Rawle D. Lewis (c. 1974) is an American actor and comedian best known
for portraying Junior Bevil in the 1993 comedy film Cool Runnings.It
was originally presumed that Lewis was born in Jamaica. However, Lewis
later revealed in an interview for the 229th issue of Empire, "So I
had lied on my resume. I was born in Trinidad, so I said I had done
all this acting in Trinidad, 'cos I figured, who the hell's going to
figure that out?" Despite this, Lewis stated on that same interview
that he was from the Caribbean. Lewis confirmed in another interview
that part of his family is of Jamaican descent. According to Reap
Mediazine, Lewis is originally from New Jersey.Lewis moved to Los
Angeles in high school and did his first stand-up set at the age of
seventeen. He described himself as being a “pretty shy guy in high
school". A friend of his suggested he try stand-up comedy. Lewis
almost considered quitting stand-up due to being embarrassed by his
debut performance, in which heckling occurred. However, fellow
comedian D.L. Hughley encouraged him not to quit.Lewis resides in Los
Angeles. Today, Lewis travels all over the world for about three
months of the year performing stand-up. Of the countries he has
traveled into include Senegal, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, France,
Sweden, and Guatemala. He has even visited Jamaica.
for portraying Junior Bevil in the 1993 comedy film Cool Runnings.It
was originally presumed that Lewis was born in Jamaica. However, Lewis
later revealed in an interview for the 229th issue of Empire, "So I
had lied on my resume. I was born in Trinidad, so I said I had done
all this acting in Trinidad, 'cos I figured, who the hell's going to
figure that out?" Despite this, Lewis stated on that same interview
that he was from the Caribbean. Lewis confirmed in another interview
that part of his family is of Jamaican descent. According to Reap
Mediazine, Lewis is originally from New Jersey.Lewis moved to Los
Angeles in high school and did his first stand-up set at the age of
seventeen. He described himself as being a “pretty shy guy in high
school". A friend of his suggested he try stand-up comedy. Lewis
almost considered quitting stand-up due to being embarrassed by his
debut performance, in which heckling occurred. However, fellow
comedian D.L. Hughley encouraged him not to quit.Lewis resides in Los
Angeles. Today, Lewis travels all over the world for about three
months of the year performing stand-up. Of the countries he has
traveled into include Senegal, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, France,
Sweden, and Guatemala. He has even visited Jamaica.
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