Lewis Black

Lewis Black

Known for
Acting
Born
August 30, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Untitled Mitch Hedberg Documentary

Untitled Mitch Hedberg Documentary

Movie · as Self

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Friend Thing

Friend Thing

Movie

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Inside Out 3

Inside Out 3

Movie · as Anger (voice)

2026
Instadocs: The Prediction Games poster

Instadocs: The Prediction Games

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton poster

SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton

Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)

2024
Atrabilious poster

Atrabilious

Movie · as Roy Altman

2024
Inside Out 2 poster

Inside Out 2

Movie · as Anger (voice)

2024
SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas poster

SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas

Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)

2024
Dream Productions poster

Dream Productions

TV · as Anger (voice) · 4 eps

2024
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Downwind poster

Downwind

Movie

2023
Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You poster

Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You

Movie · as Self

2022
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks poster

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

Movie · as Self

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11 poster

Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11

Movie · as Self

2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years poster

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

TV · as Santa Claus (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics poster

Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics

Movie · as Self

2020
Lewis Black: Thanks For Risking Your Life poster

Lewis Black: Thanks For Risking Your Life

Movie · as Self

2019
The Last Laugh poster

The Last Laugh

Movie · as Max Becker

2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind poster

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Movie · as Self

2018
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants poster

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

TV · as Ragely J. Snarlingtooth (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Imitation Girl poster

Imitation Girl

Movie · as Lew

2017
Gilbert poster

Gilbert

Movie · as Self

2017
The History of Comedy poster

The History of Comedy

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2016
Better Off Single poster

Better Off Single

Movie · as Charlie's Therapist

2016
Rock Dog poster

Rock Dog

Movie · as Linnux (voice)

2016
Lewis Black: Black to the Future poster

Lewis Black: Black to the Future

Movie · as Self

2016
Crisis in Six Scenes poster

Crisis in Six Scenes

TV · as Al · 6 eps

2016
Madoff poster

Madoff

TV · as Gregory Perkins · 4 eps

2015
Inside Out poster

Inside Out

Movie · as Anger (voice)

2015
Misery Loves Comedy poster

Misery Loves Comedy

Movie · as Self

2015
Mind Candy poster

Mind Candy

Movie · as Anger (voice)

2015
Introducing Parker Dowd

Introducing Parker Dowd

Movie · as Drew

2015
Lewis Black & Friends - A Night to Let Freedom Laugh (Live in Washington D.C.) poster

Lewis Black & Friends - A Night to Let Freedom Laugh (Live in Washington D.C.)

Movie · as Self

2015
Riley's First Date? poster

Riley's First Date?

Movie · as Anger (voice)

2015
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! poster

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

TV · as Mayor Stoughton (voice) · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor poster

Comedy Warriors: Healing Through Humor

Movie · as Self - Coach

2014
The Rant Is Due: Live From Napa poster

The Rant Is Due: Live From Napa

Movie · as Self

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
The Muslims Are Coming!

The Muslims Are Coming!

Movie · as Self

2013
Lewis Black: Old Yeller - Live at the Borgata poster

Lewis Black: Old Yeller - Live at the Borgata

Movie · as Self

2013
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall poster

The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall

Movie · as Self

2012
Lewis Black: In God We Rust poster

Lewis Black: In God We Rust

Movie · as Self

2012
Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee poster

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

TV · as Vic / Spider Bytez (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Brainwave poster

Brainwave

Movie

2011
Afghan Luke poster

Afghan Luke

Movie · as Lewis Black

2011
Caris' Peace poster

Caris' Peace

Movie · as Self

2011
Give It Up for Greg Giraldo poster

Give It Up for Greg Giraldo

Movie · as Self

2010
Teenage Paparazzo poster

Teenage Paparazzo

Movie · as Self

2010
I Am Comic poster

I Am Comic

Movie · as Self

2010
Kathleen Madigan: Gone Madigan poster

Kathleen Madigan: Gone Madigan

Movie · as Self

2010
Peep World poster

Peep World

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2010
Basic Black: The Lewis Black Story

