Josh Ruben
Actor
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
Heart Eyes
as Movie Goer 2025
For a Good Time, Call...
as Lamp Guy 2012
Greener Grass
as Swim Coach 2019
Scare Me
as Fred 2020
Plan B
as Philip Peterson 2021
A Wounded Fawn
as Bruce Ernst 2022
Unlovable
as Sam 2018
Blood Relatives
as Roger 2022
Worst Friends
as Marky 2014
Obvious Child
as Joe 2009
What Children Do
as Pat 2017
Donald and Jess
2015
Pare
as Dan 2020
Freddy Derryl
as Freddy 2017
Are You Happy Now
as Adam 2021
TK630
as Scout Trooper 2018
See You Around
as Thomas 2015