Richard Philip Lewis is a famous American comedian. The actor is known as a stand-up party. Richard starred in the TV series Only Love and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He can be seen in the films "Drunkards" and "Leaving Las Vegas".
Biography and personal life
Richard Lewis was born June 29, 1947 in Brooklyn. The actor grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. Richard's mother is an actress. Lewis has Jewish roots. Since childhood, he loved to joke and amuse others.
Lewis was educated at Ohio State University. Prior to that, he attended college where he was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Since 2005, Richard has been married to producer Joyce Lapinski. Lewis is ranked 45th on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stands of All Time.
Career
Richard's acting career began with the role of a doctor in the TV series "Home Call", which ran from 1979 to 1982. He then starred in the TV series Fast Flow as Andrew. He was later seen on CBS Summer Scene, The Scouts and The Tattingers. He then played Marty Gold in the drama Only Love, which ran from 1989 to 1992. A total of 4 seasons were released. Lewis played one of the central characters. The rest of the leading roles were played by Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Frank and Holly Fulger. The drama won a Golden Globe.
Later, Richard appeared in Tales from the Crypt, This Is Adequate, Once Against the Law and Dangerous Love. Then he was invited to the TV series "Tribeca" as Joseph and in the movie "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" in 1993 as Prince John. In 1994 he played Phil Taylor in the drama Caravan to the East. Later he was invited to "Fairy Tales for All Children", "Drunkards", "Leaving Las Vegas", "A Weekend in Nature" and "Time Travelers."
The creators of the TV series "Seventh Heaven" invited Lewis to the role of Richard Glass. The drama ran from 1996 to 2007. The plot tells about the life of the Christian Camden family, which consists of parents and seven children. Various social issues are raised in the series. The main roles were played by Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Beverly Mitchell, Happy, McKenzie Rosman and David Gallagher. In 1996, Philip could be seen in the movie "Elevator" as Phil Milovski. This comedy tells the story of a meeting in an elevator between a successful film producer and a young, ambitious screenwriter. The leading roles were given to Martin Landau, Gabriel Bologna, Gretchen Becker and Dean Jacobson. A year later, he got roles in the TV series "Hiller and Diller", films "The Hugo Company" and "Labyrinth".
Filmography
Richard played Schwartz in Sudden Awakening. The plot tells the story of an actress who was once a success, and now vegetates and is addicted to alcohol. She meets a guy who lives next door and is also too addicted to alcohol. This meeting changes the life of the main character. The main roles in the series were played by Sherilyn Fenn, Jonathan Penner, Lynn Redgrave and Rain Pryor.
Then he played in the TV series "Hercules", "V. I. P.", "Law & Order. Special building ". In 1999, he landed roles in Game Day and Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lewis was cast as Mitchell in The Spy, Phillip in George Lopez, Jack in The Dead Zone, and Francis in The San Francisco Clinic. In the famous TV series "Two and a Half Men", Richard played Stan, in the drama "Everybody Hates Chris" - Chris, in "Happily Ever After" - Miles, in "The Purifier" - Henry, in "Vampires" - Danny, in "Reanimation" - Stuart. Lewis could also be seen in the 2005 film Slage: The Untold Story, Burn in Hell Show, Puppies from Shelter # 17, BoJack Horseman, Miss Trouble, Blunt Speaks and the painting "Sandy Wexler" 2017.
Richard was a guest on The Today Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Johnny Carson Tonight Show, The Merv Griffin Show, Hollywood Squares, An Evening With David Letterman, Show Business Today, American Masters "And" Biography ". He has been featured on television shows Later with Bob Costas, Live with Ridges and Katie Lee, Laughter Discharge IV, The Charlie Rose Show, The Night Show with Jay Leno, Howard Stern Interview and An Evening Show with David Letterman. " Lewis has been a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Mad Television, The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Latest Craig Ferguson Show, Comedy Comedy, The Tonight Show Conan O'Brien "and" In the Dressing Room with Paul Provenza. " The actor could be seen by viewers in Finding Lenny, Late Night with Seth Myers and The Great Buster.
During his career, Richard has often worked with such actors as Sandra Bernhard, Stephen Tobolowski, Jason Alexander, Didrich Bader, Ed Begley Jr., Miriam Flynn, Ben Stiller, Brooke Shields, Whoopi Goldberg and Keith David. Lewis has been featured in his films by directors Greg Yaytans, Kevin Hooks, Peter Medak, Nelson McCormick, Ted Wass, David Semel, Timothy Busfield, Felix Henriquez Alcala, Guy Norman B and James Widdowes.
Richard wrote screenplays. Among his works in this capacity is the 1977 comedy Diary of a Young Comic, in which he starred. His partners on the set were Dom DeLuis, George Jessel, Stacy Keach and Bill Macy. He worked on the screenplay for The House Call and the 1988 television movie The I'm Exhausted Concert, in which he also starred. Other important characters were played by Steve Allen, Jackie Collins, Steve Dahl, Richard Dmitri and Larry King. Lewis wrote the animated comedy series Dr. Katz, which has six seasons.
