Richard Lewis
June 29, 1947 (77 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Richard Philip Lewis (June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He came to prominence in the 1980s and became known for his dark, neurotic and self-deprecating humor. As an actor he was known for co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in the sitcom Anything but Love, for playing the role of Prince John in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights and for his recurring role as a semi-fictionalized version of himself in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Emily @ the Edge of Chaos as Aristotle (voice)
- 2018 · The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self
- 2018 · Bucky and the Squirrels as Richard Lewis
- 2017 · Sandy Wexler as Testimonial
- 2015 · She's Funny That Way as Al Finkelstein
- 2015 · Misery Loves Comedy as Self
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Ziggy Abler (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self
- 2012 · Vamps as Danny
- 2012 · Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man as Self
- 2012 · Inside Comedy as Self
- 2011 · Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
- 2011 · Looking for Lenny as Self
- 2010 · Pound Puppies as Buddy (voice)
- 2010 · The Green Room with Paul Provenza as Self
- 2010 · Just 3 Boyz as Shades (voice)
- 2007 · Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2006 · 'Til Death as Miles Tunnicliff
- 2005 · Everybody Hates Chris as Kris
- 2005 · The Aristocrats as Self
- 2005 · Confessions of an Action Star as Self
- 2005 · Confessions of an Action Star as
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Stan
- 2003 · Las Vegas as
- 2003 · The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Presidio Med as Francis Weinod
- 2002 · The Dead Zone as Jack Jericho
- 2002 · George Lopez as
- 2001 · Revealed with Jules Asner as
- 2001 · Alias as Mitchell Yaeger
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 2001 · Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Richard Lewis
- 1999 · Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm as Self
- 1999 · Game Day as Steve Adler
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sportsman Larry
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sportsman Larry (voice)
- 1998 · V.I.P. as Ronald Zane
- 1998 · Hercules as Neurosis
- 1998 · The Elevator as Phil Milowski
- 1997 · Hugo Pool as Chick Chicalini
- 1997 · Hiller and Diller as Neil Diller
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Drunks as Jim
- 1997 · The Maze as Markov
- 1996 · Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour as Himself
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Richard Glass
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · A Weekend in the Country as Bobby Stein
- 1996 · Nichols and May: Take Two as Self
- 1995 · Leaving Las Vegas as Peter
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · A.J.'s Time Travelers as Edgar Allan Poe
- 1995 · Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Old Beggar (voice)
- 1994 · Wagons East! as Phil Taylor
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Daddy Dearest as Steven Mitchell
- 1993 · The Last Party as Self
- 1993 · Robin Hood: Men in Tights as Prince John
- 1993 · 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming as Self
- 1993 · TriBeCa as
- 1992 · The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story as Edward Sanders
- 1992 · The Larry Sanders Show as Richard Lewis
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Once Upon a Crime as Julian Peters
- 1991 · The One, the Only... Groucho as Self
- 1990 · Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Golem (voice)
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Vern
- 1989 · Comic Relief III as Self
- 1989 · Anything But Love as Marty Gold
- 1989 · That's Adequate as Pimples Lapedes
- 1988 · Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted as Self
- 1988 · The Wrong Guys as Richard
- 1988 · An All-Star Toast to the Improv as Self
- 1987 · Harry as Richard Breskin
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1985 · Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain as Self
- 1982 · The Facts as Host
- 1979 · Diary of a Young Comic as Billy Goldstein / Gondola
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self