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Richard Lewis is a Actor American born on 29 june 1947 at Brooklyn (USA)

Richard Lewis

Richard Lewis
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Birth name Richard Philip Lewis
Nationality USA
Birth 29 june 1947 (76 years) at Brooklyn (USA)

Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American comedian and actor.

Best films

Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving Las Vegas
(1995)
(Actor)

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Penn Jillette
Penn Jillette
(3 films)
Paul Provenza
Paul Provenza
(1 films)
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr.
(3 films)
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
(1 films)
Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Lewis (16 films)

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Actor

Sandy Wexler
Sandy Wexler (2017)
, 2h11
Directed by Steven Brill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Adam Sandler, Jennifer Hudson, Kevin James, Terry Crews, Rob Schneider, Colin Quinn
Roles Testimonial
Rating52% 2.6039952.6039952.6039952.6039952.603995
Sandy Wexler (Adam Sandler) est un agent travaillant à Los Angeles dans les années 1990. Ses clients sont parmi les plus excentriques du show-business hollywoodien. Un jour, il tombe amoureux de Courtney Clarke (Jennifer Hudson), sa plus récente cliente, une chanteuse extrêmement talentueuse qu'il découvre dans un parc d'attraction.
She's Funny That Way
She's Funny That Way (2014)
, 1h33
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Brie Larson, Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Will Forte, Kathryn Hahn
Roles Al Finkelstein
Rating60% 3.0479253.0479253.0479253.0479253.047925
The film centers on a call girl/escort-turned-Broadway-thespian Isabella/Izzy/Glowstick (Imogen Poots) and follows the “recurring intersection between these two facets of her life”.
Vamps
Vamps (2012)
, 1h32
Directed by Amy Heckerling
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Sigourney Weaver, Dan Stevens, Wallace Shawn, Richard Lewis
Roles Danny
Rating53% 2.650712.650712.650712.650712.65071
Stacy (Krysten Ritter) and Goody (Alicia Silverstone), are two socialite vampires living the good life in New York City. Goody was turned in 1841 by the vampire queen Ciccerus (Sigourney Weaver). She struggled with her life as a vampire until Stacy was turned by Ciccerus sometime during the early 1990s. Goody was able to teach Stacy how to use her new abilities, like sustaining themselves on rat blood, but keeps her actual age a secret because she is afraid of being viewed as old.
Confessions of an Action Star
Confessions of an Action Star (2009)
, 1h23
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors David Leitch, Angelina Jolie, Holmes Osborne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Nathan Lee Graham
Roles Himself
Rating39% 1.9725251.9725251.9725251.9725251.972525
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truly important, he realised he's going to have to get in touch with his roots if there's ever going to be a comeback.
The Elevator
The Elevator (1998)

Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Martin Sheen, Martin Landau, Dean Jacobson, Richard Lewis, Richard Moll, Phil Fondacaro
Roles Phil Milowski
Rating43% 2.19092.19092.19092.19092.1909
Movie producer Roy Tilden is on his way to an award ceremony held in his honour when he gets stuck on an elevator with a young screenwriter, David Brochman Junior. Tilden is not interested in his scripts which are all shorts - but as there is no-one to help the two out of the elevator he is finally forced to listen to David as he reads three of the scripts to him.
Drunks
Drunks (1997)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Lewis, Amanda Plummer, Spalding Gray, Faye Dunaway, Parker Posey, George Martin
Roles Jim
Rating63% 3.196213.196213.196213.196213.19621
A group of alcoholics meet up one night at a 12-step recovery meeting.
Hugo Pool
Hugo Pool (1997)
, 1h32
Directed by Robert Downey Sr.
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Malcolm McDowell, Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, Cathy Moriarty
Roles Chick Chicalini
Rating50% 2.5055652.5055652.5055652.5055652.505565
Hugo Dugay (Alyssa Milano) runs a small company, Hugo Pool, that cleans swimming pools in Los Angeles. The film covers one day in her life, during which she must clean many pools in the midst of a drought that interferes with her usual water supply. In addition to dealing with several eccentric customers, including mobster Chick Chicalini (Richard Lewis) and filmmaker Franz Mazur (Robert Downey, Jr.), Hugo must care for her needy parents Minerva (Cathy Moriarty) and Henry (Malcolm McDowell). Also, Hugo may be falling in love with Floyd Gaylen (Patrick Dempsey), a customer of hers who has ALS.
Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
, 1h51
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Erotic thriller films
Actors Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Valeria Golino, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber
Roles Peter
Rating74% 3.7487453.7487453.7487453.7487453.748745
Ben Sanderson (Cage) is a Hollywood screenwriter whose alcoholism costs him his job, family, and friends. With nothing left to live for, he moves to Las Vegas to drink himself to death. As he drives drunkenly down the Las Vegas Strip, he nearly hits a woman, Sera (Shue), on the crosswalk. Sera chastises him and walks away. Sera is a prostitute working for an abusive pimp, Yuri Butso (Julian Sands), a Latvian immigrant. Polish mobsters are after Yuri, so he breaks his relationship with Sera in fear that the Poles may hurt her. Yuri is murdered (off-screen) shortly afterwards.
Wagons East!
Wagons East! (1994)
, 1h47
Directed by Peter Markle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors John Candy, Abraham Benrubi, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Russell Means
Roles Phil Taylor
Rating48% 2.4020252.4020252.4020252.4020252.402025
In the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers including ex-doctor Phil Taylor (Lewis), prostitute Belle (Ellen Greene), and homosexual bookseller Julian (John C. McGinley) decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west, so they hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow (Candy) to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East. This leads to comedic exploits when the drunken wagon master leads them into Sioux territory and they are pursued by the cavalry. They also have to contend with hired gunslingers who have been sent by railroad magnates to stop the journey in fear of bad publicity of the west, and their discovery that Harlow had been part of the infamous Donner Party.
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
, 1h44
Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Cary Elwes, Roger Rees, Richard Lewis, Amy Yasbeck, Isaac Hayes, Avery Schreiber
Roles Prince John
Rating66% 3.349233.349233.349233.349233.34923
Robin Hood, or Robin of Loxley (Cary Elwes), is captured during the Crusades and is imprisoned at Khalil Prison in Jerusalem. With the help of fellow inmate Asneeze (Isaac Hayes), who is in for jaywalking, he escapes and frees the other inmates. Robin is asked by Asneeze to find his son, Ahchoo (Dave Chappelle, in his first major professional role). Upon returning to England, he finds Ahchoo and discovers that Prince John (Richard Lewis) has assumed control while King Richard is away fighting in the Crusades. Unbeknownst to Richard, the prince is abusing his power. Robin returns to his family home, Loxley Hall, only to find it has been repossessed by John's men. His family's blind servant, Blinkin (Mark Blankfield), informs Robin that his family members and pets have been killed as well. He vows to get his home back before all his family's things are taken.
Once Upon a Crime
Once Upon a Crime (1992)
, 1h34
Directed by Eugene Levy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Sean Young, Ornella Muti, Richard Lewis
Roles Julian Peters
Rating57% 2.899692.899692.899692.899692.89969
The plot revolves around a series of couples in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Augie Morosco (John Candy) is a reformed gambler whose wife Elena Morosco (Ornella Muti) (playing a similar character to her role in Oscar) is concluding a business deal, Neil Schwary (James Belushi) is a gambler looking to strike it big and whose wife Marilyn Schwary (Cybill Shepherd) is hoping to buy some designer clothes. Julian Peters (Richard Lewis) and Phoebe (Sean Young) met each other in Rome and are attempting to return a dachshund to the wealthy Madam Van Dougan.