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Josh Ruben(I)

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Josh Ruben
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.
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Josh Ruben is an award-winning actor, writer, and director whose feature film SCARE ME, which he wrote, directed & 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 one of the founding members of CollegeHumor's "Originals" department, Ruben has directed and/or starred in thousands of comedic shorts, amassing views well into the billions. He directed and cameos in all 10 episodes of Funny or Die & Spotify's narrative podcast, THE LAST DEGREE OF KEVIN BACON opposite Rob Reiner, Lamorne Morris, Kyra Sedgwick, and Bacon himself. His second feature, WEREWOLVES WITHIN, premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and is distributed by IFC Films and won a Hollywood Critics Association Midseason award for "Best Indie." Ruben produced and co-stars in BLOOD RELATIVES, a heartfelt vampire road trip movie from Noah Segan, which premiered at Fantastic Fest 2022. Ruben currently stars in Travis Stevens' feature film A WOUNDED FAWN, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. Both films are now streaming on Shudder.
BornJune 30, 1983
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BornJune 30, 1983
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,000388
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd in Scare Me (2020)
    Scare Me
    5.7
    • Fred
    • 2020
    Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Glenn Fleshler, Michaela Watkins, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Milana Vayntrub, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Sam Richardson, and George Basil in Werewolves Within (2021)
    Werewolves Within
    6.0
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2021
    You're the Worst (2014)
    You're the Worst
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Greg
    Mamoudou Athie in Oh Jerome, No (2019)
    Oh Jerome, No
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Dan 7 & 8

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Heart Eyes (2025)
      Heart Eyes
      6.1
      • Movie Goer
      • 2025
    • The Creep Tapes (2024)
      The Creep Tapes
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Brad
      • 2024
    • Jon Hamm in Dungeon Masters (2024)
      Dungeon Masters
      7.2
      Podcast Series
      • Philipp
      • Additional Performances
      • Byron (voice) ...
      • 2024
    • Sam Reich in Game Changer (2019)
      Game Changer
      9.2
      TV Series
      • Roscoe the creepy clown
      • 2024
    • Very Important People (2023)
      Very Important People
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Kepl
      • 2024
    • Bat-Canned (2023)
      Bat-Canned
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Joker
      • 2023
    • Your Horror Show (2023)
      Your Horror Show
      Podcast Series
      • Narrator
      • 2023
    • The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings (2023)
      The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings
      7.9
      Podcast Series
      • The Hitchhiker
      • 2023
    • Noah Segan and Victoria Moroles in Blood Relatives (2022)
      Blood Relatives
      5.5
      • Roger Fieldner
      • 2022
    • Sarah Lind and Josh Ruben in A Wounded Fawn (2022)
      A Wounded Fawn
      5.5
      • Bruce Ernst
      • 2022
    • Above Average Presents (2012)
      Above Average Presents
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Mark
      • 2014–2022
    • Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show (2022)
      Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show
      7.9
      Podcast Series
      • Tony Stark
      • 2022
    • Self Center (2022)
      Self Center
      6.5
      Podcast Series
      • 2022
    • Ships of the Northern Fleet (2020)
      Ships of the Northern Fleet
      9.1
      TV Series
      • Special Guest
      • 2021
    • Are You Happy Now (2021)
      Are You Happy Now
      4.2
      • Adam
      • 2021

    Director



    • Green Bank
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Heart Eyes (2025)
      Heart Eyes
      6.1
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2025
    • Die Hart (2020)
      Die Hart
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Death to 2021 (2021)
      Death to 2021
      6.3
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Glenn Fleshler, Michaela Watkins, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Milana Vayntrub, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Sam Richardson, and George Basil in Werewolves Within (2021)
      Werewolves Within
      6.0
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2021
    • The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon (2020)
      The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon
      Podcast Series
      • Director (2020)
      • 2020
    • Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd in Scare Me (2020)
      Scare Me
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Freddy Derryl (2017)
      Freddy Derryl
      7.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Tond (2016)
      Tond
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2016
    • Boondoggle (2016)
      Boondoggle
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Adam Conover in Adam Ruins Everything (2015)
      Adam Ruins Everything
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Zoolander (2001)
      Zoolander Returns to the Runway
      6.2
      Short
      • Director
      • 2015
    • GQ Originals (2014)
      GQ Originals
      3.4
      TV Series
      • co-director
      • 2014
    • Step 9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • That Couple You Know (2014)
      That Couple You Know
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Dropout (2006)
      Dropout
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009–2013

    Writer



    • Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd in Scare Me (2020)
      Scare Me
      5.7
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Cabin (2017)
      Cabin
      6.6
      Short
      • writer
      • 2017
    • Freddy Derryl (2017)
      Freddy Derryl
      7.1
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • 212: UCB House Sketch Team (2013)
      212: UCB House Sketch Team
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Dropout (2006)
      Dropout
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2011–2013
    • Hardly Working (2007)
      Hardly Working
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2012–2013

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    • Alternative name
      • Josh Rueben
    • Height
      • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
    • Born
      • June 30, 1983
      • Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    • Relatives
      • Peyton(Niece or Nephew)

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      Founding producer of the Woodstock Comedy Festival, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation with a mission: Comedy for a Cause. The WCF donates all net profits to charity partners Polaris Project and Family of Woodstock for the battle against human trafficking and domestic violence.
    • Nickname
      • Joshbo

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