled to be kind of labeled with those guys, because I think they're all talented and funny," Rudd told Reuters. "I'm honored to be a pledge in the 'Frat Pack'."

Paul Rudd, in "I Love You, Man", plays a recently engaged real estate agent named Peter with no close friend to serve as "best man" at his wedding. Peter sets out to find a friend, meeting the brash but always fun Sydney Fife (Segel).

However, as Peter and Sydney spend more and more of their time together, his fiancee begins feeling left out.

This film exposes how pop culture words "bromance" and "mandate" can be when describing male friendships because nothing truly compares to a love relationship.