Lewis Black studied drama at Yale, and he's written 40+ plays, but comedy pays the bills. He's famous for facial contortions and acerbic commentary on The Daily Show. He's also an actor (see Hannah and Her Sisters, Jacob's Ladder, and Mad About You), and yearns for a situation comedy of his own. He's made several pilots for possible sit-coms since the mid-1990s, none of which have been picked up.
[1] Lewis Black, Nothing's Sacred (2005), page 201: "Since my head was in a continual spin cycle at the drama school, it made perfect sense that I would get married at this time. The wedding took place at the courthouse in Rockville, Maryland, with just my immediate family and hers. Directly following the ceremony my brother and I walked out the door just as two officers of the law were passing by with a prisoner shackled between them. I looked at my brother and said, When God sends you a message He certainly makes it loud and clear. The marriage was finished in less than a year."
Father: Sam Black (mechanical engineer)
Mother: Jeannette
Brother: Ronald (d. 1997 cancer)
Wife: (div.)
High School: Springbrook High School, Silver Spring, MD (1966)
University: University of Maryland (transferred)
University: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1970)
University: MFA, Yale University (1977)
American Civil Liberties Union
Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity
SAG-AFTRA Board of Directors
Risk Factors: Smoking, LSD
TELEVISION
The Daily Show Commentator ("Back in Black", 2000-)
Lewis Black's Root of All Evil Judge (2008)
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law The Deadly Duplicator (2005-07)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Bernie (1990-91)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (Jan-2018) · Himself
Rock Dog (Jun-2016) [VOICE]
Madoff (3-Feb-2016)
Inside Out (18-May-2015) [VOICE]
The Muslims Are Coming! (12-Sep-2013) · Himself
Lewis Black: Old Yeller: Live at the Borgata (24-Aug-2013) · Himself
Peep World (15-Sep-2010) · Narrator
Teenage Paparazzo (22-Jan-2010) · Himself
Stark Raving Black (8-Oct-2009) · Himself
Falling for Grace (20-Jul-2007) · Rob York
Farce of the Penguins (30-Jan-2007) [VOICE]
Unaccompanied Minors (30-Nov-2006)
Man of the Year (13-Oct-2006)
Accepted (18-Aug-2006)
The Happy Elf (6-Dec-2005) [VOICE]
The Aristocrats (Jan-2005) · Himself
Lewis Black: Black on Broadway (15-May-2004) · Himself
Joey Breaker (14-May-1993)
The Night We Never Met (30-Apr-1993)
The Hard Way (8-Mar-1991) · Banker
Jacob's Ladder (2-Nov-1990)
Hannah and Her Sisters (7-Feb-1986) · Paul
Official Website:
http://www.lewisblack.net/
Comedy albums:
The White Album (2000)
Revolver (2002)
The End of the Universe (2002)
Rules of Enragement (2003)
Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues (2005)
The Carnegie Hall Performance (2006)
Anticipation (2008)
AKA Lewis Niles Black