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Paul Reubens
Peekskill, New York, USA
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 joi…
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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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2025
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
TV show Self (footage)
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2025
Pee-wee as Himself
TV show Self
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2024
The World According to Allee Willis
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
The House from...
Movie In Memory Of
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2024
DEVO
Movie Pee-wee Herman (archive footage)
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2023
Quiz Lady
Movie Francine's Crush
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2021
The Crown with a Shadow
Movie Oliver (voice)
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2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV show Self - Contestant
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2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2019
What We Do in the Shadows
TV show Paul
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2018
Minecraft: Story Mode
TV show Ivor (voice)
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2018
The Conners
TV show Sandy Bitensky
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2018
Mosaic
TV show JC Schiffer
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2016
To Tell the Truth
TV show Self - Disguised Contestant
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2016
Gigglefudge USA!
Movie Self
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2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Movie Pee-wee Herman
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2016
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV show Dybbuk (voice)
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2015
O.W.C.A. Files
Movie Parenthesis (voice)
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2015
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
Movie The Riddler (voice)
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2015
Accidental Love
Movie Edwin
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2015
Above and Beyond
Movie Self
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2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV show The Milkman (voice)
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2014
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered
Movie Bat-Mite (voice)
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2014
Star Wars Rebels
TV show RX-24 (voice)
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2014
Gotham
TV show Elijah Van Dahl
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2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Movie The Riddler / Sunbather (voice)
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace
Movie Irv (voice)
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2013
The Blacklist
TV show Mr. Vargas
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2013
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
Movie Screwy Squirrel (voice)
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2013
The Smurfs 2
Movie Jokey Smurf (voice)
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2013
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
Movie Bennett Ferryman
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2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Movie Self
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2012
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
Movie The Riddler (voice)
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2012
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Movie Self
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2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
TV show Pee-Wee Herman
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2012
TRON: Uprising
TV show Pavel
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2011
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
TV show Ju-Long (voice)
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2011
The Smurfs
Movie Jokey Smurf (voice)
