Paul Reubens

Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, film producer, game show host, and comedian, best known for his character Peewee 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 for years. The show was called The Peewee Herman Show and it ran for five soldout months with HBO producing a successful special about it. Peewee 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 Peewee. In 1985 Peewees Big Adventure, directed by the thenunknown Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success, and soon developed into a cult film. Big Top Peewee, 1988s sequel, was less successful than its predecessor. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Peewee in the CBS Saturdaymorning childrens program Peewees Playhouse.

Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in Sarasota, Florida, where his parents, Judy and Milton Rubenfeld, owned a lamp store. His mother was a teacher. His father was an automobile salesperson who had flown for Britains Royal Air Force and for the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, later becoming one of the founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force during the 1948 ArabIsraeli War. Paul has two younger siblings, Luke , who is a dog trainer, and Abby , who is an attorney, and board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee.

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