Josh Ruben
Birthday: Born in 1983-06-30 in Washington, D.C., USA
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
Dirty Laundry
Character: Self - Guest
Host Lily Du gathers together four guests to tell secrets, guess who they belong to, and enjoy a few drinks....
Make Some Noise
Character: Self - Player
A game show where talented contestants compete to bring to life silly prompts....
Game Changer
Character: Self - Contestant
In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win....
Troopers: Rise of the Budget
Character: Larry
A new generation of troopers search for purpose away from Dreadlord Sinister and the intergalactic grind, in this stellar sequel to the classic web series....
The Rank Room
Character: Self
Host and philosopher Katie Marovitch recruits comedians to answer life's important questions, like "What's the sexiest way to die?...
See Plum Run
Character: Blueberry Mama Miller
Hungry for power, fame, and anything else, Mama and Plum invade cushy New England with sights set on Plum's most ambitious title yet: student body president....
Troopers
Character: Larry
In intergalactic war, there are heroes, villains, and then these guys....
The Shivering Truth
Character: (voice)
A miniature propulsive omnibus clusterbomb of painfully riotous daymares all dripping with the orange goo of dream logic. A series of loosely linked emotional parables about stories within tales that crawled out of the deepest caverns of your unconscious mind and became lovingly animated in breath-slapping stop motion - in other words, it is the truth....
Oh Jerome, No
Character: Dan 7 & 8
An extremely sensitive young man in Brooklyn goes way too far in his quest to adhere to society's expectations of traditional masculinity....
WTF 101
Character: Hyena (voice)
Afternoon detention with Ms. Foxtrot leads to magical, educational, and extremely gross journeys....
WTF 101
Character: King Charles (voice)
Afternoon detention with Ms. Foxtrot leads to magical, educational, and extremely gross journeys....
Very Important People
Character: Self / Kepl / Dr. Milk
Comedians are given makeovers to be transformed into someone completely new, and then have a fully-improvised interview with host Vic Michaelis....
You're the Worst
Character: Greg
Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy Shive-Overly thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen Cutler knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together....
Troopers: Animated
Character: Larry (voice)
Rich, Larry, and Dread Lord are back! And slightly more animated!...
Hardly Working
Character:
A sketch comedy web series filmed in the CollegeHumor offices, featuring the writers....
Game Changer
Character: Self (archive footage)
In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win....
Precious Plum
Character: Mama
Precious Plum (Elaine Carroll) and her stage monster Mama (Josh Ruben) are hellbent for beauty pageant fame and free famburgers, in this Honey Boo Boo parody....
Yay or Nay
Character:
For the final rulings on controversial questions about life and pop culture, we ask the most judgmental people we know: comedians....
CollegeHumor Live
Character:
Get a front row seat for live performances from classic CollegeHumor sketch and stand up shows, featuring some of today's best comedians before they were big....
CollegeHumor Shorts
Character: Lt. Christopher Johnson
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade....
CollegeHumor Shorts
Character: Col. Hans Landa
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade....
CollegeHumor Shorts
Character: Tweetlejuice
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade....
POV
Character: Josh
Just a regular dude's point of view in this crazy world....
Very Mary-Kate
Character: Philip Seymour Hoffman
The unofficial celebrity biography of Mary-Kate Olsen, brought to spoiled rotten life by Elaine Carroll. Featuring Bodyguard, Fat Professor, and obscene wealth....
Make Some Noise
Character: Self (archive footage)
A game show where talented contestants compete to bring to life silly prompts....
Phantom of the Office
Character: Gale Beggy
The Phantom (Streeter Seidell) isn't here to make friends. He isn't here to work or haunt, either. Honestly, we think he's a freelance corporate loiterer....
Full Benefits
Character: Josh
After hours, co-workers Sarah and David secretly "dip" their "respective pens" into each other's "corporate ink," so to "speak."...
All-Nighters
Character: Josh
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever....
