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• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd TV series (1990-1991)
• Law And Order "Aria" (1991)
• The Hard Way (1991)
• Homicide: Life on the Street "Deception" (1997)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "Obscene" (2004)
• The Happy Elf (2005)
• Accepted (2006)
• Man of the Year (2006)
• Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
• Farce of the Penguins (2007)
• Falling from Grace (2007)
• History of the Joke (2008) (Documentary) History Channel
• The Root of All Evil (2008) (TV series)

Graduated from University of North Carolina and Yale University

Grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Had a younger brother named Ronald, who died of cancer in July 1997 at 46. Black claims in his book, "Me of Little Faith", that his success as an entertainer finally took off after his brother's death, and thus he views him as an archangel.

Once co-owned a theater in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Went to University of Maryland his freshman year.

Once worked for the Appalachian Regional Commission under President Nixon.

Graduated from Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Once worked for the Silver Spring Post Office.

His father, Sam, was a mechanical engineer who built sea mines for the government during World War II and the Vietnam War. He quit ten years earlier than he had planned after reading the Geneva Accord and deciding there was no justification for the United States occupation of Vietnam. He then dedicated his life full-time to art, mostly stained glass and painting. He was also the one who introduced his son to theater and play writing, two things that defined Lewis Black's artistic endeavors long before stand-up comedy.

He has written 40 plays.

His mother, Jeannette, taught math in an all-black high school in Washington, D.C. She quit after the administration told her to stop straying from the rigid curriculum, wherein there were no real practical applications for students, many of whom were not going to college.

Attended the Yale School of Drama.

Played basketball in high school.

Toured Europe with childhood friend, Cliff, in the late 60s with the intent on "hitchhiking and getting laid", neither of which were successful. His tour took him to London, Paris, Vatican City, and many cities in Italy, Spain, Tunisia, and Germany. Among others, he saw the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and visited the Nazi concentration camp, Daccau.

Is a member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity.

Friends with fellow comedian-actor Mark Linn-Baker, and worked with him on a comedy act in New York in the early 1980s called "The Laundry Hour". The act was recreated on the audio-book version of "Me of Little Faith" with Linn-Baker.

Has a beer named after him at The Top of The Hill bar in Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Lewis Black Imperial Stout.

Great influence on him growing up was George Carlin.

His mother, Jeanette, is now 90 years young [2008].