• Paul Reubens is an actor, host, comedian, writer, and film producer, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman. • His net worth is estimated to be around $5 million. • Paul began performing in comedy clubs, before joining the improvisations comedy team The Groundlings, from which he created Pee-wee Herman. • His character gained a lot of popularity, and he appeared in several projects such as “Pushing Daisies”, “The Blacklist” and “30 Rock”. • Paul was often seen in public with actress Debi Mazar, and there are rumors that he is gay based on how he portrayed Pee-wee Herman in “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday”.
Known for movies
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) as Pee-wee Herman
Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986-1990) as Pee-wee Herman / Billy Baloney
Blow (2001) as Derek Foreal
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) as Lock
Short Info
Net Worth
$5 million
Date Of Birth
August 27, 1952
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His most famous role is Pee-Wee Herman, a hyper child-man with slick short hair, who always wore a glen plaid suit that was a size too small with a red bow tie.
Who is Debi Mazar’s ex-boyfriend Paul Reubens from “Gotham”?
Paul Rubenfeld was born on 27 August 1952, in Peekskill, New York State, USA, and as Paul Reubens is an actor, host, comedian, writer, and film producer, best known for finding popularity through his character Pee-wee Herman, an integral part of the show “The Pee-wee Herman Show” and films such as “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”.
How rich is Paul Reubens? As of mid-2018, sources estimate a net worth that is at $5 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. Later in his career, he started to branch out to other roles, and has appeared in numerous projects such as “Pushing Daisies”, “The Blacklist” and “30 Rock”. As he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.
Early Life and Education
Paul grew up in Sarasota, Florida with his father. formerly a part of Britain’s Royal Air Force and later one of the founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force, and mother Judy – they were the owners of a lamp store. At a young age, he developed an interest in entertainment. as he visited the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus as frequently as he could. He also often performed with his siblings in plays at home.
He attended Sarasota High School, and during his time there, joined the local Asolo Theatre, appearing in several plays. After matriculating, he attended Boston University and also began auditioning for several acting schools, but was turned down multiple times before being accepted at the California Institute of the Arts. He moved to California and worked in a restaurant and as a salesman while taking acting lessons. Soon he would start performing in comedy clubs, before joining the improvisations comedy team The Groundlings, which he would remain a part of for six years.
During an improvisational exercise, Reubens created Pee-wee Herman, a man who wanted to be a comic but was so inept at telling jokes that the audience knew he wouldn’t make it. He failed to make the cut on the TV series “Saturday Night Live”, and thus decided to borrow money, creating his own “The Pee-wee Herman Show”. Both character and show became mainstream, and quickly attracted a large fan club, despite initial reviews citing him as bizarre. His popularity grew nonetheless, and he would make several appearances in character in “Late Night with David Letterman”.
In 1985, a film based on his character was created in which Pee-wee would go on a nationwide adventure in search of his stolen bicycle; the film received mixed reviews but was successful at the box office, eventually developing into a cult film. He was subsequently signed to create a children’s series entitled “Pee-wee’s Playhouse”, which would go on to gather a huge number of fans, both children and adults. He stayed with the show for five seasons, before deciding to take a sabbatical, as he was getting burned out from playing the character virtually full time.
The Retreat and Return
In 1991, Paul was arrested for masturbating during a film at an adult movie theatre; while he had been arrested previously, this arrest was widely covered, and support for Pee-wee was removed from television and toy stores. For many years, he would not make appearances, give interviews, or appear in talk shows. He only returned in the 1990s to work as a voice actor, before appearing in projects not connected with the Pee-Wee character. He also started doing interviews as himself, and his performance in the film “Blow” playing a hairdresser turned drug dealer, received a lot of praise.
In 2002, he was arrested once more as the police discovered that he had over 70,000 items of kitsch memorabilia, with some believing that he possessed child pornography. An investigation declared that no felony had been committed, but Paul pleaded to a lesser charge, and defended his actions by saying that he had always been a collector of erotica. However, he didn’t really check each material of the collections he bought out. Around the same time he was caring for his father, who died of cancer in 2004, after which he returned to appearing in films and television projects. Most recently, there are hints that there may be more Pee-wee productions in the offing.
Personal Life
It is known that Reubens was married to Chandi Heffner, though no details have been shared about their relationship. The marriage eventually ended in divorce, and he was later often seen in public with actress Debi Mazar. There was a rumor that they became engaged in the 1990s, but instead of denying the news, they decided to play along. There are also rumors about his sexuality, and that he is gay, based on how he portrayed Pee-wee as a gay character in “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday”. His erotica collection also contained homosexual erotica, though his personal declaration on his sexuality has never eventuated.
General Info
Net Worth
$5 million
Date Of Birth
August 27, 1952
Height
1.78 m
Profession
Screenwriter, Game Show Host, Television producer, Comedian, Film producer, Voice Actor, Set decorator, Television Director
Education
California Institute of the Arts, Sarasota High School, Boston University
Nationality
American, German
Family
Parents
Judy Rubenfeld, Milton Rubenfeld
Siblings
Abby Rubenfeld, Luke Rubenfeld
Accomplishments
Awards
TV Land Pop Culture Award, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s Series, K...
Movies
Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, Big Top Pee-wee, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Mystery Men, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Blow, The Smurfs, Batman Returns, Matilda, Flight of the Navigator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, Dunston Checks In, The Blues Brothers, Lif...
TV Shows
The Pee-wee Herman Show, Faerie Tale Theatre, Pee-wee's Playhouse, You Don't Know Jack, Hopeless Pictures, Tron: Uprising, Gotham, The Flintstone Comedy Show, Mung & Truffles
His most famous role is Pee-Wee Herman, a hyper child-man with slick short hair, who always wore a glen plaid suit that was a size too small with a red bow tie.
Quotes
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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.
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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.
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But I don't know. Pee-wee just kind of popped out one day, pretty much fully fleshed-out and fully formed.
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I probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of.
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I was Pee-wee Herman for so many years that it wasn't really a question that I didn't want to do other things.
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I would love to be in Kansas.
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The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.
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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.
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Look at me, I'm getting defensive about something that happened so many years ago, somebody said. I'll have to find out who that was and if he's still alive.
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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.
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Had we gone to trial, we had ready an expert from the Masters and Johnson Institute who was going to testify that in 30 years of research on masturbation the institute had never found one person who masturbated with his or her non-dominant hand. I'm right-handed, and the police report said I was jerking off with my left hand. That would have been the end of the case right there, proof it couldn't have been me.
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Amazingly, by way of a mutual friend of his son Christian, I learned that even Marlon Brando thought Pee-wee was a real person! He couldn't believe I was an actor who had created that persona-which is maybe the highest benediction.
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I tried to be responsible in teaching kids things I thought were good lessons, all in the context of,'it's O.K. to be wild and have a good time.'
Facts
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Fact
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Credits Joan Rivers as his favorite mentor/best friend.
Played Penguins father in both Batman Returns and in Gotham.
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His paternal grandparents were Polish Jewish immigrants. His mother was of German Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.
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Early on, he had commuted from his home in Los Angeles, California, to New York City, New York, every week for 1 year, to film Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), before the show moved to California, the following year.
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Had talked himself into moving production of Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), from New York City, New York, to Los Angeles, California, for the show's second season, had been a better move for him, much due to the uncomfortable hot weather, along with inadequate shooting conditions of working in New York City, which combined with Reubens' traveling from his California house.
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Known to be a very private man.
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Paul has brought about a Pee Wee "Revival." Earlier this year (2010) Paul brought The Pee Wee Herman Show to the Nokia theater in L.A. As of October 26th, 2010 he has brought the Pee Wee Herman show to Broadway, and he is doing shows up until January 2nd 2011. [October 2010]
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Lives a reclusive life in the Los Angeles area. [October 2002]
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Dated Debi Mazar from 1993-1999. Credits her for ending the depression resulting from his 1991 arrest.
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Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6562 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, in 1988.
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Child pornography charges stemming from 2002 were dropped from his record. The case never even went to trial. [March 2004]
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His father fought as a pilot during World War II, first for Britain's Royal Air Force and then for the United States Air Force. He was also one of the first pilots to fly in the Israeli Air Force.
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Has a sister, Abbey, who lives in Tennessee.
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Spoofed in the Eminem song and music video "Just Lose It".
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Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 214-216. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
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Former member of the comedy troupe The Groundlings.
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Arrested for misdemeanor count of possessing child pornography November 15, 2002, in Los Angeles. Posted $20,000 bail and was released.
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Credits pioneer TV children's show host Pinky Lee as a partial inspiration for his character Pee-Wee Herman. Like Reubens, Lee also wore a tight checked suit and hat as part of his characterization.
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Confirmed on his appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) that he is now bringing back the character of Pee-Wee Herman. [April 2001]
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Arrested for allegedly masturbating at an adult movie theatre. [1991]
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Was a contestant on TV's The Gong Show (1976) during the late 1970s.