Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens

1952-08-27 Peekskill, New York, USA 84 Credits

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 spe...

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The World According to Allee Willis

The World According to Allee Willis

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and co...

Quiz Lady

Quiz Lady

2023

as Francine's Crush

6.7
Acting

A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister, Jenny, must work together to help cove...

The Crown with a Shadow

The Crown with a Shadow

2021

as Oliver (voice)

Acting

A mixed-media animated film based on the real-world gender morphing Pink Skunk Fish. The story is led by a male fish who transforms and learns from hi...

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Gigglefudge USA!

Gigglefudge USA!

2016

as Self

1.0
Acting

Paul Reubens introduces a series of home videos progressively less appropriate for a certain other TV show.

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016

as Pee-wee Herman

6.1
Acting

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016

Producer, Writer

6.1
Producing Writing

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.

O.W.C.A. Files

O.W.C.A. Files

2015

as Parenthesis (voice)

7.8
Acting

When an attack on the O.W.C.A. incapacitates the animal agents, only Agent P and his animal trainees can save the day. Carl and Monogram fend for them...

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

2015

as The Riddler (voice)

7.3
Acting

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship surrenders DC Comics' multitude of Super Heroes and Super-Villains to the demented whims of ...

Accidental Love

Accidental Love

2015

as Edwin

4.3
Acting

A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when sh...

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

2015

as Self

7.4
Acting

In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence.

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered

2014

as Bat-Mite (voice)

6.5
Acting

When Batman, claiming to be a loner, refuses to join the Justice League, he is drawn into working with them when they are kidnapped one-by-one and hel...

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

2014

as The Riddler / Sunbather (voice)

6.7
Acting

The Robot Chicken crew takes a peek at what happens when the DC villains end up on the same beach as the DC heroes on spring break!

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

2013

as Irv (voice)

8.4
Acting

Mecha Mutt, a revolutionary remote-controlled lunar rover resembling a large canine, goes rogue at Houston's Annual Science Expo. Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mu...

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure

2013

as Screwy Squirrel (voice)

5.8
Acting

Tom And Jerry are among the last animals living in Storybook Town, a fairy tale-inspired theme park "where dreams come true, if you believe."

The Smurfs 2

The Smurfs 2

2013

as Jokey Smurf (voice)

5.7
Acting

The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful...

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

The Final Moments of Karl Brant

2013

as Bennett Ferryman

8.2
Acting

Set in the near future where experimental technology allows two detectives to bring a murder victim back to life in a digital state in order to questi...

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

2013

as Self

5.7
Acting

Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

2012

as The Riddler (voice)

7.5
Acting

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special brings you the awesomeness of the DC Comics universe of characters as only Robot Chicken can, with amazing guest s...

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Beauty Is Embarrassing

2012

as Self

7.3
Acting

Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the Pee-w...

The Smurfs

The Smurfs

2011

as Jokey Smurf (voice)

5.8
Acting

When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack d...

WWE WrestleMania XXVII

WWE WrestleMania XXVII

2011

as Pee-wee Herman (Appearance)

7.5
Acting

The Rock returns home to be The World’s Most Electrifying Host of WrestleMania XXVII from Atlanta, GA. The Great One will lay the SmackDown on all of...

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

2011

as Pee-wee Herman

6.6
Acting

Pee-Wee is excited when Jambi the genie grants him a wish. He wishes to fly but gets upset when he sees Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne on a romantic dat...

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

2011

Writer

6.6
Writing

Pee-Wee is excited when Jambi the genie grants him a wish. He wishes to fly but gets upset when he sees Captain Carl and Miss Yvonne on a romantic dat...

Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

2010

as Andy Kornbluth

6.0
Acting

Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solond...

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole

2010

as Pee-Wee Herman (archive footage)

Acting

Once again, this DVD is a compilation of every video I’ve ever done (outside of Vice) thread together with an elaborate film magic trick involving old...

Reno 911!: Miami

Reno 911!: Miami

2007

as Sir Terrence

5.8
Acting

A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring ...

