A two-part documentary about the life of Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday. Reubens sat for over 40 hours of interviews with director Matt Wolf to create Pee-wee as Himself.

"I was secretive about my sexuality even to my friends," Reubens revealed in the new documentary Pee-wee as Himself. View Entire Post ›

In the upcoming HBO docuseries 'Pee-wee as Himself', which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, Paul Reubens recalls the "painful" memory of being falsely labeled a "pedophile" following his two arrests.

Better known for his broad smile and silly voices, Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens becomes rawly emotional in the documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film

Culled from 40 hours of interviews and thousands of hours of archival footage, Matt Wolf's doc gives Paul Reubens his own posthumous spotlight.

The man behind Pee-wee Herman had a final chance to talk about his personal life in a posthumous documentary premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. According to Us Weekly, Paul Reubens took his opportunity in the new documentary Pee-wee as Himself to open up about his sexuality and his secret boyfriend.

I was secretive about my sexuality even to my friends… [out of] self-hatred or self-preservation,” the late actor said in an interview with HBO.

Cindy Ord/Getty Images Pee-wee Herman actor Paul Reubens opened up about his sexuality in the new documentary Pee-wee as Himself. In the new project, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday,

Paul Reubens, the man who created and inhabited the beloved, iconic character Pee-wee Herman, has posthumously come out as gay in a new two-part documentary about his life. Pee-wee as Himself, directed by Matt Wolf and distributed by HBO,

Nearly a year and a half after Pee-wee Herman star Paul Reubens passed away from acute hypoxic respiratory failure at the age of 70, the late actor came out as gay during one of his final interviews.