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- Full name: Lewis Niles Black
- Birthdate: August 30, 1948
- Birthplace: Washington, DC
- Trademark: On-edge, finger-pointing demeanor
- Attended University of North Carolina
- Resides in North Carolina
- Won 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Comedy Album"
- Won an American Comedy Award in 2001
- Nominated for an Emmy Award in 2007
- Has written over 40 plays
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Background
After earning his Masters at Yale School of Drama in 1977, Black wrote hundreds of one-act plays with composer Rusty Magee. In 1990, they premiered the musical The Czar of Rock and Roll at the Alley Theatre in Houston.Before his plays, Black would do stand-up comedy to get the audience warmed up. After acting in a few TV shows like Law and Order and Life on the Street in the mid-1990s, Black pursued comedy full-time.
He occasionally appears as his on-stage persona in some films like Accepted and Man of the Year.
Comedy
Black's on-stage persona is that of a man who is at the edge of his sanity, often ranting sardonically about politics, news, religion, history and other things he finds absurd. His performances at Carnegie Hall in 2006 were recorded for a live comedy album, which won him his first Grammy.Black also has a recurring three-minute segment on Comedy Central's The Daily Show called "Back in Black," which has since become the longest-running segment on the program. The network eventually gave Black his own show, The Root of All Evil, in 2008.
As an author, he has written his autobiography, Nothing's Sacred, in 2005, and Me of Little Faith in 2008.
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Me of Little Faith - $15.00
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Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed - $19.98
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Lewis Black Questions
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What Are Black Wholes? 2 AnswersBlack ''Hole'' it is indeed. See the following link that has a great video. And you can explore a Hubble star map to find different features of the universe. h... read more -
What is the biggest black hole observed? 2 AnswersIt's actually part of a binary system...the larger event weighs in at about the equivalent of 18 billion suns...that's 3.580056 × 10^40 kilograms!!!! The smalle... read more -
What is a black hole, ring singularity? 2 AnswersThe common definition of a black hole as a point singularity surrounded by an event horizon refers to *nonrotating* (Schwarzschild) black holes. According to c... read more
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Why is I have black friends just an excuse? 2 AnswersInteresting question. I think it goes back to the debate over whether someone can make an ethnic/race joke if they're a part of that ethnicity or race, and how ... read more
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Lewis Black Timeline
- Note: The IMDb links in this timeline have pop-ups.
- 1948: Born August 30 in Washington, DC
- 1986: Hannah and Her Sisters - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1990-1991: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd - IMDb Listing
- 2000-Present: The Daily Show - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2002: Lewis Black: Taxed Beyond Belief - IMDb Listing
- 2004: Lewis Black: Black on Broadway - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2006: Lewis Black: Red, White and Screwed - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2006: Unaccompanied Minors - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2006: Man of the Year - IMDb Listing
- 2005-2007: Attorney at Law - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2008: Dark as Day - IMDb Listing
- 2008: Root of All Evil - IMDb Listing
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