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Emmanuel Lewis
American actor (born 1971)
Emmanuel Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1971-03-09) March 9, 1971 (age 53) Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1980–2013 |
Emmanuel Lewis (born March 9, 1971) is an American retired actor, best known for playing the title character in the sitcom Webster.
He was one of American television's biggest stars in the mid-1980s.[1][2]
Early career
Lewis was born in Brooklyn to mother Margaret Lewis. He began his acting career at age 9 working in commercials, including for Campbell's Soup, Life cereal, and Burger King.[3] Lewis was unusually short, reaching only 4'3" in adulthood, which enabled him to play child roles younger than his actual age.[3]
ABC programming chief Lew Erlicht saw Lewis in a Burger King commercial and ordered a show developed for him.[4] At the time, rival network NBC was having ratings success with Diff'rent Strokes, a sitcom William Jacoby (actor) KEJA