
Acting
Community Rating
6.1
TMDB estimate
Born
August 27, 1952
Died
July 30, 2023 (age 70)
Born in
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.

Pee-wee as Himself
Self
2025

The World According to Allee Willis
Self (archive footage)
2024

DEVO
Pee-wee Herman (archive footage)
2024

Quiz Lady
Francine's Crush
2023

The Crown with a Shadow
Oliver (voice)
2021

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage)
2021

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
2021

The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2020

What We Do in the Shadows
Paul
2019

Minecraft: Story Mode
Ivor (voice)
2018

The Conners
Sandy Bitensky
2018

Mosaic
JC Schiffer
2018

To Tell the Truth
Self - Disguised Contestant
2016

Gigglefudge USA!
Self
2016

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Pee-wee Herman
2016

DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Dybbuk (voice)
2016

O.W.C.A. Files
Parenthesis (voice)
2015

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
The Riddler (voice)
2015

Accidental Love
Edwin
2015

Above and Beyond
Self
2015