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Lewis Black

Lewis Black

Birthday: 1948-08-30 | Place of Birth: Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.A.

Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor. He is known for his comedy style, which often includes simulating a mental breakdown, or an increasingly angry rant, ridiculing history, politics, religion, trends and cultural phenomena. He hosted the Comedy Central series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, and makes regular appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart delivering his “Back in Black” commentary segment. When not on the road performing, he resides in Manhattan. He also maintains a residence in Chapel Hill, N.C. He is currently the spokesman for Aruba Tourism, appearing in television ads that aired in late 2009 and 2010. He was voted 51st of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time by Comedy Central in 2004. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lewis Black, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
The Last Laugh

as    Max Becker

2017
Imitation Girl

as    Lew

2017
Rock Dog

as    Linnux (voice)

2017
Gilbert

as    Self

2016
Crisis in Six Scenes

as    Al

2016
Better Off Single

as    Charlie's Therapist

2016
Madoff

as    Gregory Perkins

2016
Madoff

as    Gregory Perkins

2016
2015
Inside Out

as    Anger (voice)

2015
Mind Candy

as    Anger (voice)

2012
2011
Afghan Luke

as    Lewis Black

2011
2010
Robotomy

as    Gore-Ax

2010
I Am Comic

as    Self

2010
2008
History of the Joke

as    Host

2008
2008
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil

as    Self - Host

2007
Heckler

as    Self