Paul Reubens
Actor, TV Writer
1952 –
Who is Paul Reubens?
Paul Reubens is 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, Reubens put up a show about a character he had been developing during the last few years. The show was called The Pee-wee Herman Show and it ran for five sold-out months with HBO producing a successful special about it. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and for the next decade Reubens would be completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. In 1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure, directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial success and, despite receiving mixed reviews, it developed into a cult film. Big Top Pee-wee, 1988's sequel, was less successful than its predecessor. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning children's program Pee-wee's Playhouse.
In July 1991, after deciding to take a few years' sabbatical from Pee-wee, Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult theater in Sarasota, Florida. The arrest set off a chain reaction of national media attention that changed the general public's view of Reubens and Pee-wee. The arrest postponed Reubens' involvement in big projects until 1999, when he appeared in the big-budget projects Mystery Men and Blow and started giving interviews as himself rather than as Pee-wee.
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- Born
- Aug 27, 1952
Peekskill - Also known as
- Paul Rubenfeld
- Pee Wee Herman
- Paul Mall
- Reubens
- Pee-wee Herman
- Parents
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Sarasota High School
- California Institute of the Arts
- Boston University
- Lived in
- Sarasota
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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