Pee-wee as Himself
2025 · TV Show
as Self
Paul Reubens
1952-08-27
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Peekskill, New York, USA
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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.
Filmography
The World According to Allee Willis
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
DEVO
2024 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman (archive footage)
Quiz Lady
2023 · Movie
as Francine's Crush
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Crown with a Shadow
2021 · Movie
as Oliver (voice)
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · TV Show
as Self - Contestant
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
2020 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
What We Do in the Shadows
2019 · TV Show
as Paul
Minecraft: Story Mode
2018 · TV Show
as Ivor (voice)
Mosaic
2018 · TV Show
as JC Schiffer
The Conners
2018 · TV Show
as Sandy Bitensky
Gigglefudge USA!
2016 · Movie
as Self
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016 · TV Show
as Dybbuk (voice)
To Tell the Truth
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Disguised Contestant, Self - Panelist
O.W.C.A. Files
2015 · Movie
as Parenthesis (voice)
Accidental Love
2015 · Movie
as Edwin
Above and Beyond
2015 · Movie
as Self
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015 · Movie
as The Riddler (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014 · Movie
as The Riddler / Sunbather (voice)
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered
2014 · Movie
as Bat-Mite (voice)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 · TV Show
as The Butterman (voice), The Milkman (voice)
Gotham
2014 · TV Show
as Elijah Van Dahl
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Star Wars Rebels
2014 · TV Show
as RX-24 (voice)
The Final Moments of Karl Brant
2013 · Movie
as Bennett Ferryman
Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure
2013 · Movie
as Screwy Squirrel (voice)
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013 · Movie
as Self
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace
2013 · Movie
as Irv (voice)
The Smurfs 2
2013 · Movie
as Jokey Smurf (voice)
The Blacklist
2013 · TV Show
as Mr. Vargas
The Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012 · Movie
as The Riddler (voice)
Beauty Is Embarrassing
2012 · Movie
as Self
TRON: Uprising
2012 · TV Show
as Pavel
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · TV Show
as Pee-Wee Herman
WWE WrestleMania XXVII
2011 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman (Appearance)
The Smurfs
2011 · Movie
as Jokey Smurf (voice)
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
2011 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
Portlandia
2011 · TV Show
as Weirdos' Lawyer
Bob's Burgers
2011 · TV Show
as Pat (voice)
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
2011 · TV Show
as Ju-Long (voice)
Life During Wartime
2010 · Movie
as Andy Kornbluth
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
2010 · Movie
as Pee-Wee Herman (archive footage)
Adventure Time
2010 · TV Show
as Gnome Ruler/Dancing Bug (voice)
Conan
2010 · TV Show
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008 · TV Show
as Bat-Mite (voice)
Reno 911!: Miami
2007 · Movie
as Sir Terrence
Area 57
2007 · Movie
as The Alien
Dirt
2007 · TV Show
as Chuck Lafoon
Pushing Daisies
2007 · TV Show
as Oscar Vibenius
Chowder
2007 · TV Show
as Reuben (voice)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007 · TV Show
as The Moon
Re-Animated
2006 · Movie
as Golly Gopher (voice)
The Tripper
2006 · Movie
as Frank Baker
Campus Ladies
2006 · TV Show
30 Rock
2006 · TV Show
as Gerhardt
Hopeless Pictures
2005 · TV Show
American Dad!
2005 · TV Show
as Wyatt Borden (voice)
Teacher's Pet
2004 · Movie
as Dennis (voice)
Best Week Ever
2004 · TV Show
Tom Goes to the Mayor
2004 · TV Show
as Paul (voice)
Overnight
2003 · Movie
as Self
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
2003 · Movie
as Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Reno 911!
