Paul Reubens
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 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
The World According to Allee Willis
Quiz Lady
The Crown with a Shadow
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
What We Do in the Shadows
Minecraft: Story Mode
The Conners
Mosaic
To Tell the Truth
Gigglefudge USA!
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Accidental Love
Above and Beyond
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered
Star Wars Rebels
Gotham
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace
The Blacklist
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
The Smurfs 2
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TRON: Uprising
Tron: Uprising - Beck's Beginning
The Smurfs
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
Portlandia
Bob's Burgers
Conan
Life During Wartime
Adventure Time
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
The Jay Leno Show
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Chowder
Pushing Daisies
Phineas and Ferb
Reno 911!: Miami
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Dirt
Area 57
Re-Animated
30 Rock
The Tripper
Campus Ladies
Hopeless Pictures
American Dad!
Tom Goes to the Mayor
Best Week Ever
Teacher's Pet
Reno 911!
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
Overnight
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
The Groovenians
Blow
South of Heaven, West of Hell
Mystery Men
Doctor Dolittle
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
Ally McBeal
Buddy
Everybody Loves Raymond
E! True Hollywood Story
Matilda
Dunston Checks In
Serial Mom
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Batman Returns
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Star Tours
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Murphy Brown
Moonwalker
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
Big Top Pee-wee
Back to the Beach
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Flight of the Navigator
The Thrill Can Kill
227
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
MTV Video Music Awards
Meatballs: Part II
Pinocchio
Cheeseball Presents
The Paragon of Comedy
Madame's Place
Faerie Tale Theatre
Lily for President?
Pandemonium
Twilight Theatre
The Pee-wee Herman Show
Nice Dreams
The Flintstone Comedy Show
All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
The Blues Brothers
Pray TV
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Midnight Madness
Working Stiffs
Mork & Mindy
Saturday Night Live
Sesame Street
The Brotherhood
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson