Geoffrey Lewis (actor)
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Born | July 31, 1935 San Diego, California |
Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935) is an American character actor. He is also a member of the musical group Celestial Navigations with Geoff Levin.
Lewis was born in San Diego, California. He is the father of 10 children, including actress Juliette Lewis.
Lewis has appeared in several of Clint Eastwood's films, including playing the main villain in High Plains Drifter, Orville in the Every Which Way But Loose series, and the eccentric, bee-loving juror Luther Driggers from the film Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Other notable film roles include The Culpepper Cattle Company, Dillinger, My Name is Nobody, The Wind and the Lion, Return of a Man Called Horse, Tango and Cash, Pink Cadillac, The Man Without a Face, The New Guy, and The Devil's Rejects. He has been a frequent television guest star, appearing in such series as Alias Smith and Jones, Gunsmoke, Starsky and Hutch, Barnaby Jones, Falcon Crest, Matlock, The X-Files, My Name Is Earl, Salem's Lot and House M.D..
Lewis appeared in a Scientology public service announcement called "Scientology Creed".
He will be the voice of a character named Lenny in Rob Zombie's upcoming animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.
In 2008, Lewis will be directing the feature film The Drummer. He has a production company called Pistol Films LLC.