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

The Daily Show

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sportsman Larry

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Sportsman Larry (voice)

The Simpsons

Golem (voice)

Two and a Half Men

Stan

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Richard Lewis

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2021	Emily @ the Edge of Chaos	Aristotle (voice)
2018	Bucky and the Squirrels	Richard Lewis
2018	The Great Buster: A Celebration	Self
2017	Sandy Wexler	Testimonial
2015	Misery Loves Comedy	Self
2015	She's Funny That Way	Al Finkelstein
2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self
2012	Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man	Self
2012	Vamps	Danny
2011	Looking for Lenny	Self
2011	Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis	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
2005	Confessions of an Action Star
2003	The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)
2001	Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians	Self (archive footage)
1999	Game Day	Steve Adler
1999	Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm	Self
1998	The Elevator	Phil Milowski
1997	The Maze	Markov
1997	Drunks	Jim
1997	Hugo Pool	Chick Chicalini
1996	A Weekend in the Country	Bobby Stein
1996	Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour	Himself
1996	Nichols and May: Take Two	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	Once Upon a Crime	Julian Peters
1992	The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story	Edward Sanders
1991	The One, the Only... Groucho	Self
1990	Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed	Self
1989	That's Adequate	Pimples Lapedes
1989	Comic Relief III	Self
1988	The Wrong Guys	Richard
1988	Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted	Self
1988	An All-Star Toast to the Improv	Self
1985	Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain	Self
1982	The Facts	Host
1979	Diary of a Young Comic	Billy Goldstein / Gondola
	The 6th Annual Young Comedians	Self

Year	TV Show	Role
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2014	BoJack Horseman	Ziggy Abler (voice)
2012	Inside Comedy	Self
2010	The Green Room with Paul Provenza	Self
2010	Pound Puppies	Buddy (voice)
2006	'Til Death	Miles Tunnicliff
2005	Everybody Hates Chris	Kris
2003	Las Vegas
2003	Two and a Half Men	Stan
2002	Presidio Med	Francis Weinod
2002	The Dead Zone	Jack Jericho
2002	George Lopez
2001	Dinner for Five
2001	Alias	Mitchell Yaeger
2001	Revealed with Jules Asner
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Richard Lewis
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sportsman Larry
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Sportsman Larry (voice)
1998	Hercules	Neurosis
1998	V.I.P.	Ronald Zane
1997	The View	Self
1997	Hiller and Diller	Neil Diller
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1996	7th Heaven	Richard Glass
1995	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Richard (voice)
1995	MADtv	Self
1995	A.J.'s Time Travelers	Edgar Allan Poe
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Old Beggar (voice)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest
1993	TriBeCa
1993	Daddy Dearest	Steven Mitchell
1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Richard Lewis
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989	The Simpsons	Golem (voice)
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Vern (segment "Whirlpool")
1989	Anything But Love	Marty Gold
1987	Harry	Richard Breskin
1986	American Masters	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self