Paul Reubens, Diane Salinger, Lou Cutell, E.G. Daily and Damon Martin attend Pee-wee's Big Adventure 30th anniversary screening at Hollywood Forever in Hollywood, California.
Paul Reubens, Lou Cutell, E.G. Daily, Diane Salinger and Damon Martin attend Pee-wee's Big Adventure 30th anniversary screening at Hollywood Forever in Hollywood, California.
7000 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
Paul Reubens and Cassandra Peterson attend the book launch of her new book, "Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark", at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California.
Paul Reubens, Janet Pierson and Judd Apatow attend the premiere of "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
Paul Reubens, Janet Pierson and Judd Apatow attend the premiere of "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
Paul Reubens, Janet Pierson, Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and John Lee attend Netflix presents the world premiere of "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" in Austin, Texas.
Paul Reubens attends the premiere of "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
Paul Reubens and Joe Manganiello attend the premiere of "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
Paul "Pee-Wee Herman" Reubens, John Lee, Judd Apatow and Ted Sarandos attend the premiere of "Pee-Wee's Big Holiday" at the Paramount Theater during the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
The cast and crew of "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" attend the premiere of their film during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
Paul Reubens attends the premiere of "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas.
8373 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069, United States
Paul Reubens, Michael Muller, and Laird Hamilton attend the Michael Muller and Sage Vaughn exhibit, presented by Untitled Projects, Vernissage and Agolde, at De Re Gallery in West Hollywood, California.
(Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip...)
Cheech and Chong house sit for a marijuana grower and rip off the crop. On the run from the cops, they encounter a series of L.A. area characters even weirder than themselves.
(This surprise hit showcases nerdy superstar, Pee-wee Herm...)
This surprise hit showcases nerdy superstar, Pee-wee Herman, in a mad-cap comedy-adventure about a unique "rebel," who takes to the road to track down the kidnappers of his bicycle.
(Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest....)
Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club.
(Pee-Wee Herman is a simple farmer in a small town. But so...)
Pee-Wee Herman is a simple farmer in a small town. But soon a big storm blows their way. A circus ends up at Pee Wee's farm. So he lets the circus stay at his farm for a while. The circus decides to put on a show with one lovable star, Pee-Wee.
(A group of offbeat superheroes with various peculiar tale...)
A group of offbeat superheroes with various peculiar talents - fork-throwing, precision flatulence, flying bowling balls - team up to save Champion City.
(Blow gives viewers a fast-paced look at the quick rise an...)
Blow gives viewers a fast-paced look at the quick rise and fall of George Jung, who became a premier importer of Colombian cocaine, forever changing the face of drugs in America.
(Based on the original show, that launched Pee-wee Herman ...)
Based on the original show, that launched Pee-wee Herman into an American pop culture icon, Paul Reubens' beloved quirky character brings his Playhouse to life once more.
Paul Reubens is an American actor, comedian and writer. He has appeared in many feature films and television programs. Paul is perhaps best known in the persona of his character and pseudonym, Pee-wee Herman.
Besides, Paul is a film producer and game show host.
Background
Paul Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952 in Peekskill, New York, United States. He grew up in Sarasota, where his parents owned a lamp store. His mother, Judy (Rosen) Rubenfeld, was a teacher, and his father, Milton Rubenfeld, was an automobile salesperson and one of the founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Paul has two younger siblings - Luke, a dog trainer, and Abby, an attorney and a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee.
Education
Paul Reubens attended Sarasota High School. After graduation, he was accepted into Northwestern University's summer program for gifted high-school students, where he joined the local Asolo Theater and Players of Sarasota Theater. Later, he attended Boston University, and, at that time, began auditioning for acting schools. He was turned down by several schools, including Juilliard and Carnegie-Mellon, before being accepted at the California Institute of the Arts.
After graduation from Boston University, Reubens decided to seek his fortune in Hollywood. He accepted a string of jobs, ranging from pizza chef to Fuller Brush salesman in California.
In the mid-1970's, Paul got small roles in theater productions, appeared at gigs at local comedy clubs and was a guest on The Gong Show (1976). Later, Reubens joined the comedy troupe The Groundlings and began his career as a comedian and actor of improvisational theater. In 1982, Reubens created a series about a character he had been developing for the past few years. The show was called The Pee-wee Herman Show and ran for five months. Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens would be fully committed to his character, making all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. After this character appeared on several television variety shows, Reubens co-wrote a 1985 film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Its sequel, Big Top Pee-wee, appeared in 1988. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens played the role of Pee-wee on CBS on Saturday mornings in a children's show, called Pee-wee's Playhouse.
By 1991, feeling he had "done it," Reubens cancelled his CBS series despite the network's request for another season. Pee-wee's Playhouse was showing the re-runs of its final season on CBS, when the actor was arrested for indecent exposure inside a pornographic movie theater in Sarasota, Florida. Even though Reubens denied the allegations, CBS responded by taking the remaining re-runs for the season off the air, and toy merchandisers pulled Pee-wee Herman dolls from store shelves. In addition, jokes were coined on talk shows and in the media, relating to the incident. Many of Reubens' fellow celebrities, however, felt he was being unjustly penalized for a one-time error in judgment. Though Reubens cut down on his television and film appearances, he did appear as Pee-wee on the Music Television Video Awards.
Since then, Reubens has shelved Pee-wee Herman character. He has appeared in several feature films, including Batman Returns, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Duns ton Checks In, Matilda and Buddy. Reubens did a well-received recurring guest role on the television series, Murphy Brown.
In August 2009, Reubens announced the return of The Pee-wee Herman Show. On November 1, 2010, Reubens was a special guest star on a WWE Raw episode as Pee-wee.
In 2015, Netflix acquired the rights to produce a new Pee-wee film, entitled Pee-wee's Big Holiday with Apatow and Reubens, producing the film, John Lee directing and Reubens and Paul Rust writing the screenplay. The film was released on March 18, 2016 on Netflix.
Paul Reubens is widely voted to be one of the best comedians. His Pee-wee character became an instant cult figure, earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by 1989. Paul built a Pee-wee franchise, with toys, clothes and other items, generating more than $25 million in 1988. In 2007, TV Guide named Pee-wee's Playhouse one of the top 10 TV cult classics of all time. Reubens is also a recipient of numerous awards, among which are the OFTA Television Award, BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award and Daytime Emmy Award.
(Pee-Wee Herman and his friends have wacky, imaginative fu...)
1986
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Paul's most famous character is Pee-wee Herman, a funny man-child of indeterminate age and sexuality, who created a sarcastic enthusiasm for the popular culture of the 1950's and 1960's. The geeky character's wardrobe consisted of a gray suit, a white short-sleeved shirt, accessorized with a red clip-on bow tie, and white patent-leather loafers. He wore his jet-black hair military short with a defiant tuft in front and he accentuated his lily-white complexion with pink cheeks and red lipstick. Reubens drew inspiration for Pee-wee's geeky behavior from youth he had attended summer camp with and derived his creation's boyish voice from a character he played as a child actor.
Quotations:
"I probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of."
"The moment, that I realized my name was going to be said in the same sentence as children and sex, that's really intense. That's something I knew from that very moment, whatever happens past that point, something's out there in the air, that is really bad."
"But I don't know. Pee-wee just kind of popped out one day, pretty much fully fleshed-out and fully formed."
"The public may think I'm weird. They may think I'm crazy or anything, that anyone wants to think about me. That's all fine. As long as one of the things you're not thinking about me is that I'm a pedophile. Because that's not true."
"I think my entire career path was determined for me, when I was 6 years old, watching reruns of "I Love Lucy" on TV and thinking about making people laugh."
"I've always felt like a kid, and I still feel like a kid, and I've never had any problem, tapping into my childhood, and my kid side."
"The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know."
Personality
Paul Reubens loves his iPhone. He uses it for everything - as a translator or as a distraction from conversations.
Paul likes hearing nice things about himself.
Physical Characteristics:
Paul Reubens has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes. He is 180 centimeters (5 feet 11 inches) tall and weighs 72 kilograms (158 pounds).
Quotes from others about the person
Cassandra Peterson: "The first time I saw Paul, I thought he was the funniest person I had ever seen in my entire life."
Interests
collecting memorabilia, gardening
Connections
After the release of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, rumors, surrounding Reubens' love life and his orientation, started to spread. Many believed, that Valeria Golino, who plays Pee-wee's love interest, was his girlfriend behind the scenes. Some time later, Paul exchanged vows with Chandi Heffner at Doris Duke's mansion in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was eventually confirmed, that the ceremony was a mock wedding. From 1993 to 1999 Reubens had a relationship with Debi Mazar. The relationship helped the actor overcome depression, caused by his 1991 arrest. Ultimately though, their romance didn't stand the test of time, and Paul Rubens has been single ever since.
Father:
Milton Rubenfeld
(September 13, 1919 - February 21, 2004)
Milton Rubenfeld was a pilot, who flew for the Royal Air Force and United States Army during World War II. He later became one of the five founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force in Israel's War of Independence.
Mother:
Judy (Rosen) Rubenfeld
(March 2, 1928 - January 28, 2019)
Brother:
Luke Rubenfeld
Sister:
Abby Rubenfeld
(born 1953)
Abby Rubenfeld is an American civil rights attorney, who practices in Nashville, Tennessee.
ex-spouse:
Chandi Heffner
ex-partner:
Valeria Golino
(born October 22, 1965)
Valeria Golino is an Italian actress and director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in Rain Man, Big Top Pee-wee and the two Hot Shots! films.
ex-partner:
Debi Mazar
(born August 13, 1964)
Debi Mazar is an American actress and television personality, known for playing sharp-tongued women.
in 1988, for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design, for Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986);
in 1991, for Outstanding Graphics and Title Design, for Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)
in 1988, for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design, for Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986);
in 1991, for Outstanding Graphics and Title Design, for Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)
BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Award,
United States
in 2016, for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role, for Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
in 2016, for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role, for Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
Harvard Lampoon's Elmer Award,
United States
in 1985, for Lifetime Achievement in Comedy
in 1985, for Lifetime Achievement in Comedy
NAVGTR Award
in 2011, for Performance in a Comedy, Supporting, for Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)
in 2011, for Performance in a Comedy, Supporting, for Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)
