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Josh Ruben

Josh Ruben

Born: 1983-06-30 • Washington, D.C., USA

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
Ugly Cry poster
Ugly Cry
2026
Heart Eyes poster
Heart Eyes
2025 • Movie Goer
Blood Relatives poster
Blood Relatives
2022 • Roger
A Wounded Fawn poster
A Wounded Fawn
2022 • Bruce Ernst
Are You Happy Now poster
Are You Happy Now
2021 • Adam
Plan B poster
Plan B
2021 • Philip Peterson
Pare poster
Pare
2020 • Dan
Scare Me poster
Scare Me
2020 • Fred
Greener Grass poster
Greener Grass
2019 • Swim Coach
Unlovable poster
Unlovable
2018 • Sam
TK630 poster
TK630
2018 • Scout Trooper
Freddy Derryl poster
Freddy Derryl
2017 • Freddy
What Children Do poster
What Children Do
2017 • Pat
No Image
See You Around
2015 • Thomas
No Image
Donald and Jess
2015
Worst Friends poster
Worst Friends
2014 • Marky
For a Good Time, Call... poster
For a Good Time, Call...
2012 • Lamp Guy
Obvious Child poster
Obvious Child
2009 • Joe