American actor and comedian Paul Reubens, known for his incarnation of the eccentric Pee-Wee Herman, died on Sunday at the age of 70.
Actor and humorist Paul Reubens, famous for his incarnation of the crazy Pee-Wee Herman, a character he had played for the first time in the cinema in front of Tim Burton’s camera, died on Sunday July 30 from cancer. . The American was 70 years old.
After scouring café-theatres in the 1970s, Paul Reubens created on stage the character of Pee-Wee Herman, an eccentric and carefree man-child who never took off his red bow tie.
This endearing crank is entitled to his own television show on CBS, Pee-Wee’s Playhousebut it was his passage on the big screen in 1985, with the Pee-Wee Big Adventure of Tim Burtonwhich brings fame to the actor.
Paul Reubens then resumes his iconic role for Big Top Pee-Wee and works again under the direction of Tim Burton, playing the Penguin’s father in Batman, the challenge and lending his voice to the character of Lock in The Nightmare Before Christmas. .Jack.
Charged with exhibitionism after being arrested in 1991 while masturbating in a pornographic cinema in Florida, Paul Reubens, who admitted the facts in this case, saw his career take a big hit. After a hiatus of a few years, he is back on the sets, notably in the films Matilda, Dr. Dolittle, Mystery Men and Blow.
Paul Reubens, who once again plays the Penguin’s father in the Gotham series, also found his Pee-Wee character one last time in Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday, a film broadcast on Netflix.
The trailer for “Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday”: