John Lehr
John Lehr | |
---|---|
Born | |
Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse |
Jennifer Schlosberg Lehr
(m. 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Carl Schlosberg |
John Lehr (born November 25, 1965) is an American film and television actor and comedian.
Personal life
Lehr was born on November 25, 1965, in
Lehr converted to Judaism in 2000.[1]
Lehr appeared in the movie The Sweetest Thing, starring Christina Applegate, as a man driving a golf cart on a driving range being hit by balls. He is credited as "Ralph".
In 2010, Lehr signed on as a supporter of Alley Cat Allies,[2] a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to transforming communities to protect and improve the lives of cats, joking that “As a feral human, I feel a deep connection with these animals.”
Stagework
Lehr is an alumnus of Mee-Ow, an
Sitcom career
Lehr is also a co-creator, executive producer and star of the Hulu-original series Quick Draw, which premiered in August 2013. The second season premiered in August 2014.
In 2011, Lehr co-created the web series
Lehr is the co-creator and star of the
Before 10 Items, he played Christina Applegate's brother in Jesse during its first season (1998) and also appeared in Friends, in the 1996 episode "The One with the Flashback", as Eric.
In 2015, he was reported to be working on a new show for the cable channel HBO called, The Loop, about a couple who decides to give up the daily grind and sail around the world. Soon they get caught accidentally with a drug smuggling ring, and things go downhill from there.[4] Lehr and producing partner Nancy Hower shot a pilot presentation, which was not ordered to series.[5]
Television commercials
Geico
Lehr played one of the GEICO Cavemen in a popular series of commercials for the auto insurance company GEICO. Other actors in the commercials were Jeffrey Daniel Phillips and Ben Weber.
Lehr appeared in the first ad, in which the caveman is a worker holding a boom mike on the set of a television commercial. He gets upset about the tenor of the commercial and its demeaning comments about cavemen, and storms off the set.
In a later ad, he plays a caveman being counseled by a therapist played by Talia Shire.
In a February 2009 interview on Anytime with Bob Kushell, Lehr stated that the caveman makeup took about three hours to apply.[6]
Footnotes
- ^ Bloom, Nate (2006-11-24). "Celebrity Jews". The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. Retrieved 2006-11-22.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.webserieschannel.com/2011/03/21/exclusive-john-lehr-interview-on-jailbait/ Archived 2011-04-02 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "HBO Developing Dark Comedy 'The Loop' from Nancy Hower & John Lehr". 3 September 2015.
- ^ "HBO: THE LOOP". Nancy Hower. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ^ "Anytime with Bob Kushell feat. John Lehr". Anytime with Bob Kushell. Season 1. Episode 11. 2009-02-19.