Cast & creator
Richard Lewis
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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.
53
film credits
45
television credits
91
1962–2024 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (98)
Showing 98 of 98 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sportsman Larry
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sportsman Larry (voice)
1999
The Simpsons
Golem (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
The View
Self
1997
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Two and a Half Men
Stan
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Richard Lewis
2000
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Las Vegas
Stan
2003
BoJack Horseman
Ziggy Abler (voice)
2014
V.I.P.
Ronald Zane
1998
The Dead Zone
Jack Jericho
2002
The Larry Sanders Show
Richard Lewis
1992
Everybody Hates Chris
Kris
2005
Tales from the Crypt
Vern (segment "Whirlpool")
1989
7th Heaven
Richard Glass
1996
Hercules
Neurosis
1998
American Masters
Self
1986
Pound Puppies
Buddy (voice)
2010
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Richard (voice)
1995Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Additional Writing
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Old Beggar (voice)
1995
'Til Death
Miles Tunnicliff
2006
Rude Awakening
Harve Schwartz
1998
George Lopez
Phillip Nickleson
2002
Alias
Mitchell Yaeger
2001
Inside Comedy
Self
2012
Anything But Love
Marty Gold
1989
Presidio Med
Francis Weinod
2002
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Prince John
1993Revealed with Jules Asner
2001
Leaving Las Vegas
Peter
1995
Daddy Dearest
Steven Mitchell
1993Daddy Dearest
Creator
1993
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
2010
She's Funny That Way
Al Finkelstein
2015
Sandy Wexler
Testimonial
2017
MADtv
Self
1995
Once Upon a Crime
Julian Peters
1992
A.J.'s Time Travelers
Edgar Allan Poe
1995TriBeCa
1993
Vamps
Danny
2012Hiller and Diller
Neil Diller
1997
The Aristocrats
Self
2005
Wagons East!
Phil Taylor
1994Harry
Richard Breskin
1987
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
2018
Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Self
1999
Confessions of an Action Star
Self
2005Confessions of an Action Star
2005
Hugo Pool
Chick Chicalini
1997
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
2015
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Dinner for Five
2001
The One, the Only... Groucho
Self
1991
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self
2013
Group Therapy
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Wrong Guys
Richard
1988
The Last Party
Self
1993
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Self
2011
Drunks
Jim
1997
'Robin Hood: Men in Tights' – The Legend Had It Coming
Self
1993The 6th Annual Young Comedians
Self
1981
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Aristotle (voice)
2021
A Weekend in the Country
Bobby Stein
1996
Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed
Self
1990Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed
Writer
1990
Diary of a Young Comic
Billy Goldstein / Gondola
1979Diary of a Young Comic
Writer
1979
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Edward Sanders
1992
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians
Self (archive footage)
2001
Looking for Lenny
Self
2011
That's Adequate
Pimples Lapedes
1989
Bucky and the Squirrels
Richard Lewis
2018
Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
Self
1988Richard Lewis: I'm Exhausted
Writer
1988
Just 3 Boyz
Shades (voice)
2010
Nichols and May: Take Two
Self
1996
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
Self
1985
The Maze
Markov
1997
The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show
1991
The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians
Self (archive footage)
2003
Comic Relief VII
Self
1995
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
Self
2012
Comic Relief III
Self
1989
The Elevator
Phil Milowski
1998
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
Self
1988The Facts
Host
1982
Origin
Thanks
2019
Game Day
Steve Adler
1999
Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour
Himself
1996Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour
Writer
1996