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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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Scare Me (2020)
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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
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  • Awards
    • 5 nominations

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The Tribeca Film Festival premiere of "A Wounded Fawn"
Josh Ruben in Fangoria Magazine, 2021
Josh Ruben, Rob Reiner, and Kevin Bacon recording "The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon" for Spotify
Josh Ruben in "Scare Me"
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Josh Ruben and Aya Cash at the Sundance premiere of "Scare Me"
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Josh Ruben and Lauren Sick at an event for The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2022)

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

  • UCB Comedy Originals
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Noah Segan and Victoria Moroles in Blood Relatives (2022)
    Blood Relatives
    • Roger Fieldner
    • 2022
  • A Wounded Fawn (2022)
    A Wounded Fawn
    • Bruce Ernst
    • 2022
  • Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show (2022)
    Marvel's Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show
    • Tony Stark
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Self Center (2022)
    Self Center
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Ships of the Northern Fleet (2020)
    Ships of the Northern Fleet
    • Special Guest
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Are You Happy Now (2021)
    Are You Happy Now
    • Adam
    • 2021
  • Plan B (2021)
    Plan B
    • Philip Peterson
    • 2021
  • The Adventures of Tumeke Space (2021)
    The Adventures of Tumeke Space
    • Kaltood (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Cassidy Ellis, Josh Ruben, Brendan H. Banks, Lauren Sick, Robert Allaire, Brett W. Bachman, and Dana Drori in Pare (2020)
    Pare
    • Dan
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Eat Sh*t Kenny Daniels (2020)
    Eat Sh*t Kenny Daniels
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020
  • The Shivering Truth (2018)
    The Shivering Truth
    • (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd in Scare Me (2020)
    Scare Me
    • Fred
    • 2020
  • Astronomy Club (2019)
    Astronomy Club
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Mamoudou Athie in Oh Jerome, No (2019)
    Oh Jerome, No
    • Dan 7 & 8
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Naomi Gonzalez Khan, Zoe Ward, Victoria Bruno, Pratik Shah, Arkesh Ajay, and Naomi Gonzalez Kahn in Soft & Pink (2019)
    Soft & Pink
    • Dudley
    • Short
    • 2019

Director

  • Green Bank
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Death to 2021 (2021)
    Death to 2021
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 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
    • Director (directed by)
    • 2021
  • The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon (2020)
    The Last Degree of Kevin Bacon
    • Director (2020)
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020
  • Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd in Scare Me (2020)
    Scare Me
    • Director
    • 2020
  • Freddy Derryl (2017)
    Freddy Derryl
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Tond (2016)
    Tond
    • co-director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Boondoggle (2016)
    Boondoggle
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016
  • Adam Conover in Adam Ruins Everything (2015)
    Adam Ruins Everything
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Zoolander (2001)
    Zoolander Returns to the Runway
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • GQ Originals (2014)
    GQ Originals
    • co-director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Most Expensivest Shit (2014)
    Most Expensivest Shit
    • Director
    • Video
    • 2014
  • Step 9
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • That Couple You Know (2014)
    That Couple You Know
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • CollegeHumor Originals (2006)
    CollegeHumor Originals
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2009–2013
  • Remix the Movies (2013)
    Remix the Movies
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2013

Writer

  • Josh Ruben, Aya Cash, and Chris Redd in Scare Me (2020)
    Scare Me
    • written by
    • 2020
  • Cabin (2017)
    Cabin
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Freddy Derryl (2017)
    Freddy Derryl
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Most Expensivest Shit (2014)
    Most Expensivest Shit
    • writer
    • Video
    • 2014
  • 212: UCB House Sketch Team (2013)
    212: UCB House Sketch Team
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • CollegeHumor Originals (2006)
    CollegeHumor Originals
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2013
  • Hardly Working (2007)
    Hardly Working
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Scare Me
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What Children Do
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SCARE ME Teaser Trailer
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Personal details

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  • 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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