Richard Philip Lewis (June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He came to prominence in the 1980s and became known for his dark, neurotic and self-deprecating humor. As an actor he was known for co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in the sitcom Anything but Love, for playing the role of Prince John in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights and for his recurring role as a semi-fictionalized version of himself in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1977
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2008
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2015
The Simpsons
2006
The Daily Show
1998
Late Show with David Letterman
1994
The View
2002
Hollywood Squares
2000
Two and a Half Men
2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1997
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Late Night with David Letterman
1982

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
91
Writing
4
Crew
2
2024
Group Therapy
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
as Aristotle (voice)
2018
Bucky and the Squirrels
as Richard Lewis
2018
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Self
2018
BoJack Horseman
as Ziggy Abler (voice)
2017
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
as Self
2015
She's Funny That Way
as Al Finkelstein
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Inside Comedy
as Self
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
2012
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
as Self
2012
Vamps
as Danny
2011
Looking for Lenny
as Self
2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
2011
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
as Self
2011
Pound Puppies
as Buddy (voice)
2010
Just 3 Boyz
as Shades (voice)
2009
'Til Death
as Miles Tunnicliff
2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sportsman Larry
2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sportsman Larry (voice)
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2006
The Simpsons
as Golem (voice)
2006
Everybody Hates Chris
as Kris
2005
The Aristocrats
as Self
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
as Self
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
Las Vegas
as Stan
2005
George Lopez
as Phillip Nickleson
2004
The Dead Zone
as Jack Jericho
2004
Two and a Half Men
as Stan
2003
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Dinner for Five
2003
Alias
as Mitchell Yaeger
2002
Presidio Med
as Francis Weinod
2002
The View
as Self
2002
7th Heaven
as Richard Glass
2002
Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2000
MADtv
as Self
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Richard Lewis
2000
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1999
Game Day
as Steve Adler
1999
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Self
1999
V.I.P.
as Ronald Zane
1998
The Elevator
as Phil Milowski
1998
The Daily Show
as Self
1998
Hercules
as Neurosis
1998
Rude Awakening
as Harve Schwartz
1997
The Maze
as Markov
1997
Drunks
as Jim
1997
Hugo Pool
as Chick Chicalini
1997
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Richard (voice)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1997
Hiller and Diller
as Neil Diller
1997
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Old Beggar (voice)
1996
A Weekend in the Country
as Bobby Stein
1996
Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour
as Himself
1996
Nichols and May: Take Two
as Self
1996
American Masters
as Self
1995
Leaving Las Vegas
as Peter
1995
Comic Relief VII
as Self
1994
Wagons East!
as Phil Taylor
1994
Tales from the Crypt
as Vern (segment "Whirlpool")
1994
A.J.'s Time Travelers
as Edgar Allan Poe
1994
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
The Last Party
as Self
1993
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
as Prince John
1993
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
as Self
1993
The Larry Sanders Show
as Richard Lewis
1993
TriBeCa
1993
Daddy Dearest
as Steven Mitchell
1992
Once Upon a Crime
as Julian Peters
1992
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
as Edward Sanders
1991
The One, the Only... Groucho
as Self
1991
The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show
1990
Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed
as Self
1989
That's Adequate
as Pimples Lapedes
1989
Comic Relief III
as Self
1989
Anything But Love
as Marty Gold
1988
The Wrong Guys
as Richard
1988
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
as Self
1988
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
as Self
1987
Harry
as Richard Breskin
1985
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
as Self
1982
The Facts
as Host
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1981
The 6th Annual Young Comedians
as Self
1979
Diary of a Young Comic
as Billy Goldstein / Gondola
1977
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self