
Paul Reubens
1 FOLLOWER • 75 CREDITS • AUG 27, 1952 - JUL 30, 2023 • 70
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

Saturday Night Live

American Dad!

Golden Globe Awards

E! True Hollywood Story

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Bob's Burgers

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Murphy Brown

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

30 Rock

The Blacklist

SNL Digital Shorts

Gotham

Phineas and Ferb

The Conners

Everybody Loves Raymond

What We Do in the Shadows

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

Sesame Street

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Ally McBeal

Pushing Daisies

Reno 911!

Dirt

Star Wars Rebels

The Jay Leno Show

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Faerie Tale Theatre

227

Chowder

MTV Video Music Awards

Adventure Time

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

The Smurfs

The Smurfs 2

Reno 911!: Miami

The Movies That Made Us

Moonwalker

The Blues Brothers

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Cocaine Bear

Doctor Dolittle

Batman Returns

Back to the Beach

The Brotherhood

Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered

The Flintstone Comedy Show

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Quiz Lady

Teacher's Pet

TRON: Uprising

Matilda

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Minecraft: Story Mode

The Frankenstones

Mosaic

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

The Groovenians

Flight of the Navigator

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Pee-wee's Playhouse

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Big Top Pee-wee

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

The Pee-wee Herman Show
Production Credits
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