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.
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Full filmography
- The Blacklist (2013) as Mr. Vargas
- American Dad! (2005)
- American Dad! (2005) as Wyatt Borden (voice)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Adventure Time (2010) as Gnome Ruler/Dancing Bug (voice)
- Bob's Burgers (2011) as Pat (voice)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Pee-Wee Herman - Host
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Conan (2010) as Self
- Gotham (2014) as Elijah Van Dahl
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Pee-wee Herman - Presenter
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) as Dybbuk (voice)
- 30 Rock (2006) as Gerhardt
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Reno 911! (2003) as Rick
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) as Russell
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008) as Bat-Mite (voice)
- Murphy Brown (1988) as Andrew J. Lansing III
- What We Do in the Shadows (2019) as Paul
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011) as Ju-Long (voice)
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Pee-wee Herman
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)