Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born June 29, 1947
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.
MovieGroup Therapy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieEmily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021
as Aristotle (voice)
MovieThe Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
MovieBucky and the Squirrels
2018
as Richard Lewis
MovieSandy Wexler
2017
as Testimonial
MovieShe's Funny That Way
2015
as Al Finkelstein
MovieMisery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
TVBoJack Horseman
2014
as Ziggy Abler (voice)
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MovieMel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self
MovieVamps
2012
as Danny
MovieExcavating the 2000 Year Old Man
2012
as Self
TVInside Comedy
2012
as Self
MovieMethod to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
MovieLooking for Lenny
2011
as Self
TVPound Puppies
2010
as Buddy (voice)
TVThe Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
as Self
MovieJust 3 Boyz
2010
as Shades (voice)
MovieMr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
TV'Til Death
2006
as Miles Tunnicliff
TVEverybody Hates Chris
2005
as Kris
MovieThe Aristocrats
2005
as Self
MovieConfessions of an Action Star
2005
as Self
TVLas Vegas
2003
as Stan
TVTwo and a Half Men
2003
as Stan
MovieThe Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
as Self (archive footage)
TVPresidio Med
2002
as Francis Weinod
TVThe Dead Zone
2002
as Jack Jericho
TVGeorge Lopez
2002
as Phillip Nickleson
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
TVAlias
2001
as Mitchell Yaeger
TVDinner for Five
2001
MovieLaughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians
2001
as Self (archive footage)
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Richard Lewis
MovieLarry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
1999
as Self
MovieGame Day
1999
as Steve Adler
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sportsman Larry
TVV.I.P.
1998
as Ronald Zane
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
TVHercules
1998
as Neurosis
TVRude Awakening
1998
as Harve Schwartz
MovieThe Elevator
1998
as Phil Milowski
MovieHugo Pool
1997
as Chick Chicalini
Hiller and Diller
1997
as Neil Diller
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieDrunks
1997
as Jim
MovieThe Maze
1997
as Markov
MovieRichard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour
1996
as Himself
TV7th Heaven
1996
as Richard Glass
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
MovieA Weekend in the Country
1996
as Bobby Stein
MovieNichols and May: Take Two
1996
as Self
MovieComic Relief VII
1995
as Self
MovieLeaving Las Vegas
1995
as Peter
TVMADtv
1995
as Self
TVA.J.'s Time Travelers
1995
as Edgar Allan Poe
TVDr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as Richard (voice)
TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Old Beggar (voice)
MovieWagons East!
1994
as Phil Taylor
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVDaddy Dearest
1993
as Steven Mitchell
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Last Party
1993
as Self
MovieRobin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
as Prince John
Movie'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993
as Self
TriBeCa
1993
MovieThe Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
as Edward Sanders
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Richard Lewis
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MovieOnce Upon a Crime
1992
as Julian Peters
MovieThe 14th Annual Young Comedians Show
1991
MovieThe One, the Only... Groucho
1991
as Self
MovieRichard Lewis: I'm Doomed
1990
as Self
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Golem (voice)
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Vern (segment "Whirlpool")
MovieComic Relief III
1989
as Self
TVAnything But Love
1989
as Marty Gold
MovieThat's Adequate
1989
as Pimples Lapedes
MovieRichard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
1988
as Self
MovieThe Wrong Guys
1988
as Richard
MovieAn All-Star Toast to the Improv
1988
as Self
Harry
1987
as Richard Breskin
TVAmerican Masters
1986
as Self
MovieRichard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
as Self
The Facts
1982
as Host
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
1981
as Self
MovieDiary of a Young Comic
1979
as Billy Goldstein / Gondola
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
