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Lewis Black

1948 - Today

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Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion and cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series Lewis Black's Root of All Evil and makes regular appearances on The Daily Show delivering his "Back in Black" commentary segment, which he has been doing since 1996, when The Daily Show was hosted by Craig Kilborn. He was voted 51st of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time by Comedy Central in 2004 and was voted 5th in Comedy Central's Stand Up Showdown in 2008 and 11th in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Black is the 7,182nd most popular actor (up from 7,288th in 2024), the 11,071st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,757th in 2019) and the 3,300th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Lewis Black ranks 7,182 out of 13,578. Before him are Yoo Hae-jin, Marc Warren, Ahn Bo-hyun, Rik Mayall, Barbara Crampton, and Abigail Breslin. After him are May Calamawy, Daisuke Ono, Karen Morley, Nick Stahl, Christy Chung, and Bitty Schram.

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Among people born in 1948, Lewis Black ranks 663. Before him are Patricia A. McKillip, Avi Toledano, Julia Donaldson, Günter Haritz, Joan D. Vinge, and Kristina Lugn. After him are Radojka Šverko, Anders Wejryd, Eliud Williams, Mikheil Korkia, Andy Fairweather Low, and Matti Yrjänä Joensuu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Black ranks 11,073 out of 20,380. Before him are Herbert H. Lehman (1878), Leroy Carr (1905), Joe Fulks (1921), Barbara Crampton (1958), Abigail Breslin (1996), and Robert Russell Bennett (1894). After him are Cobi Jones (1970), Susan Seidelman (1952), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Karen Morley (1909), Nick Stahl (1979), and Giuseppe Rossi (1987).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lewis Black ranks 3,301. Before him are Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961), Mike Vogel (1979), Roger Bart (1962), Kim Delaney (1961), Barbara Crampton (1958), and Abigail Breslin (1996). After him are Karen Morley (1909), Nick Stahl (1979), Bitty Schram (1968), Charles Clary (1873), James Daly (1918), and William Schallert (1922).

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