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Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Emmanuel Lewis (born March 9, 1971) is a retired American 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.<ref name="ajc">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early careerEdit

Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York 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.<ref name="ww">Template:Cite news</ref> Lewis was unusually short, reaching only Template:Height in adulthood, which enabled him to play child roles younger than his actual age.<ref name="ww"/>

ABC programming chief Lew Erlicht saw Lewis in a Burger King commercial and ordered a show developed for him.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> At the time, rival network NBC was having ratings success with Diff'rent Strokes, a sitcom that featured a short African-American boy living with white adoptive parents. Rather than create a new show, ABC added Lewis to a program already in development named Another Ballgame, starring Alex Karras and Susan Clark, and recentered it around Lewis's character, Webster Long, a five-year-old child orphaned when his parents died in a car accident. Another Ballgame was retitled Then Came You and renamed before its premiere, Webster.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

For his role, Lewis was nominated for four Young Artist Awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1984, he was nominated for Best Young Actor in a Comedy Series for Webster and lost to Rick Schroder of Silver Spoons. In 1985, he was nominated for the same award, but it went to Billy Jayne of It's Not Easy. In 1986, he was nominated for Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series, but was bested by Marc Price who won for his performance in Family Ties. In 1987, he was nominated for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Starring in a Television Comedy or Drama Series, which Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains won. Lewis won three People's Choice Awards and two Clio Award.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Webster was a success for ABC, finishing in the Nielsen Top 30 for its first three seasons before dropping off in its fourth. ABC canceled the show in 1987, but it continued in first-run syndication for two more seasons, making six in total. Lewis was 12 years old at the series' start, despite playing a five-year-old, and was 18 when the series ended.

Later careerEdit

In Japan, he is known as a singer and has released two singles; his debut single, "City Connection," reached number 2 on the Oricon chart.

Lewis appeared as himself on a TV child stars episode of Weakest Link in 2001. He was voted off in the third round. He had cameo appearances in the 2007 film Kickin' It Old Skool and a 2013 episode of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref>

On November 9, 2014, Lewis appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast. The episode was recorded live at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville, Massachusetts as part of the 2014 Boston Comedy Festival. He appears in Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz's "I Don't Give A F" video, at the 30-second mark.<ref>Template:Cite video</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Lewis graduated from Clark Atlanta University in 1997 with a degree in theater arts and now lives in the Atlanta area.<ref name="ajc"/> He is president of the Radio, Music & Film Alliance of Georgia and chairman of the board of the Thomas W. Dortch Jr. Foundation.<ref name="ajc"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Lewis is a practitioner of taekwondo.<ref name="people">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> He is also a Prince Hall Freemason and a member of W.C. Thomas Lodge #112 F&AM, PHA in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FilmographyEdit

DiscographyEdit

"City Connection", a song performed by Lewis, was very popular in Japan in 1981, reaching number 2 on the Oricon chart.

  • "City Connection" (シティコネクション, Shity Konekushon) (1981 July 5)
    • B side: City Connection (English Version)
    • Lyrics: Mickey Sugar, Composer: Danny Long (pseudonym of Daiko Nagato), arranger: Michel SHIMIN, Yuka Sato
  • "Love is DANDAN" (恋はダンダン, ”Koi wa Dan Dan") (1981 October 5)
    • Lyrics: Junko Shiratori, composer: Daiko Nagato, arranger: Masao Nakajima

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