Paul Rubenfeld was born on the 27th August, 1952 in Peekskill, New York State, USA. Known professionally as Paul Reubens, he is a comedian, actor, writer, producer and game show host, whose greatest claim to fame is that he is the creator and performer of the famous character Pee-Wee Herman. Paul Reubens has been accumulating his net worth being active in the entertainment industry since 1977.
How much is the net worth of Paul Reubens? Under the latest estimations his wealth is as much as $5 million, accumulated during his career now spanning almost 40 years.
Paul Reubens Net Worth $5 Million
Paul Reubens grew-up in Florida, where he attended Sarasota High School, afterwards studying at Northewestwrn and Boston Universities, but also auditioning for acting schools, eventually entering the California Institute of the Arts. In the 1970s, Reubens began building his net worth by playing in local dinner theatre, and making four guest appearances on “The Gong Show”. He then joined the Los Angeles improvisational theatre team, The Groundlings, where he remained a member for six years, working with Bob McClurg, John Paragon, Susan Barnes, and Phil Hartman.
At that time Reubens began wrtting sketches, and developed his improvisational skills. Together with Hartman he created the character of Pee-Wee Herman, who is an eccentric happy-go-lucky man-child, wearing a skimpy little gray suit and a red bow tie. This character became a cult figure for several decades, and added huge sums to the total size of Paul Reubens’ net worth. Subsequently he made countless appearances in the television series “The Pee-wee Herman Show”(1981–1984), the adventure comedy film “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure”(1985) directed by Tim Burton, and the children’s television series “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse”(1986–1990).
On the 26th July, 1991, Reubens was arrested in Sarasota Florida for masturbating in an adult theatre projecting Nurse Nancy. News and media were seized with a frenzy and the scandal marked the death of the character of Pee-Wee Herman; the “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse” series was already fixed at the time of this story, but CBS, put an end to the already scheduled reruns. Reubens then made an agreement with the Court of the County of Sarasota in exchange for a fine and a few announcements on public service, and Reubens kept a clean record.
Interestingly, Reubens appeared in the character of Pee-Wee on 5th September, 1991, at the MTV Video Music Awards, where he received a standing ovation when he asked the audience his famous quote: “Have you heard good jokes lately?” Reubens was arrested again in 2002 for involvement in a paedophile pornography case. Moreover, it coincided with another case involving the same type actor Jeffrey Jones. The press had doubts about this story, suggesting that paedophiles’ pornographic materials have not been acquired by Reubens intentionally, knowing he declared to be an avid collector of erotic art. On 22nd March, 2004, the charges against him in this case were lifted after he agreed to plead guilty for sexual molestation. In 2004, Paul Reubens said he was working on several television projects and films. Reubens has also confirmed that the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse film project was very close to its realization.
In June 2006, Cartoon Network started an advertising campaign for its “Adult Swim” show. Afterwards, 45 new episodes were aired from Monday to Thursday, with several other film projects around the character of Pee-Wee being suited mostly for adults. Later, Reubens relaunched his career as a Peewee Herman and gave more and more interviews in TV shows and in the press. From the 26th October, 2010 to January 2, 2011, a show “The Wee Herman Pee-show on Broadway” was performed at the Broadway Stephen Sondheimhttps://networthpost.org/paul-reubens-net-worth/ Theatre.
Overall, Paul Reubens has been involved in more than 30 films and over 40 TV productions, plus video games – all have contributed steadily to his net worth.
Talking about the personal relationships of Paul Reubens, he has dated Brooke Ashley, Charlene Gail Chandi Heffner and Debi Mazar, among others, although he has never married.
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design (1988, 1991)
Nominations
Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actor (1988), Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series (1995)
Movies
“Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure”(1985), "Big Top Pee-wee" (1988), "The Blues Brothers" (1980), "Buddy" (1997), "Blow" (2001), "Accidental Love" (2015), "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" (2016),
TV Shows
“The Wee Herman Pee-show on Broadway” (2010-2011), “The Pee-wee Herman Show”(1981–1984), “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse”(1986–1990), “The Gong Show”, "Everybody Loves Raymond", "Batman: The Brave and the Bold", "Tron: Uprising", "American Dad!", "Portlandia"
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Trademark
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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