23 Facts About Lewis Black

Lewis Niles Black was born on August 30,1948 and is an American stand-up comedian and actor.

Lewis Black is a spokesman for the Aruba Tourism Authority, appearing in television ads that first aired in late 2009 and 2010.

Lewis Black was born on August 30,1948, in Washington, D C, the elder son of Jeannette Black, a teacher, and Samuel Black, an artist and mechanical engineer.

Lewis Black'sgrandparents emigrated from the Russian Empire, including Chornyi Ostriv and Bialystok, and his paternal grandfather was originally named Leib Blech, later changed to Louis Black.

Also with Rusty Magee, Lewis Black wrote the musical The Czar of Rock and Roll, which premiered at Houston's Alley Theatre in 1990.

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In 1998, Lewis Black starred in his first comedy special on the series Comedy Central Presents.

In 2004 and 2005, Lewis Black hosted the World Stupidity Awards ceremony at Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival.

In 2006, Black performed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D C for an HBO special, Red, White, and Screwed.

Lewis Black was told the number was 42, when actually it was approximately 78.

Lewis Black received a 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Comedy Album" for his album The Carnegie Hall Performance.

In 2009, Lewis Black filmed two shows at the Fillmore Theater in Detroit, Michigan.

In 2011, Lewis Black filmed two shows at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In October 2020, Lewis Black released his fourteenth stand-up special, Thanks for Risking Your Life, live at the Four Winds New Buffalo casino.

Since November 9,2005, Lewis Black has been making appearances in small segments on The Weather Channel.

Lewis Black hosted Comedy Central's Last Laugh '06, which aired on December 10,2006.

Lewis Black was the voice of "Manobrain" during the third season of the Cartoon Network series Duck Dodgers.

Lewis Black provided the voice of oxpecker Ted in the My Gym Partner's a Monkey episode, "Hornbill and Ted's Bogus Journey".

Lewis Black was upset and he encouraged the audience to boo the heckler before leaving the stage in disgust, while shouting obscenities at the heckler.

On June 29,2007, Lewis Black gave a benefit show at Springbrook High School, his alma mater, in the school's auditorium for 1,100 alumni, faculty, and students.

In mid-December 2007, Lewis Black went with Robin Williams, Kid Rock, Lance Armstrong and Rachel Smith, Miss USA 2007, on a United Service Organizations trip to support the troops in Iraq and Kuwait.

In 2008, Lewis Black went on tour to promote his book Me of Little Faith.

Lewis Black did a stand-up tour called "Let Them Eat Cake", with material from that tour being featured on his comedy album Anticipation.

Lewis Black appeared on The Daily Show the following night where he stated he was exercising his constitutional rights.