Precious Plum
Character: Maybe Daddy
Precious Plum (Elaine Carroll) and her stage monster Mama (Josh Ruben) are hellbent for beauty pageant fame and free famburgers, in this Honey Boo Boo parody....
All-Nighters
Character: Gale Beggy
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever....
All-Nighters
Character: Thug #1
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever....
All-Nighters
Character: Phil Hoffman
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever....
All-Nighters
Character: Hans Gruber
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever....
All-Nighters
Character: Masked Creep
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever....
All-Nighters
Character: Roger
The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever....
Game Changer
Character: Roscoe The Creepy Clown
In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win....
Very Important People
Character: Kepl / Dr. Milk
Comedians are given makeovers to be transformed into someone completely new, and then have a fully-improvised interview with host Vic Michaelis....
Game Changer
Character: Roscoe The Creepy Clown (archive footage)
In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Duncan Donuss
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Barq Dogg
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Executive from Hell
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Gale Beggy
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Donna Higby
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Perry Martin
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Denise's Friend
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Michael
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Maxmillion Jul
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
Hello, My Name Is
Character: Yeardly Tinsley
Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben....
CAMP
Character: Harry
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
CAMP
Character: Duncan
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
Most Insane VO Booth Ever
Character: Self
Josh Ruben gets some of the least helpful notes ever while recording voice-over....
CAMP
Character: Cyrus
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
CAMP
Character: Hector
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
CAMP
Character: Josh
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
CAMP
Character: Franklin
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
CAMP
Character: Barbara
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
CAMP
Character: Jarvin
Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend....
CollegeHumor Shorts
Character: Doctor
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade....
CollegeHumor Shorts
Character: Pet Store Employee
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade....
CollegeHumor Shorts
Character: Josh
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade....
CollegeHumor Shorts
Character: Sim
Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade....
The Creep Tapes
Character: Brad
A secluded serial killer lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer's questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake....
Movie Credits
A Wounded Fawn
Character: Bruce Ernst
A local museum curator who is dipping her toe back into the dating pool is targeted by a charming serial killer. When a fateful romantic getaway between the two becomes a tense game of cat and mouse, both must confront the madness within him....
TK630
Character: Scout Trooper
Marooned on a forest planet, an Imperial scout trooper hunts a lone Jedi, when he discovers an unexpected ally....
Blood Relatives
Character: Roger
A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter....
Unlovable
Character: Sam
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man....
Worst Friends
Character: Marky
The story of two childhood friends who are forced to re-think their friendship as adults. When Jake is injured in a car accident, the only person willing to take care of him is his childhood friend Sam. With the aid of a tough-as-nails physical therapist, Sam helps Jake recuperate, but when Sam's high school crush enters the picture, old habits and bitter rivalries resurface, threatening to tear their friendship apart....
Freddy Derryl
Character: Freddy
A profile of Catskill mountain derelict Freddy Derryl takes a sudden, personal twist....
Obvious Child
Character: Joe
A romantic comedy about an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location....
What Children Do
Character: Pat
A comedy about two estranged sisters brought back into each other's lives by the impending death of their grandmother....
For a Good Time, Call...
Character: Lamp Guy
College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until one fateful night, when Katie's noisy bedroom activities make Lauren barge in and discover a dirty little secret. This revelation brings them closer together, and Lauren (the brains) and Katie (the talent) concoct a wildly successful business venture. As profits swell, the girls reev...
Greener Grass
Character: Swim Coach
Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field....
Scare Me
Character: Fred
During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the dark of a Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear: Fanny is the better storyteller....
Are You Happy Now
Character: Adam
An unemployed man-child strives for happiness by proposing to his marriage-averse girlfriend, and taking a job at a run-down chicken joint....
Plan B
Character: Philip Peterson
After a regrettable first sexual encounter, a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland....
Pare
Character: Dan
A strange discovery leaves a woman haunted by her husband's absence....