Paul Reubens
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Paul Reubens

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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.

Films Featuring Paul Reubens

The Blues Brothers

19807.7

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

19925.6

Flight of the Navigator

19867.0

Blow

20017.4

Matilda

19967.2

Nice Dreams

19815.8

The Pee-wee Herman Show

19817.4

WWE WrestleMania XXVII

20117.3

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

19856.5

Big Top Pee-wee

19885.0

The Brotherhood

19686.1

South of Heaven, West of Hell

20004.8

Pray TV

19805.5

The Nightmare Before Christmas

19937.8

Mystery Men

19995.9

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

19976.2

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

19805.9

The Smurfs

20115.8

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

20116.6

Buddy

19975.0

Dunston Checks In

19965.4

Life During Wartime

20105.9

Lily for President?

1982

Pandemonium

19824.8

School, Girls, and You!

19787.0

Twilight Theatre

1982

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

20137.9

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

20135.9

O.W.C.A. Files

20157.5

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

20136.8

Dream on!

Dream on!

198110.0

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

2010

Quiz Lady

20236.7

Moonwalker

19887.1

Back to the Beach

19875.9

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

20138.3

The World According to Allee Willis

2024

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

19887.2

Midnight Madness

19805.8

Accidental Love

20154.3

The Thrill Can Kill

1987

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

19807.0

Meatballs: Part II

19843.9

Above and Beyond

20157.5

Teacher's Pet

20046.1

The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

20127.5

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

20157.4

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

20146.8

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered

20146.5

Reno 911!: Miami

20075.8

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

20216.8

Beauty Is Embarrassing

20127.3

Re-Animated

20066.4

Twilight Park

Pinocchio

19845.2

The Smurfs 2

20135.7

Overnight

20036.4

Gigglefudge USA!

20161.0

Area 57

20076.7

Batman Returns

19927.0

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland

20026.0

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

19806.0

Cheeseball Presents

19842.8

The Tripper

20064.9

Likely Stories Vol. 2

Likely Stories Vol. 2

1983

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

20036.9

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

The Paragon of Comedy

19837.0

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

20166.1

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

19886.8

The Crown with a Shadow

2021

The Groovenians

20026.0

All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular

All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular

1985

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

19906.0

Cheeseball Presents

19842.8

A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts

19757.0

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

20035.0

DEVO

20247.7

Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary

198910.0

It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration

19877.0