Lewis Black, Bill Engvall Featured at Bill of Rights Comedy Concert : March 12, 2012

Lewis Black and Bill Engvall are set to headline The Bill of Rights Comedy concert this May. The event will raise money to build a monument in Arizona to celebrate the bill of righ ...

lewis black Biography

Lewis Black, the stand-up comedian, actor, playwright and author, was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on August 30, 1948. His comedic style often includes angry rants that ridicule religion, politics, trends, history and other cultural phenomena. He also simulates mental breakdowns.

Black was the host of Lewis Black's Root of All Evil on Comedy Central. He also regulary appears on the late-night Daily Show with Jon Stewart where he performs "Back in Black." Black is an Aruba Tourism spokesman and has appeared in their television ads. Comedy Central ranked Black as No. 51 in the greatest all time 100 stand-up comedians in 2004. In 2008 he came in 5th place in Stand Up Showdown and in 11th place in 2010 in the Comedy Central contest.

Black studied playwrighting at University of North carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked in theater as an associate artistic director and playwright. He got his start in stand-up comedy appearing as the opening act for various plays. He also began to receive bit parts in films and television.

In 1998 Black hosted his debut comedy special with Comedy Cenral Presents and also made appearances in 2000 as well as 2002. In 2002 he starred in Taxed Beyond Belief, also with Comedy Central. Black had a stand-up special on HBO in 2004 called Black on Broadway and had another HBO special in 2006 called Red, White and Screwed. Black's "The Carnegie Hall Peformance" won the Best Comedy Album Grammy Award in 2007. In 2008 Black was the host of The Root of All Evil on Comedy Central and History of the Joke on History Channel. Black's concert film Stark Raving Black was released in June 2010.