Richard Lewis

Known for: Acting

Born: 1947-06-29 – 2024-02-27 (aged 76)

From: 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.

Filmography (89)

MOVIE★ 7.8
Group Therapy
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021
as Aristotle (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self
MOVIE
Bucky and the Squirrels
2018
as Richard Lewis
MOVIE★ 5.5
Sandy Wexler
2017
as Testimonial
MOVIE★ 5.9
She's Funny That Way
2015
as Al Finkelstein
MOVIE★ 6.0
Misery Loves Comedy
2015
as Self
TV★ 8.5
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Ziggy Abler (voice)
TV★ 5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Vamps
2012
as Danny
MOVIE
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
2012
as Self
TV★ 6.5
Inside Comedy
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
Looking for Lenny
2011
as Self
TV★ 5.3
Pound Puppies
2010
as Buddy (voice)
TV★ 8.1
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010
as Self
MOVIE
Just 3 Boyz
2010
as Shades (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
TV★ 6.5
'Til Death
2006
as Miles Tunnicliff
TV★ 8.1
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
as Kris
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Aristocrats
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.3
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Las Vegas
2003
as Stan
TV★ 7.5
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Stan
MOVIE
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
2003
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 8.0
Presidio Med
2002
as Francis Weinod
TV★ 7.3
The Dead Zone
2002
as Jack Jericho
TV★ 7.5
George Lopez
2002
as Phillip Nickleson
TV★ 10.0
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
TV★ 6.8
Alias
2001
as Mitchell Yaeger
TV★ 8.3
Dinner for Five
2001
MOVIE★ 8.0
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians
2001
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Richard Lewis
MOVIE★ 7.5
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Game Day
1999
as Steve Adler
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Sportsman Larry
TV★ 5.3
V.I.P.
1998
as Ronald Zane
TV★ 7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
TV★ 6.9
Hercules
1998
as Neurosis
TV★ 6.6
Rude Awakening
1998
as Harve Schwartz
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Elevator
1998
as Phil Milowski
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hugo Pool
1997
as Chick Chicalini
TV
Hiller and Diller
1997
as Neil Diller
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.2
Drunks
1997
as Jim
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Maze
1997
as Markov
MOVIE★ 7.0
Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour
1996
as Himself
TV★ 6.5
7th Heaven
1996
as Richard Glass
TV★ 6.4
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Weekend in the Country
1996
as Bobby Stein
MOVIE★ 6.5
Nichols and May: Take Two
1996
as Self
MOVIE
Comic Relief VII
1995
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
as Peter
TV★ 7.1
MADtv
1995
as Self
TV★ 6.3
A.J.'s Time Travelers
1995
as Edgar Allan Poe
TV★ 7.9
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
as Richard (voice)
TV★ 6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Old Beggar (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.9
Wagons East!
1994
as Phil Taylor
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TV★ 5.7
Daddy Dearest
1993
as Steven Mitchell
TV★ 6.4
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Last Party
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993
as Prince John
MOVIE★ 6.4
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
1993
as Self
TV★ 8.0
TriBeCa
1993
MOVIE★ 3.9
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
as Edward Sanders
TV★ 7.7
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Richard Lewis
TV★ 5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
MOVIE★ 5.7
Once Upon a Crime
1992
as Julian Peters
MOVIE
The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show
1991
MOVIE★ 10.0
The One, the Only... Groucho
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed
1990
as Self
TV★ 8.0
The Simpsons
1989
as Golem (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Vern (segment "Whirlpool")
MOVIE★ 8.0
Comic Relief III
1989
as Self
TV★ 6.1
Anything But Love
1989
as Marty Gold
MOVIE★ 4.1
That's Adequate
1989
as Pimples Lapedes
MOVIE★ 8.0
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Wrong Guys
1988
as Richard
MOVIE
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
1988
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Harry
1987
as Richard Breskin
TV★ 7.0
American Masters
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
as Self
MOVIE
The Facts
1982
as Host
TV★ 6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 8.0
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
1981
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Diary of a Young Comic
1979
as Billy Goldstein / Gondola
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self