Lehr, John 1967- (Butler)

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Lehr, John 1967- (Butler)

PERSONAL

Full name, John C. Lehr; born November 25, 1967, in Overland Park, KS; father, a computer science teacher; mother, a social worker; married, wife's name Jennifer. Education: Northwestern University, graduated, 1988.

Addresses:

Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Andy Cohen, Grade A Entertainment, 149 South Barrington Ave., Suite 719, Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Career:

Actor, writer, and producer. Appeared on stage with Organic Theatre and Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, at Chicago Improvisational Festival, at Montreal Comedy Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and at venues in Los Angeles and New York City; appeared in commercials, including role of caveman in commercials for Geico insurance. Worked as a substitute teacher.

Awards, Honors:

Audience Choice Award, Slamdance Film Festival, 2003, for Memron.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Host, News Weasels, E! Entertainment Television, 1994.

John Warner, Jr., Jesse, NBC, 1998-99.

Host, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, ABC, 2003.

Leslie Pool, 10 Items or Less, TBS, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ron Dorfman, Since You've Been Gone, ABC, 1998.

First assistant director, They Shoot Divas, Don't They?, VH1, 2002.

Carl Schlosberg, Memron, 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Leslie Pool, 10 Items or Less, TBS, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Lead chanter, "Operation Blackout," Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1994.

Eric, "The One with the Flashback," Friends, NBC, 1996.

Bo, "The Guardian," The Journey of Allen Strange, Nickelodeon, 1998.

Kenny, "Falling in Place," Once and Again, ABC, 2002.

Kenny, "One Step (Parent) Backward," Once and Again, ABC, 2002.

Appeared as J. D. Salinger in an episode of Oliver Beene, Fox.

Television Work; Series:

Creator and executive producer, 10 Items or Less, TBS, 2006.

Television Work; Other:

Associate producer, Memron (movie), 2004.

Producer, 10 Items or Less (pilot), TBS, 2006.

Executive producer, Ill-Equipped for a Life of Sex (pilot), ABC, 2007.

Film Appearances:

Louis, Kicking and Screaming, Trimark Pictures, 1995.

Miles, Highball, Shoreline Entertainment, 1997.

Lint, Mr. Jealousy, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

(As Butler) Butler, Conrad & Butler Take a Vacation (short film), Next Wednesday Productions, 2000.

The record collector, Bug, Curb Entertainment, 2002.

Ralph, The Sweetest Thing, Columbia TriStar, 2002.

Johnny Plastic, Humanoid, Johnny Plastic Productions, 2003.

Himself, American Cannibal: The Road to Reality (documentary; also known as American Cannibal), Lifesize Entertainment, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in the solo show The Lehr Curse, New York City; also performed other monologues in New York City and Los Angeles.

WRITINGS

Television Series:

10 Items or Less, TBS, 2006.

Television Pilots:

Ill-Equipped for a Life of Sex, ABC, 2007.

Film Scripts:

Conrad & Butler Take a Vacation (short film), Next Wednesday Productions, 2000.

Humanoid, Johnny Plastic Productions, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

John Lehr Official Site,http://www.johnlehr.com, June 28, 2007.

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