Reubens currently resides in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, California. After 1991, Reubens drifted from public view.
He did however use the arrest as a chance to escape Pee-wee and play other roles as Paul Reubens. He had a co-starring role as a vampire henchman in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a memorable cameo in Batman Returns playing The Penguin's blue-blood father. The latter film reunited him with his Big Adventure director, Tim Burton. He performed in another Tim Burton production, 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas in the role of Lock. After that, he took small parts in Matilda and Dunston Checks In.
In 1995, he landed a recurring role on the hit TV series Murphy Brown as the network president's scheming nephew and Murphy's 76th secretary. The role earned him rave reviews and his first and only non-Pee-wee Emmy nomination. He appeared on the show until 1997.
In 1999 Reubens came back into the edge of the limelight as a character in the movie Mystery Men where he played "The Spleen", one of a group of wannabe super heroes. He was capable of subduing his adversaries with noxious blasts of "*** perfume". It was during the filming of this movie that Reubens appeared on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 1999 in one of his very first interviews not as Pee-wee. It was also on that interview that Reubens first announced plans to start writing a new Pee-wee movie. The next year, Reubens appeared as a murdering cowboy named Arvid Henry in Dwight Yoakam's movie South of Heaven, West of Hell.
In 2001 Reubens was the host of the short lived TV show based on the game You Don't Know Jack. On this show, he portrayed a character named Troy Stevens. That same year, he received his most rave reviews for a non-Pee-wee role when he played a hairdresser/drug dealer in the Johnny Depp hit Blow. In an interview discussing the film, Reubens said of his character in the film (which was based on a real person who is still in hiding), "I wanted to make him like some kind of comic relief."
2004 saw the start of Reubens appearing in public eye more regularly. In a 2004 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Reubens said that he was working on a few television and movie ideas, and that Hollywood, he hopes, has not seen the last of Reubens or his alter ego, Pee-wee. Reubens has also stated a strong possibility of a Pee-wee's Playhouse movie on an NPR interview with Terry Gross on December 27, 2004. A third Pee-wee movie was also suggested. Both, said Reubens, are actively being worked on, but no dates or official announcements were made as of this date.
Reubens, an avid video gamer since 1981, reprised his role as Lock in the video game The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge. Reubens did not voice Lock when he appeared in Kingdom Hearts II, however.
He also appeared in the second music video version of the Raconteurs song "Steady, As She Goes". It showed the band in a comical soapbox car race. Reubens played the bad guy who sabotages the race.
In early July 2006, Cartoon Network began running a promo during its Adult Swim lineup. The promo consisted of a black screen with the text, "Remember This?" displayed, while the beginning of the Pee-wee's Playhouse theme song played in the background. The commercial then faded to the text "Coming July 10 2006." A later press release and many other promos confirmed that the show's 45 original episodes would air on the block Monday to Thursday at 11 P.M. ET starting on that date. However, later on in August 2006, Adult Swim started airing Pee-wee's Playhouse at 12:00 A.M. ET.
On July 11, 2006, Reubens made a rare talk show appearance to promote Pee-wee's Playhouse on The Late Show with David Letterman, and made mention that a script was completed for a Pee-wee's Playhouse Movie which would take the characters from the 1980s television show out of the playhouse for the first time and into the real world. In a Time magazine interview, Reubens said production would start early next year for the film.
On July 30, 2006, Reubens played Rick of the citizen's patrol on the popular Comedy Central show Reno 911!. The character, Rick, wore a red beret with numerous pins on it, a pair of white gloves, and a small cape. Rick always found clues and evidence that the officers would have otherwise never found, usually making them look very novice. He spoke with a scratchy whisper throughout the entire episode until near the end when officer Dangle plays a voice recorder where Rick is making chicken noises and laughs like Pee-wee Herman.
On Saturday, August 5, 2007 at a showing of Pee-wee's Big Adventure in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA, Reubens made an appearance on stage before the show, bringing with him almost the entire cast of the film to the uproarious applause and standing ovation. E.G. Daily (Dotty), Judd Omen (Mickey, the escaped convict), Diane Salinger (Simone), Daryl Keith Roach (Chuck the bike shop owner), and Mark Holton (the dastardly Francis) were all present.
In late summer 2006 Paul announced that Pee-wee's Playhouse: The Movie has been greenlighted, although there is no word on what studio greenlighted the project. This film is family oriented, and is going into production around February 2007. In October 2006, Reubens made a rare public appearance at an east-coast fan convention, "Chiller Theater," with "Pee-wee's Playhouse" co-star, Lynne Marie Stewart. There he donned a gray suit with a bold red necktie, and signed autographed pictures and other memorabilia-- along with posing for photographs with fans.
Reubens played a prince on the 30 Rock episode "Black Tie", which aired on February 1, 2007. Paul Reubens played a veteran journalist on the FX series "Dirt". The episodes were titled "The Secret Lives of Altar Girls" (Aired Feb. 6, 2007) and "Come Together" (Aired Feb. 13, 2007). On February 25th, 2007, Reubens made an appearance on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as the moon in the closing segment of the episode "Cats". Reubens makes a cameo in Reno 911! Miami as Terry's dad. Reubens appears in The Tripper with David Arquette and Courteney Cox. It was released April 20, 2007. Starting May 2, 2007, Paul Reubens will reprise his role as Golly Gopher in the television series based on Re-Animated. Paul has made an appearance on The Andy Milonakis Show in season 3, as "Weird Beard the Weirdly Bearded Weirdsman." He's also done the voice for the character Paul, in the episode "Puddins" of "Tom Goes to the Mayor."
Reubens appeared as the Pee-wee Herman character for the first time since 1992 at Spike TV's 2007 Guys' Choice Awards in June 2007.
In early 2007 Nike SB released a style of Nike SB sneakers, Grey/Heather Dunk High Pro SB, that use a grey and white color scheme with red detail inspired by the colors of Pee-wee Herman's trademark suit and an illustration on the insole suggesting Reubens' theater arrest. No explicit reference is made to the inspiration as they are unauthorized. They are part of a "Fallen Heroes" pack which also features shoes inspired by Milli Vanilli, MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice.
Reubens will appear as homeopathic antidepressant salesman Alfredo Aldarisio in the third episode of Pushing Daisies.
2007-09-20 18:20:09
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answered by slave2art 4
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Paul Reubens (the actor who played Pee-Wee Herman) is still very much a working actor. He has appeared in numerous films in which you might not recognize him (like in Blow and Batman Returns), and he in recent years has made appearances on several TV shows, including 30 Rock, Reno 911, and Pushing Daises.
There have also been plans announced to make a third Pee-Wee movie.
For the record, Mr. Reubens is not in jail. He was arrested on child pornography charges but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and it was dropped.
2007-09-20 18:28:45
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answered by Bryce W 2
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I won't copy and paste from any other site like some have and filled a whole page. I will say he has continued to act in television, (Dirt, 30 Rock, Reno 911, Everybody Loves Raymond and many others). Movies (Blow, Batman Returns, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mystery Men, Dr. Dolittle, and one of the Beauty and the Beast movies).
He is also in the pre-production phase of another Pee Wee movie, so shedding that image doesn't seem to apply.
His charges for child porn were dropped and he never had to go to trial for them. The only "bad" thing on his record is for masterbating in an adult movie theater. Now how many do that and NOT get caught?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000607/bio
2007-09-20 18:44:14
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answered by pipi08_2000 7
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