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Josh Ruben
Actor, Director, Writer, ProducerBorn June 30, 1983 (42 years)
Joshua Benjamin Ruben (born June 30, 1983) is an award-winning actor, writer, and director whose feature film "SCARE ME" which he wrote, directed and starred alongside Aya Cash and Chris Redd, debuted at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Shudder, AMC's horror platform, bought the feature in advance of the festival premiere. For television, Josh directed sketches for "The Late Late Show" with James Corden and episodes of TruTV's "Adam Ruins Everything." As a commercial director, Josh helmed hundreds of spots for clients from Geico to Comedy Central, including a recent DiGiorno pizza campaign starring comedian Jay Pharoah. As one of the founding members of CollegeHumor's "Originals" department, Ruben has directed and/or starred in hundreds of comedic shorts, amassing views well into the billions. He recently directed and cameos in all 10 episodes of Funny or Die & Spotify's narrative podcast, "The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon." His second feature, "WEREWOLVES WITHIN" with Ubisoft Film and Television and Vanishing Angle producing, began production February 2020.
Filmography
| 2025 | Heart Eyes · as Movie Goer |
| 2024 | The Creep Tapes (TV Series) · as Brad |
| 2023 | Very Important People (2023) (TV Series) · as Kepl / Dr. Milk |
| 2023 | Bat-Canned (TV Series) · as Joker |
| 2022 | A Wounded Fawn · as Bruce Ernst |
| 2022 | Blood Relatives · as Roger |
| 2021 | Are You Happy Now · as Adam |
| 2021 | Plan B · as Philip Peterson |
| 2020 | Scare Me · as Fred |
| 2019 | Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2019 | Greener Grass · as Swim Coach |
| 2019 | Oh Jerome, No (TV Series) · as Dan 7 & 8 |
| 2019 | WTF 101 (TV Series) · as Hyena (voice) |
| 2018 | The Shivering Truth (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 2018 | Unlovable · as Sam |
| 2017 | Sunny Day (TV Series) · as Scratch |
| 2017 | What Children Do · as Pat |
| 2016 | Thanksgiving (TV Series) · as Jude Morgan |
| 2014 | Worst Friends · as Marky |
| 2014 | You're the Worst (TV Series) · as Greg |
| 2013 | Coffee Town · as Devin |
| 2013 | CAMP: College Humor (TV Series) · as Josh |
| 2013 | Precious Plum (TV Series) · as Mama |
| 2012 | For a Good Time, Call... · as Lamp Guy |
| 2012 | Above Average Presents (TV Series) · as Mark |
| 2011 | The Chris Gethard Show (TV Series) · as Man Ham |
| 2011 | Troopers (TV Series) · as Larry |
| 2010 | Full Benefits (TV Series) · as Josh |
| 2010 | Very Mary-Kate (TV Series) · as Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 2009 | Royal Pains (TV Series) · as Nate |
| 2009 | The CollegeHumor Show (TV Series) · as Trip |
| 2007 | Hardly Working (TV Series) |
| 2007 | Jake and Amir (TV Series) · as Josh |
| 2007 | Goodbye Baby · as Jeremy |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor Shorts (TV Series) · as Mama |
| 2005 | Trust the Man · as Elaine's Brother |
| 2002 | Tough Crowd (TV Series) · as South Korea |
| 1997 | Pokémon (TV Series) · as Lewis |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Ultra Violet Bartender |