Josh Ruben

Profile

Josh Ruben 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. Born : 30th-Jun-1983

Movie Credits

A Wounded Fawn

A local museum curator who is dipping her toe back into the dating pool is targeted by a charming serial killer. When a fateful romantic getaway between the two becomes a tense game of cat and mouse, both must confront the madness within him.
Released : 11th-Jun-2022

TK630

Marooned on a forest planet, an Imperial scout trooper hunts a lone Jedi, when he discovers an unexpected ally.
Released : Unknown

Blood Relatives

A nomadic recluse living on the fringes of society reconsiders his bloodthirsty legacy when a teenage girl shows up claiming to be his daughter.
Released : 23rd-Sep-2022

Unlovable

A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Released : 1st-Nov-2018

Worst Friends

The story of two childhood friends who are forced to re-think their friendship as adults. When Jake is injured in a car accident, the only person willing to take care of him is his childhood friend Sam. With the aid of a tough-as-nails physical therapist, Sam helps Jake recuperate, but when Sam's high school crush enters the picture, old habits and bitter rivalries resurface, threatening to tear their friendship apart.
Released : 4th-Nov-2014

Freddy Derryl

A profile of Catskill mountain derelict Freddy Derryl takes a sudden, personal twist.
Released : 17th-Aug-2017

Donald and Jess

A lonely plumber fights for a customer he's fallen for.
Released : 14th-Mar-2015

Obvious Child

A romantic comedy about an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location.
Released : 22nd-Jan-2009

See You Around

See You Around is a comedy that follows Tom who, try as he might, can't get his ex girlfriend out of his head.
Released : 11th-Nov-2015

What Children Do

A comedy about two estranged sisters brought back into each other's lives by the impending death of their grandmother.
Released : 31st-Mar-2017

For a Good Time, Call...

College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until one fateful night, when Katie's noisy bedroom activities make Lauren barge in and discover a dirty little secret. This revelation brings them closer together, and Lauren (the brains) and Katie (the talent) concoct a wildly successful business venture. As profits swell, the girls reevaluate their hopes and dreams and realize that just because someone pees in your hair in college doesn't mean she won't be your best friend 10 years later.
Released : 31st-Aug-2012

Greener Grass

Suburban soccer moms find themselves constantly competing against each other in their personal lives as their kids settle their differences on the field.
Released : 17th-Oct-2019

Scare Me

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.
Released : 24th-Jan-2020

Are You Happy Now

An unemployed man-child strives for happiness by proposing to his marriage-averse girlfriend, and taking a job at a run-down chicken joint.
Released : 7th-Dec-2021

Plan B

After a regrettable first sexual encounter, a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland.
Released : 18th-Jun-2021

PARE

A strange discovery leaves a woman haunted by her husband's absence.
Released : 31st-Dec-2020

TV Credits

Dirty Laundry

Self - Guest - Host Lily Du gathers together four guests to tell secrets, guess who they belong to, and enjoy a few drinks.
Released : 11th-Apr-2022

Make Some Noise

Self - Player - A game show where talented contestants compete to bring to life silly prompts.
Released : 13th-Jun-2022

Game Changer

Self - Contestant - In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win.
Released : 20th-Sep-2019

Troopers: Rise of the Budget

Larry - A new generation of troopers search for purpose away from Dreadlord Sinister and the intergalactic grind, in this stellar sequel to the classic web series.
Released : 8th-Apr-2019

The Rank Room

Self - Host and philosopher Katie Marovitch recruits comedians to answer life's important questions, like "What's the sexiest way to die?
Released : 7th-Mar-2019

See Plum Run

- Hungry for power, fame, and anything else, Mama and Plum invade cushy New England with sights set on Plum's most ambitious title yet: student body president.
Released : 26th-Sep-2018

Troopers

Larry - In intergalactic war, there are heroes, villains, and then these guys.
Released : 28th-Feb-2011

The Shivering Truth

(voice) - A miniature propulsive omnibus clusterbomb of painfully riotous daymares all dripping with the orange goo of dream logic. A series of loosely linked emotional parables about stories within tales that crawled out of the deepest caverns of your unconscious mind and became lovingly animated in breath-slapping stop motion - in other words, it is the truth.
Released : 9th-Dec-2018

Oh Jerome, No

Dan 7 & 8 - An extremely sensitive young man in Brooklyn goes way too far in his quest to adhere to society's expectations of traditional masculinity.
Released : 25th-Sep-2019

WTF 101

Hyena (voice) - Afternoon detention with Ms. Foxtrot leads to magical, educational, and extremely gross journeys.
Released : 7th-Jan-2019

WTF 101

King Charles (voice) - Afternoon detention with Ms. Foxtrot leads to magical, educational, and extremely gross journeys.
Released : 7th-Jan-2019

Very Important People

Self / Kepl / Dr. Milk - Comedians are given makeovers to be transformed into someone completely new, and then have a fully-improvised interview with host Vic Michaelis.
Released : 15th-Dec-2023

You're the Worst

Greg - Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy Shive-Overly thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen Cutler knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together.
Released : 17th-Jul-2014

Troopers: Animated

Larry (voice) - Rich, Larry, and Dread Lord are back! And slightly more animated!
Released : 18th-Nov-2020

Hardly Working

- A sketch comedy web series filmed in the CollegeHumor offices, featuring the writers.
Released : 4th-Sep-2008

Game Changer

Self (archive footage) - In this game show, the game changes every show! Players begin each round without knowing the rules -- and must figure them out while competing to win.
Released : 20th-Sep-2019

Precious Plum

Mama - Precious Plum (Elaine Carroll) and her stage monster Mama (Josh Ruben) are hellbent for beauty pageant fame and free famburgers, in this Honey Boo Boo parody.
Released : 23rd-May-2013

Yay or Nay

- For the final rulings on controversial questions about life and pop culture, we ask the most judgmental people we know: comedians.
Released : 19th-Apr-2013

CollegeHumor Live

- Get a front row seat for live performances from classic CollegeHumor sketch and stand up shows, featuring some of today's best comedians before they were big.
Released : 21st-Nov-2008

CollegeHumor Shorts

Tweetlejuice - Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.
Released : 26th-Nov-2007

CollegeHumor Shorts

Lt. Christopher Johnson - Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.
Released : 26th-Nov-2007

CollegeHumor Shorts

Col. Hans Landa - Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.
Released : 26th-Nov-2007

POV

Josh - Just a regular dude's point of view in this crazy world.
Released : 7th-Apr-2008