- Born
- Birth nameLewis Niles Black
- Height1.75 m
- Lewis Black was born on August 30, 1948 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Vice-versa (2015), Admis à tout prix (2006) and Man of the Year (2006).
- Spouse? (divorced)
- ParentsJeanette
- Incensed, sarcastic delivery of jokes, which usually focus on less-than-rational ideas and behavior of people.
- Moving his fingers in odd patterns while performing his act
- Deep, gravelly voice
- Glasses
- His mother, Jeannette, taught math in an all-black high school in Washington, D.C. She quit after the administration told her to stop straying from the rigid curriculum, wherein there were no real practical applications for students, many of whom were not going to college.
- He has written 40 plays.
- His father, Sam, was a mechanical engineer who built sea mines for the government during World War II and the Vietnam War. He quit ten years earlier than he had planned after reading the Geneva Accord and deciding there was no justification for the United States occupation of Vietnam. He then dedicated his life full-time to art, mostly stained glass and painting. He was also the one who introduced his son to theater and play writing, two things that defined Lewis Black's artistic endeavors long before stand-up comedy.
- Great influence on him growing up was George Carlin.
- Has a beer named after him at The Top of The Hill bar in Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Lewis Black Imperial Stout.
- I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I want him out. [on why he will not campaign for political candidates, quoted in The Boston Globe, Aug. 1, 2004]
- "In my lifetime, we've gone from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in 12 years, we'll be voting for plants".
- Golf is a game that was invented for people who don't hate themselves enough in their daily lives.
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