Lewis Black

Acting · Born 1948-08-30 in 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…

Filmography

• Inside Out as Anger (voice)
• Inside Out 2 as Anger (voice)
• Hannah and Her Sisters as Paul
• Jacob's Ladder as Jacob's Doctor
• Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind as Self
• Riley's First Date? as Anger (voice)
• Teenage Paparazzo as Self
• Downwind
• Accepted as Uncle Ben
• Farce of the Penguins as Jimmy (voz)

TV

• The Big Bang Theory as Professor Crawley
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as The Deadly Duplicator (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as B.J. Cameron
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Laszlo 'Punchy' DeLeon
• SpongeBob SquarePants as Santa Claus (voice)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Vic / Spider Bytez (voice)
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mr. E (voice)
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mr. E / Ricky Owens (voice)
• Dream Productions as Anger (voice)
• Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! as Mayor Stoughton (voice)