Josh Ruben

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.

Works

Heart Eyes

When the "Heart Eyes Killer" strikes Seattle, a pair of co-workers pulling overtime on Valentine's Day are mistaken for a couple by the elusive couple-hunting killer. Now, they must spend the most romantic night of the year running for their lives.

Release Date: 2025-02-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Movie Goer

Vote Count: 202

The Creep Tapes

A secluded serial killer lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer's questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.

Release Date: 2024-11-15

Character: Brad

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 17

The Disruptors

Will, a ride-share driver, and Glenn, a shut-in hacker, are best friends who scheme to rip off Will's customers. When it all falls apart, they try to turn their luck around by scamming famed venture capitalist billionaire Bruce Marcus.

Release Date: 2024-02-23

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 4

Very Important People

Comedians are given makeovers to be transformed into someone completely new, and then have a fully-improvised interview with host Vic Michaelis.

Release Date: 2023-12-15

Character: Self / Kepl / Dr. Milk

Vote Count: 6

The Knowing

After several failed rounds of IVF, an artist retreats to her remote cabin to throw herself into work -- only to be met by a dark, sinister presence that ultimately forces both a confrontation - and a choice.

Release Date: 2023-08-15

Department: Production

Job: Producer

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.

Release Date: 2022-09-23

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Roger

Vote Count: 15

Make Some Noise

A game show where talented contestants compete to bring to life silly prompts.

Release Date: 2022-06-13

Character: Self - Player

Episode Count: 10

Vote Count: 8

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.

Release Date: 2022-06-11

Character: Bruce Ernst

Vote Count: 63

Dirty Laundry

Host Lily Du gathers together four guests to tell secrets, guess who they belong to, and enjoy a few drinks.

Release Date: 2022-04-11

Character: Self - Guest

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 7

Death to 2021

This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer.

Release Date: 2021-12-27

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 266

Werewolves Within

When a proposed pipeline creates hostilities between residents of a small town, a newly-arrived forest ranger must keep the peace after a snowstorm confines the townspeople to an old lodge. But when a mysterious creature begins terrorizing the group, their worst tendencies and prejudices rise to the surface, and it is up to the ranger to keep the residents alive, both from each other and the monster which plagues them.

Release Date: 2021-06-25

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 561

Pare

A strange discovery leaves a woman haunted by her husband's absence.

Release Date: 2020-12-31

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Dan

Vote Count: 2

TK630

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

Release Date: 2018-08-28

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Character: Scout Trooper

Freddy Derryl

A profile of Catskill mountain derelict Freddy Derryl takes a sudden, personal twist.

Release Date: 2017-08-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Freddy

Vote Count: 1

Green Bank

In an American town where all types of radio transmissions are heavily forbidden, infant sleep-trainer Sloan realizes that the parents of the child she’s caring for are much more than the clueless yuppies they seem to be.

Department: Directing

Job: Director

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.

Release Date: 2021-12-07

Character: Adam

Vote Count: 1

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.

Release Date: 2021-06-18

Character: Philip Peterson

Vote Count: 96

Troopers: Animated

Rich, Larry, and Dread Lord are back! And slightly more animated!

Release Date: 2020-11-18

Character: Larry (voice)

Episode Count: 4

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.

Release Date: 2020-01-24

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Character: Fred

Vote Count: 118

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.

Release Date: 2019-10-17

Character: Swim Coach

Vote Count: 123

Oh Jerome, No

An extremely sensitive young man in Brooklyn goes way too far in his quest to adhere to society's expectations of traditional masculinity.

Release Date: 2019-09-25

Character: Dan 7 & 8

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 5

Game Changer

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.

Release Date: 2019-09-20

Character: Self - Contestant

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 27

Troopers: Rise of the Budget

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.

Release Date: 2019-04-08

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Character: Larry

Episode Count: [ 1 ]

The Rank Room

Host and philosopher Katie Marovitch recruits comedians to answer life's important questions, like "What's the sexiest way to die?

