Richard Lewis

Biography

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Simpsons

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Two and a Half Men

Late Show with David Letterman

All Movies (48)

• Group Therapy2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Emily @ the Edge of Chaos2021 · as Aristotle (voice)
• The Great Buster: A Celebration2018 · as Self
• Bucky and the Squirrels2018 · as Richard Lewis
• Sandy Wexler2017 · as Testimonial
• She's Funny That Way2015 · as Al Finkelstein
• Misery Loves Comedy2015 · as Self
• Mel Brooks: Make a Noise2013 · as Self
• Vamps2012 · as Danny
• Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man2012 · as Self
• Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis2011 · as Self
• Looking for Lenny2011 · as Self
• Just 3 Boyz2010 · as Shades (voice)
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007 · as Self
• The Aristocrats2005 · as Self
• Confessions of an Action Star2005 · as Self
• Confessions of an Action Star2005
• The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm1999 · as Self
• Game Day1999 · as Steve Adler
• The Elevator1998 · as Phil Milowski
• Hugo Pool1997 · as Chick Chicalini
• Drunks1997 · as Jim
• The Maze1997 · as Markov
• Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour1996 · as Himself
• A Weekend in the Country1996 · as Bobby Stein
• Nichols and May: Take Two1996 · as Self
• Comic Relief VII1995 · as Self
• Leaving Las Vegas1995 · as Peter
• Wagons East!1994 · as Phil Taylor
• The Last Party1993 · as Self
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights1993 · as Prince John
• 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming1993 · as Self
• The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story1992 · as Edward Sanders
• Once Upon a Crime1992 · as Julian Peters
• The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show1991
• The One, the Only... Groucho1991 · as Self
• Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed1990 · as Self
• Comic Relief III1989 · as Self
• That's Adequate1989 · as Pimples Lapedes
• Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted1988 · as Self
• The Wrong Guys1988 · as Richard
• An All-Star Toast to the Improv1988 · as Self
• Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain1985 · as Self
• The Facts1982 · as Host
• The 6th Annual Young Comedians1981 · as Self
• Diary of a Young Comic1979 · as Billy Goldstein / Gondola

All TV Shows (43)

• BoJack Horseman2014 · as Ziggy Abler (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Inside Comedy2012 · as Self
• Pound Puppies2010 · as Buddy (voice)
• The Green Room with Paul Provenza2010 · as Self
• 'Til Death2006 · as Miles Tunnicliff
• Everybody Hates Chris2005 · as Kris
• Las Vegas2003 · as Stan
• Two and a Half Men2003 · as Stan
• Presidio Med2002 · as Francis Weinod
• The Dead Zone2002 · as Jack Jericho
• George Lopez2002 · as Phillip Nickleson
• Revealed with Jules Asner2001
• Alias2001 · as Mitchell Yaeger
• Dinner for Five2001
• Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as Richard Lewis
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Sportsman Larry
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Sportsman Larry (voice)
• V.I.P.1998 · as Ronald Zane
• Hollywood Squares1998 · as Self - Panelist
• Hercules1998 · as Neurosis
• Rude Awakening1998 · as Harve Schwartz
• Hiller and Diller1997 · as Neil Diller
• The View1997 · as Self
• 7th Heaven1996 · as Richard Glass
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• MADtv1995 · as Self
• A.J.'s Time Travelers1995 · as Edgar Allan Poe
• Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist1995 · as Richard (voice)
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995 · as Old Beggar (voice)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Daddy Dearest1993 · as Steven Mitchell
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• TriBeCa1993
• The Larry Sanders Show1992 · as Richard Lewis
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• The Simpsons1989 · as Golem (voice)
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Vern (segment "Whirlpool")
• Anything But Love1989 · as Marty Gold
• Harry1987 · as Richard Breskin
• American Masters1986 · as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self