Paul Reubens (/ ˈ r uː b ən z /; né Rubenfeld; born August 27, 1952) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. As I wait anxiously for actor Paul Reubens to appear at the bar in Manhattan's Regency Hotel, I fantasize about hearing a high-pitched giggle just before I see a hyperactive goofball in a skinny gray suit, a red bow tie, and a Tintin flip hairdo a la the beloved Pee-wee Herman character he created a...BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 15 October, 2006'I feel like the time is really ripe right now,' actor says of bringing his perennial man-child out of retirement.Images of Paul Reubens as cokehead nuthouse escapee Howie the Hamburger Man from Nice Dreams - 1981Paul Reubens (b. And you might. It's not me. As he was born in NY, he holds American citizenship and is of white American ethnicity. He is 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. Paul Reubens, Actor: Pee-wee's Playhouse. Nov 10, 2016 - Explore braydencruise's board "Paul Reubens" on Pinterest. Paul Reubens was born Paul Rubenfeld on August 27, 1952 in Peekskill, New York, to Judy (Rosen), a teacher, and Milton Rubenfeld, a car salesman who had flown for the air forces of the U.S., U.K., and Israel, becoming one of the latter country's pioneering pilots. That's all fine. In July 1991, Reubens was arrested for Since 2006, Reubens has been making cameos and appearances in numerous projects, such as Reubens spent a significant amount of his childhood in In the 1970s, Reubens performed at local comedy clubs and made four guest appearances on The character of "Pee-wee Herman" originated during a 1978 improvisation exercise with The Groundlings, where Reubens came up with the idea of a man who wanted to be a comic but was so inept at telling jokes that it was obvious to the audience that he would never make it.With the help of other Groundlings like John Paragon, Phil Hartman and When Pee-wee's fame started growing, Reubens started to move away from the spotlight, keeping his name under wraps and making all his public appearance and interviews in character while billing Pee-wee as playing himself; Reubens was trying to "get the public to think that that was a real person".In 1986, Reubens (billed as Paul Mall) was the voice of the ship's computer in Reubens had not always thought of his character as one for children, but sometime during the mid-1980s, he started forming Pee-wee into the best role model he possibly could, making of his show a morally positive show that cared about issues like racial diversity.With his positive attitude and quirkiness, Pee-wee became an instant cult figure, earning a star on the Reubens has mentioned he has plans for a museum, which would contain many of the The 1991 arrest was widely covered, and Reubens and his character both became the subject of ridicule.