Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 27, 1952
Place of Birth:
Peekskill, New York, USA
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Paul Reubens
Biography
Paul Reubens (August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023) was an American actor, writer, film producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor. In 1982 he began appearing in a show about a character he had been developing for years. The show, called The Pee-wee Herman Show, ran for five sold-out months, and HBO produced a successful special about it.
Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. His feature film Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success and soon developed into a cult film. Its sequel, Big Top Pee-wee (1988), was less successful. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning children's program Pee-wee's Playhouse.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pee-wee as Himself | Self |
| 2021 | Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Contestant |
| 2020 | The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | What We Do in the Shadows | Paul |
| 2018 | Minecraft: Story Mode | Ivor (voice) |
| 2018 | Mosaic | JC Schiffer |
| 2018 | The Conners | Sandy Bitensky |
| 2016 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Dybbuk (voice) |
| 2016 | To Tell the Truth | Self - Disguised Contestant |
| 2016 | To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | The Milkman (voice) |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | The Butterman (voice) |
| 2014 | Gotham | Elijah Van Dahl |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels | RX-24 (voice) |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Mr. Vargas |
| 2012 | TRON: Uprising | Pavel |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Pee-Wee Herman |
| 2011 | Portlandia | Weirdos' Lawyer |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Pat (voice) |
| 2010 | Adventure Time | Gnome Ruler/Dancing Bug (voice) |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Bat-Mite (voice) |
| 2007 | Dirt | Chuck Lafoon |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies | Oscar Vibenius |
| 2007 | Chowder | Reuben (voice) |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | The Moon |
| 2006 | Campus Ladies | |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Gerhardt |
| 2005 | Hopeless Pictures | |
| 2005 | American Dad! | |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Wyatt Borden (voice) |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever | |
| 2004 | Tom Goes to the Mayor | Paul (voice) |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2003 | Reno 911! | Rick |
| 2002 | The Groovenians | Jet / The Bubble (voice) |
| 2001 | You Don't Know Jack | Troy Stevens |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Louis |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Russell |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Andrew J. Lansing III |
| 1987 | Dolly | Pee-wee Herman |
| 1986 | Pee-wee's Playhouse | Pee-wee Herman |
| 1985 | 227 | Pee-Wee Herman |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards | Pee-wee Herman |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Pinocchio |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Guest Interviewee |
| 1982 | Madame's Place | Pee Wee Herman |
| 1980 | The Flintstone Comedy Show | Freaky Frankenstone |
| 1980 | The Frankenstones | Freaky Frankenstone (voice) |
| 1979 | Working Stiffs | |
| 1978 | Mork & Mindy | Dickie Nimitz |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Pee-Wee Herman - Host |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Pee-wee Herman - Presenter |