Richard Lewis

Known for: Acting
Born: June 29, 1947, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 27, 2024
Movies: 51

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993

7.3

Leaving Las Vegas

1995

5.9

She's Funny That Way

2015

5.5

Sandy Wexler

2017

5.3

Vamps

2012

5.9

The Aristocrats

2005

5.7

Once Upon a Crime

1992

4.9

Wagons East!

1994

7.5

Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm

1999

7.2

The Great Buster: A Celebration

2018

Filmography

2024	Group Therapy	Self (archive footage)
2021	Emily @ the Edge of Chaos	Aristotle (voice)
2018	The Great Buster: A Celebration	Self
2018	Bucky and the Squirrels	Richard Lewis
2017	Sandy Wexler	Testimonial
2015	She's Funny That Way	Al Finkelstein
2015	Misery Loves Comedy	Self
2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self
2012	Vamps	Danny
2012	Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man	Self
2011	Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis	Self
2011	Looking for Lenny	Self
2010	Just 3 Boyz	Shades (voice)
2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Self
2005	The Aristocrats	Self
2005	Confessions of an Action Star	Self
2003	The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)
2001	Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)
1999	Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm	Self
1999	Game Day	Steve Adler
1998	The Elevator	Phil Milowski
1997	Hugo Pool	Chick Chicalini
1997	Drunks	Jim
1997	The Maze	Markov
1996	Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour	Himself
1996	A Weekend in the Country	Bobby Stein
1996	Nichols and May: Take Two	Self
1995	Comic Relief VII	Self
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Peter
1994	Wagons East!	Phil Taylor
1993	The Last Party	Self
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Prince John
1993	'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming	Self
1992	The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story	Edward Sanders
1992	Once Upon a Crime	Julian Peters
1991	The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show
1991	The One, the Only... Groucho	Self
1990	Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed	Self
1989	Comic Relief III	Self
1989	That's Adequate	Pimples Lapedes
1988	Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted	Self
1988	The Wrong Guys	Richard
1988	An All-Star Toast to the Improv	Self
1985	Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain	Self
1982	The Facts	Host
1981	The 6th Annual Young Comedians	Self
1979	Diary of a Young Comic	Billy Goldstein / Gondola

Directing, Writing & Producing

1996	Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour	Writer
1990	Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed	Writer
1988	Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted	Writer
1979	Diary of a Young Comic	Writer

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