2003 · TV Show
as Rick
Rugrats: Babies in Toyland
2002 · Movie
as Hermie the Elf (voice)
The Groovenians
2002 · Movie
as Jet/The Bubbie
The Groovenians
2002 · TV Show
as Jet / The Bubble (voice)
Blow
2001 · Movie
as Derek Foreal
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You Don't Know Jack
2001 · TV Show
as Troy Stevens
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000 · Movie
as Arvid Henry
Mystery Men
1999 · Movie
as Spleen
Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Movie
as Raccoon (voice)
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997 · Movie
as Fife (voice)
Buddy
1997 · Movie
as Professor Spatz
Ally McBeal
1997 · TV Show
as Louis
Matilda
1996 · Movie
as FBI Agent
Dunston Checks In
1996 · Movie
as Buck LaFarge
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 · TV Show
as Russell
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
as Self
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993 · Movie
as Lock (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992 · Movie
as Amilyn
Batman Returns
1992 · Movie
as Penguin's Father
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990 · Movie
as Pee-Wee Herman (archive footage)
Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary
1989 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
Big Top Pee-wee
1988 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
Moonwalker
1988 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman (voice) (uncredited)
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
Murphy Brown
1988 · TV Show
as Andrew J. Lansing III
Back to the Beach
1987 · Movie
as Pee-Wee Herman
The Thrill Can Kill
1987 · Movie
as Pee-Wee Herman
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
Dolly
1987 · TV Show
as Pee-wee Herman
Flight of the Navigator
1986 · Movie
as Max (voice)
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986 · TV Show
as Pee-wee Herman
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
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All-Star Rock 'N' Wrestling Saturday Spectacular
1985 · Movie
as Pee-Wee Herman
227
1985 · TV Show
as Pee-Wee Herman
Meatballs: Part II
1984 · Movie
as Albert
Pinocchio
1984 · Movie
as Pinocchio
Cheeseball Presents
1984 · Movie
as Pee-Wee Herman
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · TV Show
as Pee-wee Herman
No image
Likely Stories Vol. 2
1983 · Movie
The Paragon of Comedy
1983 · Movie
as Arnie / Pee-wee Herman
Lily for President?
1982 · Movie
as Pee Wee Herman
Pandemonium
1982 · Movie
as Johnson
Twilight Theatre
1982 · Movie
as Pee Wee Herman
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV Show
as Pinocchio, Guest Interviewee
Madame's Place
1982 · TV Show
as Pee Wee Herman
Nice Dreams
1981 · Movie
as Howie Hamburger Dude
The Pee-wee Herman Show
1981 · Movie
as Pee-wee Herman
No image
Dream on!
1981 · Movie
The Blues Brothers
1980 · Movie
as Waiter
Pray TV
1980 · Movie
as Jack Chudnowski
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980 · Movie
as Pee Wee Herman / Desk Clerk (Groundling)
Midnight Madness
1980 · Movie
as Pinball City Proprietor
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
1980 · Movie
as Cafe Counter Guy
All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
1980 · Movie
as Self
The Flintstone Comedy Show
1980 · TV Show
as Freaky Frankenstone
The Frankenstones
1980 · TV Show
as Freaky Frankenstone (voice)
Working Stiffs
1979 · TV Show
School, Girls, and You!
1978 · Movie
as Wally Bile
Mork & Mindy
1978 · TV Show
as Dickie Nimitz
A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts
1975 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Pee-Wee Herman - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Brotherhood
1968 · Movie
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Pee-wee Herman - Presenter
Twilight Park
· Movie
as Carny/Mime
Crew Credits
Pee-wee as Himself
2025 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The House from...
2024 · Movie
In Memory Of
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 · Movie
Producer, Writer
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
2011 · Movie
Writer
Serial Mom
1994 · Movie
Thanks
Big Top Pee-wee
1988 · Movie
Producer, Writer
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988 · Movie
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986 · TV Show
Director, Producer, Writer, Creator
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985 · Movie
Writer, Set Decoration
The Pee-wee Herman Show
1981 · Movie
Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Stage Director