Basic Black: The Lewis Black Story

Movie

2010
Robotomy poster

Robotomy

TV · as Gore-Ax, The Gore-Ax/The Scrap Metal Spirit of Insanus · 10 eps

2010
The Green Room with Paul Provenza poster

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated poster

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

TV · as Mr. E (voice), Mr. E / Ricky Owens (voice) · 22 eps

2009
Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black poster

Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black

Movie · as Self

2009
Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black poster

Surviving the Holidays with Lewis Black

Movie · as Self

2009
Just For Laughs: Over The Edge poster

Just For Laughs: Over The Edge

Movie · as Self

2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories poster

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
History of the Joke poster

History of the Joke

Movie · as Host

2008
Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget poster

Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget

Movie · as Self

2008
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil poster

Lewis Black's Root of All Evil

TV · as Self - Host · 18 eps

2008
The Penguins of Madagascar poster

The Penguins of Madagascar

TV · as Dale (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Heckler poster

Heckler

Movie · as Self

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Professor Crawley · 1 ep

2006
Accepted poster

Accepted

Movie · as Uncle Ben

2006
Farce of the Penguins poster

Farce of the Penguins

Movie · as Jimmy (voice)

2006
Man of the Year poster

Man of the Year

Movie · as Eddie Langston

2006
Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed poster

Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed

Movie · as Self

2006
Unaccompanied Minors poster

Unaccompanied Minors

Movie · as Oliver Porter

2006
Falling for Grace poster

Falling for Grace

Movie · as Rob York

2006
Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 2: On the Edge poster

Just for Laughs Stand Up, Vol. 2: On the Edge

Movie · as Self

2006
Last Laugh '06 poster

Last Laugh '06

Movie · as Self - Host

2006
Live at Gotham poster

Live at Gotham

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Aristocrats poster

The Aristocrats

Movie · as Self

2005
Celebrity Mix

Celebrity Mix

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2005
The Happy Elf poster

The Happy Elf

Movie · as Norbert (voice)

2005
Last Laugh '05

Last Laugh '05

Movie · as Self

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Lewis Black: Black on Broadway poster

Lewis Black: Black on Broadway

Movie · as Self

2003
Lewis Black Unleashed poster

Lewis Black Unleashed

Movie · as Self

2003
The Gynecologists poster

The Gynecologists

Movie · as Cookie LaMotte

2003
60 Spins Around the Sun poster

60 Spins Around the Sun

Movie · as Self

2003
Duck Dodgers poster

Duck Dodgers

TV · as Manobrain (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Comedy Central Roasts poster

Comedy Central Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief poster

Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief

Movie · as Professor Black

2002
American Dummy poster

American Dummy

Movie · as Club Owner

2000
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law poster

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

TV · as The Deadly Duplicator (voice) · 4 eps

2000
The Brak Show poster

The Brak Show

TV · as Movie Zorak (voice), The Slug (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as B.J. Cameron · 1 ep

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Santa Claus (voice) · 4 eps

1998
Comedy Central Presents poster

Comedy Central Presents

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Correspondent, Self - Commentator · 34 eps

1996
Full Frontal Comedy poster

Full Frontal Comedy

TV · as self · 1 ep

1993
Joey Breaker poster

Joey Breaker

Movie · as Pete Grimm

1993
The Night We Never Met poster

The Night We Never Met

Movie · as Marty Holder

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Laszlo 'Punchy' DeLeon · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Comedian · 9 eps

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Pizza Slice · 1 ep

1991
The Hard Way poster

The Hard Way

Movie · as Banker

1990
Jacob's Ladder poster

Jacob's Ladder

Movie · as Jacob's Doctor

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Franklin Frome · 1 ep

1987
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd poster

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

TV · as Bernie · 5 eps

1986
Hannah and Her Sisters poster

Hannah and Her Sisters

Movie · as Paul

1979
CBS News Sunday Morning poster

CBS News Sunday Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep