Lewis Black is a Grammy Award-winning comedian. He received this honor for his comedy album "The Carnegie Hall Performance" in 2007. He is one of few performers to sell out Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City Center, and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
He got his start in theater as playwright-in-residence at the West Bank Café's Downstairs Theatre Bar where he oversaw the development of more than 1,000 plays, including works by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin and American Beauty writer Alan Ball. A cast member of The Daily Show since its inception in 1996, he went on to earn an Emmy for his wit and humor in segments for HBO's Inside the NFL which he produced and starred in 2005.
He's filmed two HBO specials, Black on Broadway and Red, White and Screwed, has written two best selling books, Nothing's Sacred and Me of Little Faith and will appear in theaters this fall in his latest stand-up release, Stark Raving Black.
