Richard Lewis
Acting·June 29, 1947·† February 27, 2024 — 76 years old·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.
Known For
The Simpsons
1989·8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999·8.0
Two and a Half Men
2003·7.5
BoJack Horseman
2014·8.5
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993·6.6
Leaving Las Vegas
1995·7.3
Everybody Hates Chris
2005·8.1
Tales from the Crypt
1989·8.0
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000·8.0
She's Funny That Way
2015·5.9
Alias
2001·6.8
The Daily Show
1996·6.4
Filmography · 90
2024Group TherapySelf (archive footage)2021Emily @ the Edge of ChaosAristotle (voice)2019OriginThanks2018The Great Buster: A CelebrationSelf2018Bucky and the SquirrelsRichard Lewis2017Sandy WexlerTestimonial2015She's Funny That WayAl Finkelstein2015Misery Loves ComedySelf2014BoJack HorsemanTVZiggy Abler (voice)2014Late Night with Seth MeyersTVSelf2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf2012VampsDanny2012Excavating the 2000 Year Old ManSelf2012Inside ComedyTVSelf2011Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisSelf2011Looking for LennySelf2010Pound PuppiesTVBuddy (voice)2010The Green Room with Paul ProvenzaTVSelf2010Just 3 BoyzShades (voice)2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf2006'Til DeathTVMiles Tunnicliff2005Everybody Hates ChrisTVKris2005The AristocratsSelf2005Confessions of an Action StarSelf2003Las VegasTVStan2003Two and a Half MenTVStan2003The Very Best of America's Funniest ComediansSelf (archive footage)2002Presidio MedTVFrancis Weinod2002The Dead ZoneTVJack Jericho2002George LopezTVPhillip Nickleson2001Revealed with Jules AsnerTV2001AliasTVMitchell Yaeger2001Dinner for FiveTV2001Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest ComediansSelf (archive footage)2000Curb Your EnthusiasmTVRichard Lewis1999Larry David: Curb Your EnthusiasmSelf1999Game DaySteve Adler1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTVSportsman Larry · Sportsman Larry (voice)1998V.I.P.TVRonald Zane1998Hollywood SquaresTVSelf - Panelist1998HerculesTVNeurosis1998Rude AwakeningTVHarve Schwartz1998The ElevatorPhil Milowski1997Hugo PoolChick Chicalini1997Hiller and DillerTVNeil Diller1997The ViewTVSelf1997DrunksJim1997The MazeMarkov1996Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery TourHimself · Writer19967th HeavenTVRichard Glass1996The Daily ShowTVSelf1996A Weekend in the CountryBobby Stein1996Nichols and May: Take TwoSelf1995Comic Relief VIISelf1995Leaving Las VegasPeter1995MADtvTVSelf1995A.J.'s Time TravelersTVEdgar Allan Poe1995Dr. Katz, Professional TherapistTVRichard (voice) · Additional Writing1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTVOld Beggar (voice)1994Wagons East!Phil Taylor1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienTVSelf - Guest1993Daddy DearestTVSteven Mitchell · Creator1993Late Show with David LettermanTVSelf - Guest1993The Last PartySelf1993Robin Hood: Men in TightsPrince John1993'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It ComingSelf1993TriBeCaTV1992The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus StoryEdward Sanders1992The Larry Sanders ShowTVRichard Lewis1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoTV1992Once Upon a CrimeJulian Peters1991The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show1991The One, the Only... GrouchoSelf1990Richard Lewis: I'm DoomedSelf · Writer1989The SimpsonsTVGolem (voice)1989Tales from the CryptTVVern (segment "Whirlpool")1989Comic Relief IIISelf1989Anything But LoveTVMarty Gold1989That's AdequatePimples Lapedes1988Richard Lewis: I'm ExhaustedSelf · Writer1988The Wrong GuysRichard1988An All-Star Toast to the ImprovSelf1987HarryTVRichard Breskin1986American MastersTVSelf1985Richard Lewis: I'm In PainSelf1982The FactsHost1982Late Night with David LettermanTVSelf - Guest1981The 6th Annual Young ComediansSelf1979Diary of a Young ComicBilly Goldstein / Gondola · Writer1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTVSelf