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Pee-Wee as Himself is a 2025 American documentary series directed and produced by Matt Wolf. It follows the life and career of actor and comedian Paul Reubens, most known for portraying the character Pee-wee Herman. It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2025. [1] [2]
Pee-wee became an instant cult figure and, for the next decade, Reubens was completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. He produced and wrote a feature film, Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), directed by Tim Burton , which was a financial and critical success.
The second film, a family friendly adventure, is called Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie by Reubens, [37] [67] and follows Pee-wee and his Playhouse friends on a road-trip adventure, meaning that they would leave the house for the first time and go out into "Puppetland". All of the original characters of the show, live-action and puppets, are ...
Additionally, Pee-wee toys were removed from Toys "R" Us stores nationwide, and a tape featuring the character's voice was excised from a studio tour at Florida's Disney-MGM Studios.
The actor had been fighting cancer privately for the past six years.
Actor Paul Reubens, who came to fame in the 1980s as children's TV star Pee-wee Herman, has died years after a cancer diagnosis, his team said Monday.
Mark Douglas Holton (born April 2, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Francis Buxton in Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), Chubby in the Teen Wolf film series, Ozzie Jones in the Leprechaun film series, and for his portrayal of serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Gacy (2003).
Paul Reubens's delightfully demented alter ego Pee-wee Herman entertained a generation of kids during the five-season, Emmy-winning run of Pee-wee's Playhouse airing on CBS from 1986 to 1990.