Area 57

Area 57

2007

as The Alien

6.7
Acting

A comedy about the employees for the U.S. government, who work in a remote facility in the Nevada desert, which houses an alien creature.

Re-Animated

Re-Animated

2006

as Golly Gopher (voice)

6.4
Acting

Part live-action, part animated story about a boy who, after an awful amusement park accident, gets a brain transplant, which allows him to see cartoo...

The Tripper

The Tripper

2006

as Frank Baker

4.9
Acting

A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.

Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

2004

as Dennis (voice)

6.0
Acting

Meet Spot, a clever little dog with big dreams of becoming a real boy. When Spot finds out that a crazy scientist can make his wish come true, he take...

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

2003

Acting

From Disturbing Discoveries to Astonishing Arressts, and Tragic Endings. In this tv-special, E! countdowns the greatest moments in the entertainment i...

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

Mayor of the Sunset Strip

2003

as Self

6.8
Acting

A look at the history of fame in the world through the eyes of pop star impresario, Rodney Bingenheimer

Overnight

Overnight

2003

as Self

6.4
Acting

Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches stor...

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland

Rugrats: Babies in Toyland

2002

as Hermie the Elf (voice)

6.0
Acting

The Rugrats discover that Christmas means more than just presents and tradition when they find themselves stranded in the Stu-inspired displays at a C...

The Groovenians

The Groovenians

2002

as Jet/The Bubbie

3.0
Acting

Two space misfits named Jet and Glindy, who are searching for a planet called Groovenia.

Blow

Blow

2001

as Derek Foreal

7.4
Acting

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family....

South of Heaven, West of Hell

South of Heaven, West of Hell

2000

as Arvid Henry

4.8
Acting

Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900s. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He ...

Mystery Men

Mystery Men

1999

as Spleen

5.8
Acting

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superhe...

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle

1998

as Raccoon (voice)

5.7
Acting

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a chi...

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

1997

as Fife (voice)

6.2
Acting

Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seeded hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

Buddy

Buddy

1997

as Professor Spatz

4.8
Acting

An eccentric socialite raises a gorilla as her son.

Matilda

Matilda

1996

as FBI Agent

7.2
Acting

Matilda Wormwood is an exquisite and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia misunderstand her because they think she is...

Dunston Checks In

Dunston Checks In

1996

as Buck LaFarge

5.4
Acting

Hotel manager Robert Grant is forced by his boss to postpone his family vacation when a hotel critic checks in. Trouble is, the critic is really a vil...

Serial Mom

Serial Mom

1994

Thanks

6.7

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascinatio...

The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

as Lock (voice)

7.8
Acting

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus an...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

as Amilyn

5.6
Acting

Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill va...

Batman Returns

Batman Returns

1992

as Penguin's Father

6.9
Acting

Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds hers...

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

as Pee-wee Herman

6.0
Acting

Big Bird and his pals are making musical mayhem as they sing the goofiest, nuttiest, silliest songs ever. Join in with Sesame Street favorites Oscar, ...

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

as Pee-wee Herman

7.2
Acting

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, te...

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special

1988

Director, Executive Producer, Writer

7.2
Directing Producing Writing

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, te...

Moonwalker

Moonwalker

1988

as Pee-wee Herman (voice) (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

Moonwalker is a 1988 American experimental anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film e...

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

1988

as Pee-wee Herman

6.0
Acting

The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled video featuring the show's most memorable moments. Sing-along in this star-studded celebration!

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

as Pee-wee Herman

4.9
Acting

Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front ya...

Big Top Pee-wee

Big Top Pee-wee

1988

Producer, Writer

4.9
Producing Writing

Paul Reubens stars as Pee-wee Herman in his second full-length film about a farmer who joins the circus after a storm drops a big tent in his front ya...

Back to the Beach

Back to the Beach

1987

as Pee-Wee Herman

6.0
Acting

Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With spec...

The Thrill Can Kill

The Thrill Can Kill

1987

as Pee-Wee Herman

Acting

Pee-Wee Herman warns of the dangers of crack cocaine in this public service announcement film.

Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator

1986

as Max (voice)

6.9
Acting

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to hav...

All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular

1985

as Pee-Wee Herman

Acting

A fictional news show hosted by Hervé Villechaize is hijacked by wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper, and clips from CBS's 1985 Saturday morning lineup are sho...

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985

as Pee-wee Herman

6.5
Acting

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller ...

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

1985

Writer, Set Decoration

6.5
Writing

The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller ...

Meatballs: Part II

Meatballs: Part II

1984

as Albert

4.0
Acting

Camp Sasquatch will be bought out and closed unless owner Coach Giddy wins the boxing competition scheduled for the end of the summer. Tough city punk...

Pinocchio

Pinocchio

1984

as Pinocchio

4.8
Acting

A lonely wood-carver named Geppetto wishes for a son one night before going to bed. The Blue Fairy comes while he sleeps and partially grants the wish...

Cheeseball Presents

Cheeseball Presents

1984

3.2
Acting

A raunchy sketch comedy special created by and starring members of the Groundlings comedy troupe.

Cheeseball Presents

Cheeseball Presents

1984

as Pee-Wee Herman

3.2
Acting

A raunchy sketch comedy special created by and starring members of the Groundlings comedy troupe.

The Paragon of Comedy

The Paragon of Comedy

1983

as Arnie / Pee-wee Herman

7.0
Acting

John Paragon and friends perform comedy skits as a variety of colorful characters.

Likely Stories Vol. 2

1983

Acting

VINCE D'ANGELO is a low life, Congressman from New Jersey who'll stop at nothing to get elected to the U.S. Senate. With his sleazy, below-the-belt ca...

Lily for President?

Lily for President?

1982

as Pee Wee Herman

Acting

Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.

Pandemonium

Pandemonium

1982

as Johnson

4.4
Acting

A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of...

Twilight Theatre

Twilight Theatre

1982

as Pee Wee Herman

Acting

Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance...

Dream on!

1981

Acting

Dream On! takes real risks with cinema as form...manifesting a kind of narrative-collage. The film's action follows a group of young actors as they st...

The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Pee-wee Herman Show

1981

as Pee-wee Herman

7.2
Acting

An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children's classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee's playhouse a...

The Pee-wee Herman Show

The Pee-wee Herman Show

1981

Writer, Director, Executive Producer

7.2
Writing Directing Producing

An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children's classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee's playhouse a...

Nice Dreams

Nice Dreams

1981

as Howie Hamburger Dude

5.9
Acting

Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky comedy. The outrageous, permanently spa...

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

1980

as Self

6.0
Acting

Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to ...

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

Cheech & Chong's Next Movie

1980

as Pee Wee Herman / Desk Clerk (Groundling)

6.0
Acting

Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot en...

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

1980

as Waiter

7.7
Acting

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Pray TV

Pray TV

1980

as Jack Chudnowski

4.8
Acting

A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which ...

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

1980

as Cafe Counter Guy

6.5
Acting

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of Socrates"...

Midnight Madness

Midnight Madness

1980

as Pinball City Proprietor

5.7
Acting

A genius grad student organizes an all-night treasure hunt in which five rival teams composed of colorful oddballs furiously match wits with one anoth...

School, Girls, and You!

School, Girls, and You!

1978

as Wally Bile

Acting

It's the 1950s, and strait-laced Everdale University is about to go "co-ed"! In order to prepare its student body for the onslaught of "females" on ca...

A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts

A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts

1975

6.0
Acting

Jan Oxenberg’s charmingly raw, politically-charged and remarkably funny celebration of the American lesbian experience validates the nuanced voice of ...

The Brotherhood

The Brotherhood

1968

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerp...

Twilight Park

Twilight Park

N/A

as Carny/Mime

Acting

Twilight Park, a life size stop motion animated feature film about a boy Seraphim who along with Howie Heehaw; a rodeo show clown from Tibet, gets the...