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Ryan Stiles

  • Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
  • Birthday: April 22, 1959

Tall (6' 5") and blond, Ryan Stiles played in improvisation troupes and performed stand-up comedy for a decade before getting his first regular TV series gig playing Lewis, the janitor at a pharmaceutical house who seems forever attached to Drew Carey, on "The Drew Carey Show" (ABC, 1995- ). A high school dropout, Stiles crossed from his native Washington to Canada to begin his career performing in Vancouver comedy clubs. Towards the end of this period, he tried his hand at TV a bit, appearing on an isolated episode of the CBS series "Stir Craz…more

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  • 1995 to 0000

    Featured as Lewis on "The Drew Carey Show" (ABC)

  • 1994

    Appeared in a memorable Nike TV commercial, directed by Joe Pytka, in which he was alone in an empty baseball stadium doing the wave

  • 1992

    Moved to L.A.

  • 1991

    Had small role in "Hot Shots"

  • 1990

    Began making recurring appearances on the British improv series "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (aired in USA on Comedy Central)

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