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My Take
Lewis Black is, to me, America's great licensed ranter, and I mean that as the highest compliment. His comedy looks like pure fury, but underneath the shouting is a genuinely sharp mind refusing to accept the absurdities of politics, religion, and culture. Doing the "Back in Black" segment on The Daily Show since 1996 is a feat of consistency that most comedians could never sustain. Anger that stays this articulate and this funny for decades is a craft, not an accident. I find it strangely reassuring that a man approaching his late seventies still has so much honest indignation left in him. That energy is admirable.
Overview
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 ho…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lewis Black
- Name (Japanese)
- ルイス・ブラック
- Reading
- るいす・ぶらっく
- Born
- August 30, 1948 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / comedian / film actor / television presenter / radio personality
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Springbrook High School
- University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.