As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens was a performance artist hiding in plain sight in mainstream popular culture. His fictional ...

Ruebens’ career took off with his debut movie, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure in 1985. Made for $6 million, it grossed over $40 million. He was then offered the chance to host a kid’s TV show ...

The movie was an unexpected hit and it led to Reubens getting a Saturday morning children’s show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” in 1986. The TV show featured appearances by several actors who ...

The creator of TV character Pee-wee Herman has posthumously come out as gay as part of a documentary about his life that premiered last week at Sundance Film festival. He died in July 2023 ...

Reubens’ success as Pee-wee was undeniable. Throughout the 1980s, the character became a fixture on late night television, landing the star his Emmy-winning children’s show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” and ...

Paul Reubens, best known for playing the character Pee-wee Herman, comes out and discusses his sexual orientation in a posthumous, two-part documentary from HBO that just had its world premiere at ...

Reubens was born in Peekskill, N.Y., and grew up in Sarasota, Fla. He began his career in comedy with the Groundlings troupe in Los Angeles, then created a stage show in L.A. as the Pee-wee Herman ...