Richard Belzer Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned a Hoboken International Film Festival Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Santorini Blue․"
• Worked as a teacher, census-taker, jewelry salesman and dockworker before making it in the entertainment industry
• Considered becoming a serious writer after high school and worked for a short time as a reporter for a newspaper he delivered called The Bridgeport Post
• Served a brief stint in the Army as a young man and also was a yoga instructor
• Worked in stand-up comedy at Pips, The Improv and Catch a Rising Star in New York City
• Quote: "If you tell a lie that's big enough and you tell it often enough, people will believe you are telling the truth even when what you are saying is total crap․"
• Was a frequent guest on the "Howard Stern Show" beginning with the show's start in 1998
• Appeared in numerous TV series, including "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," "The Simpsons" and "Frasier․"
• Performed with the comedy troupe Channel One, whose best skits were compiled in "The Groove Tube․"
• Was the audience warm-up comic for "Saturday Night Live" in its premiere season and made three guest appearances on the show
• Worked on the "National Lampoon Radio Hour" and the off-Broadway production of "National Lampoon Show" in the 1970s
• Became the third actor to play the same character in six different TV series with his appearance in "Law & Order: Trial by Jury․"