Paul Reubens as "Pee-Wee Herman" at the Academy Awards

Paul Reubens as "Pee-Wee Herman" at the Academy Awards

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(now 59 years old)

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Paul Reubens is an American actor, writer, and comedian, best known for his character Pee-wee Herman.

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  • 1980
    auditioned for Saturday Night Live for the 1980–1981 season but the position was awarded to Gilbert Gottfried
    -3 !
  • 1981
    debuted his Pee-Wee Herman character in a HBO special, The Pee-Wee Herman Show, after being angry at not being picked for Saturday Night Live
    1 !
  • 1983
    placed on probation for possession of marijuana
    -3 !
  • 1984
    starred as Pee-Wee Herman in The Pee-wee Herman Show to a capacity crowd at Carnegie Hall in New York City
    5 !
  • 1985
    starred in Pee-wee's Big Adventure which received mixed reviews but became a cult hit
    3 !
  • 1986
    September 13: starred in live-action children's series, Pee-wee's Playhouse, which aired from September 13th 1986 until November 10th 1990.
    3 !
  • 1988
    starred in Big Top Pee-wee, a less successful sequel to his original Pee-wee Herman film
    -1 !
  • 1989
    exchanged vows in a mock wedding, presided by Imelda Marcos, with Chandi Heffner
    -2 !
  • 1989
    earns a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as Pee-wee Herman
    -1 !
  • 1991
    July 1: arrested for masturbating publicly in an adult theater
    -5 !
  • 1995
    earned an Emmy nomination in the Outstanding Guest Actor category for a recurring role in hit TV series Murphy Brown
    2 !
  • 2001
    appeared as the host of You Don't Know Jack, based on the game of the same name which cancelled after six episodes due to low ratings
    -2 !
  • 2001
    April 6: starred in a comeback performance as a flamboyant hairdresser turned drug dealer with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz in Blow
    4 !
  • 2002
    November 1: arrested for owning a large collection of "vintage erotica" rumoured to contain child pornography
    -3 !
  • 2004
    March 1: possession of child pornography charges dropped but for the next three years has to register his address with the sheriff's office and not be in the company of minors without their parents' permission
    -1 !
  • 2007
    appears as in in-bred Austrian prince in an episode of 30 Rock
    1 !
  • 2010
    November 11: brings The Pee-wee Herman Show to Broadway
    4 !

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