Paul Reubens
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
Actor
as Self
as Carny/Mime
as Self (archive footage)
as Francine's Crush
as Oliver (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Contestant
as Self (archive footage)
as Paul
as Ivor (voice)
as Sandy Bitensky
as JC Schiffer
as Self
as Pee-wee Herman
as Self - Disguised Contestant
as Self - Panelist
as Dybbuk (voice)
as Parenthesis (voice)
as The Riddler (voice)
as Edwin
as Self
as Bat-Mite (voice)
as The Riddler / Sunbather (voice)
as The Milkman (voice)
as The Butterman (voice)
as RX-24 (voice)
as Elijah Van Dahl
as Irv (voice)
as Screwy Squirrel
as Jokey Smurf (voice)
as Bennett Ferryman
as Self
as Mr. Vargas
as The Riddler (voice)
as Self
as Pee-Wee Herman
as Pavel
as Jokey Smurf (voice)
as Pee-wee Herman (Appearance)
as Pee-wee Herman
as Weirdos' Lawyer
as Pat (voice)
as Andy Kornbluth
as Pee-Wee Herman (archive footage)
as Self
as Gnome Ruler/Dancing Bug (voice)
as Self
as Bat-Mite (voice)
as Sir Terrence
as The Alien
as Reuben (voice)
as Oscar Vibenius
as Parenthesis (voice)
as The Moon
as Chuck Lafoon
as Golly Gopher (voice)
as Frank Baker
as Gerhardt
as Wyatt Borden (voice)
as Dennis (voice)
as Paul (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Hermie the Elf (voice)
as Jet/The Bubbie
as Jet / The Bubble (voice)
as Derek Foreal
as Arvid Henry
as Spleen
as Raccoon (voice)
as Fife (voice)
as Professor Spatz
as Louis
as FBI Agent
as Buck LaFarge
as Russell
as Self
as Lock (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Amilyn
as Penguin's Father
as Pee-wee Herman
as Pee-wee Herman
as Pee-Wee Herman (voice)
as Pee-wee Herman
as Pee-wee Herman
as Andrew J. Lansing III
as Pee-Wee Herman
as Max (voice)
as Pee-Wee Herman
as Pee-wee Herman
as Pee-Wee Herman
as Pee-wee Herman
as Pee-Wee Herman
as Albert
as Pinocchio
as Pee-wee Herman
as Arnie / Pee-wee Herman
as Pee Wee Herman
as Johnson
as Pee Wee Herman
as Pee Wee Herman
as Pinocchio
as Guest Interviewee
as Pee-wee Herman
as Howie Hamburger Dude
as Pee Wee Herman / Desk Clerk (Groundling)
as Waiter
as Jack Chudnowski
as Cafe Counter Guy
as Pinball City Proprietor
as Freaky Frankenstone
as Freaky Frankenstone (voice)
as Wally Bile
as Dickie Nimitz
as Pee-Wee Herman - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Pee-wee Herman
as Peewee Herman
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Stage Director
Crew
as Thanks
Art
as Set Decoration
Creator
as Creator