Richard Lewis
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Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He rose to fame in the 1980s as a comedian specialising in self-deprecating parody before moving to acting.
He is best known for his role in Anything but Love (1989–92) and for his ongoing and semi-autobiographical appearance in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–present).
Early life
Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Englewood, New Jersey. His family is Jewish but not particularly religious. Bill (d. 1971), his father, was co-owner of Ambassador Caterers in Teaneck, New Jersey, and his mother, Blanche, appeared in community theatre. Lewis is the youngest of three siblings – his brother was older than him by 6 years and his sister by nine. Lewis' father's catering company kept his father very busy, and his siblings went back to school by the 1960s, leaving Lewis and his mother alone, with whom he did not get along. Lewis said in 2014 that he believed that his birth had been a mistake.
Lewis was known as the class clown and was known for inflicting a lot of trouble in school. He graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1965 and earned a degree in marketing at The Ohio State University.
Personal life
Lewis first met Joyce Lapinsky in 1998 at a Ringo Starr album launch party, while Lapinsky was working in music publishing. In 2004, the pair married the following year after getting engaged in 2004.
Lewis's comedy has included discussions of his anxiety and depression, as well as his multiple therapy sessions. In addition, he has admitted that he suffers from an eating disorder due to body dysmorphia.
Lewis has been open about his alcohol and heroin use, being a user of both cocaine and crystal methamphetamine. Lewis' addictions grew worse into the 1990s, causing him to avoid doing stand-up from 1991 to 1994. Lewis explains how John Candy's death in 1994 prompted him to reflect on his own life and work. In Candy's last film, the Western-themed comedy film Wagons East, the two appeared together. Lewis said in later interviews that he became sober in 1994 after winding up in a hospital emergency room as a result of a cocaine overdose.
Lewis' book The Other Great Depression, which was published in 2000, was entitled The Other Great Depression. In 2008, the book was reissued with an afterword, where Lewis spoke more about his continuing struggles with heroin. Lewis' book Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis' Guide to How Not to Live, which includes Lewis Lewis' words and observations in the form of one-liners and other comedic premises interspersed with photographs created by artist Carl Nicholas Titolo, was published in 2015.
Lewis has had trouble with health problems that have resulted in multiple surgeries. He shattered his right hand after falling from his roof in 2019, and his shoulder shrank in early 2020, resulting in more surgery. Lewis suffered with intense pain during the shooting of Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2020, but in 2021 he revealed that he would only be back for one episode of the 11th season, but that he wanted to return more often in future seasons.
Career
Lewis first attempted stand-up at an open-mic in Greenwich Village in 1971. While working as a copywriter for an advertising company by day, he began writing and performing stand-up comedy regularly. While performing in Greenwich Village, comedian David Brenner discovered him. Brenner aided Lewis' career by introducing him to the comedy clubs in Los Angeles and securing Lewis' first appearance on The Tonight Show. Lewis appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and publications such as the New York Daily News and New York Magazine, naming him as one of the "new breed" or "class" of comedians, as well as celebrities like Robert Klein, Lily Tomlin, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Andy Kaufman, Richard Belzer, and Elayne Boosler. Buster Keaton, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, and Richard Pryor are among his influences.
Lewis is known for dark comedy, self-deprecation, and for open discussions of his many neuroses, as well as his battles with alcoholism and heroin use. During his stand-up performance, he is known for his all-black clothing and for pacing and gesticulating a great deal. In his early days, he was already known for bringing taped-together sheets from a legal pad to his performances. He would then lay across the floor in front of him to remind him of joke premises and topics he wanted to cover during his performances.
Lewis made his screen debut in Diary of a Young Comic, a 90-minute film that aired on NBC in 1979 in a time slot normally reserved for Saturday Night Live episodes. Lewis plays Billy Gondola (born Gondolstein), a young Jewish comedian who left New York City to find fame in Los Angeles in this satirical examination of the Hollywood scene. Lewis and Bennett Tramer co-wrote the film's script, which was based on a tale written by Gary Weis, who also served as the film's director. Bill Macy plays Billy's father, Michael Lerner as his handler, and Stacy Keach as a landlord. Performers George Jessel, Dom DeLuise, Nina van Pallandt, and Gary Mule Deer appear in the film as themselves.
Lewis gained a lot of fame in the 1980s and 1990s with appearances on talk shows including The Tonight Show, Late Night and the Late Show with David Letterman, and The Howard Stern Show The Magical Misery Tour, which premiered on HBO in 1985, 1990, 1990, and 1997 respectively. He co-starred on Anything but Love from 1988 to 1992. Don Rickles appeared on the short-lived sitcoms Daddy Dearest in 1993 and Hiller and Diller with Kevin Nealon in 1998. In the 1995 drama film Drunks, based on Gary Lennon's play Blackout, he played Prince John, a struggling alcoholic and heroin user, and appeared as a struggling alcoholic and heroin addict. Lewis appeared in both the 1995 drama film Leaving Las Vegas and the 1997 romantic comedy Hugo Pool.
Lewis performed on the sitcom Rude Awakening and as Rabbi Richard Glass on the family drama series 7th Heaven in the 2000s. Lewis appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm as Richard Lewis, a semi-autobiographical version of himself. Lewis first encountered the show's star and creator Larry David at a summer camp in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, when they were 12 years old – Lewis said they looved each other at the time. Both comedians were born in the same hospital three days earlier. The two celebrities met in New York just over a decade ago when they were doing stand-up and became friends. Lewis will not be returning to the show in its 11th season in 2021, despite pain Lewis suffered with back and shoulder injuries as a result of multiple surgeries. Lewis later revealed on Twitter that he had been compelled by David to return for one episode. Lewis also told GQ in October 2021 that he wished Curb Your Enthusiasm would return for more seasons so he'd be able to reprise his role on the show once more.