Richard Philip Lewis is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He came to prominence as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s and became known for his dark, neurotic and self-deprecating humour.
As an actor, he is known for co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in the sitcom Anything but Love, and for playing the role of Prince John in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Lewis gained much wider exposure in the 1980s and 1990s with numerous appearances on talk shows such as The Tonight Show, both Late Night and the Late Show with David Letterman, and The Howard Stern Show.
He also produced the comedy specials I’m in Pain, which aired on Showtime in 1985, followed by I’m Exhausted, I’m Doomed and Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour, which all aired on HBO in 1988, 1990 and 1997 respectively.
GQ magazine included Lewis on their list of “The 20th Century’s Most Influential Humorists”, and Lewis was ranked #45 on Comedy Central’s list of “100 Greatest Standups of All Time” released in 2004.
Richard Lewis Age
Richard Lewis is 75 years. Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. Lewis was known for being the class clown and causing trouble in school.
He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1965 and attended The Ohio State University where he attained a degree in marketing.
Lewis first tried stand-up at an open-mic in Greenwich Village in 1971. He began writing and regularly performing stand-up comedy in 1972, while working as a copywriter for an advertising agency by day. He was discovered by comedian David Brenner, while performing in Greenwich Village.
Richard Lewis Height
Richard Lewis is 1.75 m tall.
Richard Lewis Parents
His family is Jewish, but not especially religious. His father, Bill (d. 1971), was co-owner of Ambassador Caterers in nearby Teaneck, New Jersey and his mother, Blanche, was an actress in community theatre.
Lewis is the youngest of three siblings – his brother was older than him by 6 years, and his sister by 9.
Lewis’s father’s catering business kept his father very busy, and his siblings had both left home by the 1960s, leaving Lewis at home alone with his mother, with whom he did not get along. Lewis told The Washington Post in 2014 that he suspected that his birth had been a mistake.
Richard Lewis Wife
Lewis met Joyce Lapinsky in 1998 at a Ringo Starr album release party, while Lapinsky was working in music publishing. The pair were engaged in 2004 and married the following year.
Discussions of Lewis’s battles with anxiety and depression, and his multiple therapy sessions, have been a fixture of his comedy. He has also stated in interviews that he suffers from an eating disorder due to body dysmorphia.
Richard Lewis Children
He married Joyce Lapinsky in the year 2005. However, he has no children with her—the couple is married and together since then.
