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Paul Reubens

Born 1952-08-27

Died 2023-07-30

📍 Peekskill, New York, USA

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.

Filmography 135

Pee-wee as Himself

The World According to Allee Willis

as Self (archive footage)

as Pee-wee Herman (archive footage)

as Francine's Crush

The Crown with a Shadow

as Oliver (voice)

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

as Self (archive footage)

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Contestant

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

as Self (archive footage)

What We Do in the Shadows

Minecraft: Story Mode

as Ivor (voice)

as Sandy Bitensky

To Tell the Truth

as Self - Disguised Contestant

To Tell the Truth

as Self - Panelist

Gigglefudge USA!

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

as Pee-wee Herman

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

as Dybbuk (voice)

as Parenthesis (voice)

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

as The Riddler (voice)

Accidental Love

Above and Beyond

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as The Milkman (voice)

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as The Butterman (voice)

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered

as Bat-Mite (voice)

Star Wars Rebels

as RX-24 (voice)

as Elijah Van Dahl

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

as The Riddler / Sunbather (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

as Screwy Squirrel (voice)

as Jokey Smurf (voice)

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

as Bennett Ferryman

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

as The Riddler (voice)

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Comedy Bang! Bang!

as Pee-Wee Herman

as Jokey Smurf (voice)

WWE WrestleMania XXVII

as Pee-wee Herman (Appearance)

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

as Pee-wee Herman

as Weirdos' Lawyer

Life During Wartime

as Andy Kornbluth

as Gnome Ruler/Dancing Bug (voice)

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

as Pee-Wee Herman (archive footage)

The Jay Leno Show

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Bat-Mite (voice)

as Reuben (voice)

Pushing Daisies

as Oscar Vibenius

Reno 911!: Miami

as Sir Terrence

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

as Chuck Lafoon

as Golly Gopher (voice)

Hopeless Pictures

as Wyatt Borden (voice)

Tom Goes to the Mayor

as Paul (voice)

as Dennis (voice)

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

as Self (archive footage)

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland

as Hermie the Elf (voice)

The Groovenians

as Jet/The Bubbie

The Groovenians

as Jet / The Bubble (voice)

as Derek Foreal

South of Heaven, West of Hell

Doctor Dolittle

as Raccoon (voice)

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

as Fife (voice)

as Professor Spatz

Everybody Loves Raymond

E! True Hollywood Story

Dunston Checks In

as Buck LaFarge

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Lock (voice)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Penguin's Father

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

as Pee-Wee Herman (archive footage)

Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary

as Pee-wee Herman

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

as Pee-wee Herman

as Andrew J. Lansing III

as Pee-wee Herman (voice) (uncredited)

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

as Pee-wee Herman

Big Top Pee-wee

as Pee-wee Herman

as Pee-wee Herman

Back to the Beach

as Pee-Wee Herman

The Thrill Can Kill

as Pee-Wee Herman

Pee-wee's Playhouse

as Pee-wee Herman

Flight of the Navigator

as Pee-Wee Herman

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

as Pee-wee Herman

MTV Video Music Awards

as Pee-wee Herman

Meatballs: Part II

Cheeseball Presents

Cheeseball Presents

as Pee-Wee Herman

The Paragon of Comedy

as Arnie / Pee-wee Herman

as Pee Wee Herman

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Guest Interviewee

Lily for President?

as Pee Wee Herman

Twilight Theatre

as Pee Wee Herman

The Pee-wee Herman Show

as Pee-wee Herman

as Howie Hamburger Dude

The Flintstone Comedy Show

as Freaky Frankenstone

The Frankenstones

as Freaky Frankenstone (voice)

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

as Pee Wee Herman / Desk Clerk (Groundling)

The Blues Brothers

as Jack Chudnowski

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

as Cafe Counter Guy

Midnight Madness

as Pinball City Proprietor

as Dickie Nimitz

School, Girls, and You!

Saturday Night Live

as Pee-Wee Herman - Host

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts

The Brotherhood

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Golden Globe Awards

as Pee-wee Herman - Presenter