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