- John Lehr
John C. Lehr (born
November 25 ,1965 ), an Americanfilm and televisionactor andcomedian .Personal
Lehr was born on
November 25 ,1965 inOverland Park, Kansas . He isJew ish, having converted toJudaism in 2000.cite journal | last =Bloom| first=Nate| authorlink =| coauthors =| title =Celebrity Jews| journal =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| volume =| issue =| pages =| publisher =| date =2006-11-24 | url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30962/format/html/displaystory.html| doi =| id =| accessdate =2006-11-22 ]He graduated from
Northwestern University in 1988.In the late 80s while attending Northwestern he substitute taught at Kilmer Elementary School on the North Side of
Chicago, Illinois . He later received his teaching certificate and taught full time at Kilmer Elementary.Stagework
In 2004, his one man shows THE LEHR CURSE: A SERIES OF COMEDIC LECTURES ran
Off-Broadway .Lehr is an alumnus ofMee-Ow , an improv group at Northwestern University.itcom career
Lehr stars in the TBS television series, "10 Items or Less", which premiered in November 2006. The second season premiered in January 2008.
Before "10 Items", he played
Christina Applegate 's brother in "Jesse" during its first season (1998).Television commercials
Geico
Lehr played one of the
Geico cavemen in a popular series of commercials for the auto insurance companyGeico . Two of the other actors in the commercials were Jeffrey Daniel Phillips and Ben Weber.Lehr appeared in the first ad, in which the
caveman is a worker holding a boom mike on the set of a television commercial. He gets upset about the tenor of the commercial and its demeaning comments about caveman, and storms off the set.In a later ad, he plays a caveman being counseled by a therapist played by
Talia Shire .Trivia
In September 2007, an interview started circulating around the internet between Lehr and co-star
Nancy Hower , in which Lehr appears to start choking. Hower assumes this is one of his improvisational jokes but he quickly falls to the ground as a crew member begins theHeimlich maneuver .Lehr admitted in a subsequent interview on "The Insider" which aired on
September 25 ,2007 , that the entire event was staged.He loves the band The Killers and has said in interviews that he has a slight crush on lead singer
Brandon Flowers .He appears in the Christina Applegate movie The Sweetest Thing as a man driving in a golf cart on a driving range being hit by balls he is credited as "Ralph".
Footnotes
John is married to Jennifer Lehr, author of the memoir ILL-EQUIPPED FOR A LIFE OF SEX that chronicles the early part of their relationship.
External links
*imdb name|id=0499856|name=John Lehr
* [http://johnlehr.com Official website]
* [http://www.wickedinfo.com/content/view/227/1/ Interview with John Lehr at WickedInfo.com]
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