Richard Lewis (comedian)
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| Birth name | Richard Philip Lewis |
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June 29, 1947 Brooklyn, New York |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, film |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Genres | Black comedy, surreal humor |
| Subject(s) | Self-deprecation, neuroticism, psychotherapy, hypochondria, paranoia, depression, human sexuality, Jewish culture, pop culture, family, eating disorders |
| Spouse | Joyce Lapinsky (January 2005 – present) |
| Notable works and roles |
Marty Gold in Anything but Love Himself in Curb Your Enthusiasm |
Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Lewis was born Richard Phillip Lewis in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His father worked as a caterer and his mother was an actress. Lewis is Jewish. He later attended Ohio State University.
Lewis began performing stand-up comedy in the 1970s. He worked as a copywriter for an ad agency by day, while honing his stand-up act at night. The ad agency was named Contemporary Graphics (now defunct) and was located above Lovey's pizzeria in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Lewis gained popularity in the 1980s with numerous appearances on Late Night with David Letterman and his own television specials on HBO. He starred with Jamie Lee Curtis in Anything but Love, which ran for four seasons. He co-starred with Don Rickles on Daddy Dearest. He had a recurring role in Rude Awakening, as Rabbi Richard Glass in 7th Heaven, and appeared in the Tales from the Crypt episode "Whirlpool." Lewis has written comic articles for magazines such as Playboy, and endorsed the popular early-1990s beverage Boku, as well as Snapple and Certs breath mints. In 2007, he made a cameo appearance as Phillip in George Lopez. Recently, he also made cameos in Everybody Hates Chris as an old man in the hospital bed next to Chris Rock and as Charlie Sheen's accountant in Two and a Half Men.
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