Paul Reubens
Acting
🎂 1952-08-27
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.
Cast credits(138)
Self
2010
Self
2014
2014
Self
1962
Mr. Vargas
2013
2005
Wyatt Borden (voice)
2005
Gnome Ruler/Dancing Bug (voice)
2010
Russell
1996
RX-24 (voice)
2014
Self - Guest
1993
Self
2009
Elijah Van Dahl
2014
Paul
2019
1992
Pat (voice)
2011
Self
2003
Pee-wee Herman - Presenter
1944
Gerhardt
2006
Rick
2003
Sandy Bitensky
2018
Dybbuk (voice)
2016
Pee-wee Herman
1984
Andrew J. Lansing III
1988
Pinocchio
1982
Guest Interviewee
1982
Bat-Mite (voice)
2008
Pee-Wee Herman - Host
1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Freaky Frankenstone
1980
Reuben (voice)
2007
Ivor (voice)
2018
Dickie Nimitz
1978
Weirdos' Lawyer
2011
Self - Contestant
2021
Oscar Vibenius
2007
Chuck Lafoon
2007
Self - Disguised Contestant
2016
Self - Panelist
2016
Pee-Wee Herman
1985
The Milkman (voice)
2014
The Butterman (voice)
2014
Paul (voice)
2004
JC Schiffer
2018
Self
2025
Pee Wee Herman
1982
1979
Pee-Wee Herman
2012
Freaky Frankenstone (voice)
1980
The Moon
2007
Pee-wee Herman
1987
Louis
1997
Pavel
2012
Lock (voice)
1993
FBI Agent
1996
2006
Self (archive footage)
2020
Self
1996
Troy Stevens
2001
Penguin's Father
1992
2004
Jokey Smurf (voice)
2011
Pee-wee Herman
1986
Pee Wee Herman
2025
Waiter
1980
Fife (voice)
1997
Derek Foreal
2001
Jokey Smurf (voice)
2013
Amilyn
1992
Raccoon (voice)
1998
Pee-wee Herman (voice) (uncredited)
1988
Max (voice)
1986
Screwy Squirrel (voice)
2013
Pee-wee Herman
1985
Spleen
1999
Self (archive footage)
2021
Pee-wee Herman
2016
Francine's Crush
2023
Pee Wee Herman / Desk Clerk (Groundling)
1980
Dennis (voice)
2004
Buck LaFarge
1996
Howie Hamburger Dude
1981
Professor Spatz
1997
Edwin
2015
Pee-wee Herman
1988
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1968
2005
Irv (voice)
2013
Sir Terrence
2007
Bat-Mite (voice)
2014
Pee-wee Herman
1988
The Riddler (voice)
2015
Albert
1984
Pee-Wee Herman
1987
The Riddler (voice)
2012
Pinball City Proprietor
1980
The Riddler / Sunbather (voice)
2014
Self
2003
Jet / The Bubble (voice)
2002
Andy Kornbluth
2010
Frank Baker
2006
Arvid Henry
2000
Parenthesis (voice)
2015
The Alien
2007
Pee-wee Herman (Appearance)
2011
Self
2003
Self (archive footage)
2024
Pee-wee Herman
1981
Pee-wee Herman
2011
Self
2013
Johnson
1982
Cafe Counter Guy
1980
Pinocchio
1984
Pee Wee Herman
1982
Jack Chudnowski
1980
Pee Wee Herman
1982
Jet/The Bubbie
2002
Pee-wee Herman
1990
Self
2012
Golly Gopher (voice)
2006
Pee-Wee Herman (archive footage)
2010
Carny/Mime
1983
Hermie the Elf (voice)
2002
Pee-wee Herman
1988
1975
1981
Bennett Ferryman
2013
Self
1980
Self
2015
Arnie / Pee-wee Herman
1983
Pee-Wee Herman
1985
Self
2016
Wally Bile
1978
1984
Pee-Wee Herman
1984
Oliver (voice)
2021
Pee-Wee Herman
1987
