1954-12-09 ( 70 years old ) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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John Dixon Paragon (born 9 December 1954) is an American actor, writer, and director.
He was born in Anchorage, Alaska, on an Army base. He grew up and attended schools in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Paragon is probably best known for his work on children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse where he played Jambi the Genie and voiced Pterri the Pterodactyl. In addition to writing many of the regular season episodes of Playhouse, Paragon also co-wrote (with Paul Reubens) the acclaimed Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special in 1988, for which they were nominated an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Children's Special.
Some of Paragon's other memorable roles include Cedric, one half of the gay couple Bob and Cedric on the television series Seinfeld; the title character in the children's movie The Frog Prince; the sex shop salesman in the cult favorite Eating Raoul; and the owner of a Strip-o-gram business in the 1986 film Echo Park.
Paragon got his start in the Los Angeles-based improvisation group The Groundlings alongside Reubens and Phil Hartman. He also collaborated with fellow Groundling Cassandra Peterson on numerous Elvira projects, including the recurring role of The Breather, an annoying caller, for her first television series on KHJ-TV-Los Angeles.
In recent years, Paragon has worked with Walt Disney Imagineering on ways to incorporate improvisational performance into attractions at Disney parks. In this capacity, he performed as the keeper of Lucky the Dinosaur during the test runs of the animatronic figure.
Paragon returned to his performance as Jambi the Genie in the Broadway outing of the new Pee-wee Herman stage show that began performances 26 October 2010 at the Stephen Sondheim Theater.
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Movies
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016-03-15
The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway
2011-03-19
Red Riding Hood
2006-06-27
The Rich Man's Wife
1996-09-13
Every Breath
1994-03-30
The Elvira Show
1993-01-01
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992-07-16
Double Trouble
1992-02-14
UHF
1989-07-21
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988-12-21
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988-09-30
Spaceballs
1987-06-24
The Frog Prince
1986-10-05
Echo Park
1985-11-05
Get Out of My Room
1985-10-01
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
1985-07-26
Last of the Great Survivors
1984-01-03
Going Berserk
1983-09-30
The Paragon of Comedy
1983-01-16
Things Are Tough All Over
1982-08-04
The Facts
1982-06-01
Pandemonium
1982-04-01
Eating Raoul
1982-03-24
The Pee-wee Herman Show
1981-09-11
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
1980-07-18
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