Josh Ruben
Born: 1983-06-30 in Washington, D.C., USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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 Disruptors ... (Executive Producer)
- The Creep Tapes as Brad
2023
- The Knowing ... (Producer)
- Very Important People as Kepl / Dr. Milk
2022
- Blood Relatives as Roger
- Dirty Laundry as Self - Guest
- Make Some Noise as Self - Player
- A Wounded Fawn as Bruce Ernst
2021
- Werewolves Within ... (Director)
- Death to 2021 ... (Director)
- Plan B as Philip Peterson
- Are You Happy Now as Adam
2020
- Pare as Dan
- Scare Me as Fred
- Troopers: Animated as Larry (voice)
2019
- Game Changer as Self - Contestant
- Greener Grass as Swim Coach
- WTF 101 as Hyena (voice)
- Oh Jerome, No as Dan 7 & 8
- Troopers: Rise of the Budget as Larry
- The Rank Room as Self
2018
- Unlovable as Sam
- The Shivering Truth as (voice)
- TK630 as Scout Trooper
- See Plum Run as Blueberry Mama Miller
2017
- What Children Do as Pat
- Freddy Derryl as Freddy
2016
- Tond ... (Director)
2015
- Donald and Jess
- See You Around as Thomas
2014
- Worst Friends as Marky
- You're the Worst as Greg
- The Britishes as Mr. Squint
- Most Insane VO Booth Ever as Self
2013
- Yay or Nay
- CAMP as Harry
- Precious Plum as Mama
2012
- For a Good Time, Call... as Lamp Guy
2011
- Pizza Quest! ... (Director)
- Troopers as Larry
2010
- Very Mary-Kate as Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Full Benefits as Josh
- Hello, My Name Is as Donna Higby
- Josh’s Mindhouse ... (Creator)
2009
- Obvious Child as Joe
2008
- Hardly Working
- All-Nighters as Josh
- POV as Josh
- Phantom of the Office as Gale Beggy
- CollegeHumor Live
2007
- CollegeHumor Shorts as Tweetlejuice