Release Date: 2019-03-07

Character: Self

Episode Count: 1

WTF 101

Afternoon detention with Ms. Foxtrot leads to magical, educational, and extremely gross journeys.

Release Date: 2019-01-07

Character: Hyena (voice)

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 5

The Shivering Truth

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.

Release Date: 2018-12-09

Character: (voice)

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 48

Unlovable

A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.

Release Date: 2018-11-01

Character: Sam

Vote Count: 30

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.

Release Date: 2018-09-26

Character: Blueberry Mama Miller

Episode Count: 9

Vote Count: 1

What Children Do

A comedy about two estranged sisters brought back into each other's lives by the impending death of their grandmother.

Release Date: 2017-03-31

Character: Pat

Vote Count: 4

Tond

After suffering a stroke, Tond wakes up to realize he doesn't have any friends aside from his mean old wife, Janice.

Release Date: 2016-08-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

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.

Release Date: 2015-11-11

Character: Thomas

Donald and Jess

A lonely plumber fights for a customer he's fallen for.

Release Date: 2015-03-14

Vote Count: 3

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.

Release Date: 2014-11-04

Character: Marky

Vote Count: 11

Most Insane VO Booth Ever

Josh Ruben gets some of the least helpful notes ever while recording voice-over.

Release Date: 2014-10-15

Character: Self

Episode Count: 3

You're the Worst

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.

Release Date: 2014-07-17

Character: Greg

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 222

CAMP

Welcome to Camp Wanaykaka, where childhoods get scarred, counsellors get weird, and Milana's bodacious bazongas are legend.

Release Date: 2013-06-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Harry

Episode Count: 10

Precious Plum

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.

Release Date: 2013-05-23

Character: Mama

Episode Count: 12

Yay or Nay

For the final rulings on controversial questions about life and pop culture, we ask the most judgmental people we know: comedians.

Release Date: 2013-04-19

Episode Count: 7

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.

Release Date: 2012-08-31

Character: Lamp Guy

Vote Count: 307

Troopers

In intergalactic war, there are heroes, villains, and then these guys.

Release Date: 2011-02-28

Character: Larry

Episode Count: 19

Vote Count: 7

Hello, My Name Is

Pat Cassels interviews a cast of unscripted improv characters all played by comedian and wig addict Josh Ruben.

Release Date: 2010-10-06

Character: Duncan Donuss

Episode Count: 1

Full Benefits

After hours, co-workers Sarah and David secretly "dip" their "respective pens" into each other's "corporate ink," so to "speak."

Release Date: 2010-10-04

Character: Josh

Episode Count: 4

Josh’s Mindhouse

Step inside the mind of Josh Ruben, but make sure to wear protective clothing.

Release Date: 2010-04-15

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Very Mary-Kate

The unofficial celebrity biography of Mary-Kate Olsen, brought to spoiled rotten life by Elaine Carroll. Featuring Bodyguard, Fat Professor, and obscene wealth.

Release Date: 2010-01-31

Character: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Episode Count: 6

Obvious Child

A romantic comedy about an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location.

Release Date: 2009-01-22

Character: Joe

Vote Count: 5

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.

Release Date: 2008-11-21

Episode Count: 1

Hardly Working

A sketch comedy web series filmed in the CollegeHumor offices, featuring the writers.

Release Date: 2008-09-04

Episode Count: 42

All-Nighters

The glistening fruits of our ill-conceived annual tradition of guerrilla video making. We do it for you, and you're so welcome. Behold the bounty or whatever.

Release Date: 2008-07-10

Character: Josh

Episode Count: 9

Phantom of the Office

The Phantom (Streeter Seidell) isn't here to make friends. He isn't here to work or haunt, either. Honestly, we think he's a freelance corporate loiterer.

Release Date: 2008-05-28

Character: Gale Beggy

Episode Count: 2

POV

Just a regular dude's point of view in this crazy world.

Release Date: 2008-04-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Josh

Episode Count: 2

CollegeHumor Shorts

Original sketches, music videos, and pop culture parodies spanning the last CollegeHumor decade.

Release Date: 2007-11-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Lt. Christopher Johnson

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 15