--- name: "Richard Lewis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-lewis" fi1m_id: "richard-lewis" imdb_id: "nm0507659" tmdb_id: 6105 wikidata_id: "Q331587" roles: ["Actor"] born: "29 June 1947" died: "27 February 2024" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-24T01:58:23.096496+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Richard Lewis ## Identity Richard Lewis - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-lewis - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** richard-lewis - **IMDb ID:** nm0507659 - **TMDB ID:** 6105 - **Wikidata ID:** Q331587 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lewis_(comedian), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6105 Actor. Born 29 June 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 27 February 2024. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 29 June 1947, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 27 February 2024 - **Active:** 1992–2001 - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (3), 2000s 74 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $86m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lewis_(comedian), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507659/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6105 ## Streaming the US now - **Pluto TV:** [*Leaving Las Vegas*](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) (82) - **The Roku Channel:** [*Robin Hood: Men in Tights*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md) (55) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Richard Lewis was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on 29 June 1947, he began performing comedy in New York clubs in the early 1970s after studying at Ohio State University. He appeared in films such as *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993) as Prince John and *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995) as Peter. Lewis played a semi-fictionalised version of himself in the HBO series *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000–2024) and voiced roles in animated series including *The Simpsons* and *BoJack Horseman*. He died on 27 February 2024. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, as Mitchell Yaeger — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) - *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, as Peter — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) - *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), Fi1m 55, as Prince John — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md) - *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), Fi1m 91, as Richard Lewis — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md) ## Complete filmography (55) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Emily @ the Edge of Chaos* (2021), as Aristotle (voice) - *Origin* (2019), Thanks - *Bucky and the Squirrels* (2018), as Richard Lewis - *Sandy Wexler* (2017), as Testimonial - *She's Funny That Way* (2015), as Al Finkelstein - *BoJack Horseman* (2014), series, as Ziggy Abler (voice) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/bojack-horseman.md) - *Vamps* (2012), as Danny - *Pound Puppies* (2010), series, as Buddy (voice) - *Just 3 Boyz* (2010), as Shades (voice) - *'Til Death* (2006), series, as Miles Tunnicliff - *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005), series, as Kris — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/everybody-hates-chris.md) - *Confessions of an Action Star* (2005), Actor - *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, as Stan — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) - *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Stan - *Presidio Med* (2002), series, as Francis Weinod - *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, as Jack Jericho - *George Lopez* (2002), series, as Phillip Nickleson - *Revealed with Jules Asner* (2001), series, Actor - *Alias* (2001), series, as Mitchell Yaeger — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) - *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Richard Lewis — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) - *Game Day* (1999), as Steve Adler - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Sportsman Larry, Sportsman Larry (voice) - *V.I.P.* (1998), series, as Ronald Zane - *Hercules* (1998), series, as Neurosis - *Rude Awakening* (1998), series, as Harve Schwartz - *The Elevator* (1998), as Phil Milowski - *Hugo Pool* (1997), as Chick Chicalini - *Hiller and Diller* (1997), series, as Neil Diller - *Drunks* (1997), as Jim - *The Maze* (1997), as Markov - *Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour* (1996), Writer - *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Richard Glass - *A Weekend in the Country* (1996), as Bobby Stein - *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), as Peter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md) - *A.J.'s Time Travelers* (1995), series, as Edgar Allan Poe - *Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist* (1995), series, as Richard (voice), Additional Writing - *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as Old Beggar (voice) - *Wagons East!* (1994), as Phil Taylor - *Daddy Dearest* (1993), series, as Steven Mitchell · Creator - *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* (1993), as Prince John — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-men-in-tights.md) - *TriBeCa* (1993), series, Actor - *The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story* (1992), as Edward Sanders - *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, as Richard Lewis — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md) - *Once Upon a Crime* (1992), as Julian Peters - *The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show* (1991), Actor - *Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed* (1990), Writer - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Golem (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Vern (segment "Whirlpool") - *Anything But Love* (1989), series, as Marty Gold - *That's Adequate* (1989), as Pimples Lapedes - *Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted* (1988), Writer - *The Wrong Guys* (1988), as Richard - *Harry* (1987), series, as Richard Breskin - *The Facts* (1982), as Host - *Diary of a Young Comic* (1979), as Billy Goldstein / Gondola · Writer ## Gallery - ![Chicago (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/86188/gallery-9e7bf2fb00eb.jpg) Chicago (2018) — AllinLewis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Richard_Lewis_2015.jpg/1280px-Richard_Lewis_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Richard Lewis 2019](https://film.one/media/person/86188/gallery-773235fbee73.jpg) Richard Lewis 2019 — AllinLewis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Richard_Lewis_2015_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Richard Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/86188/gallery-194c408cef2c.jpg) Richard Lewis — AllinLewis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Richard_Lewis_2015_chicago_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Richard_Lewis_2015_chicago_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Richard Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/86188/gallery-9d88eb4d6ab5.jpg) Richard Lewis — Image via TMDB - ![Richard Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/86188/gallery-c603f2992787.jpg) Richard Lewis — Image via TMDB - ![Richard Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/86188/gallery-dd2bef650d88.jpg) Richard Lewis — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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