Printable Biography of John Lehr

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John has written a number of projects -- recently creating two pilots and selling one to network and the other to cable. As an actor, John has appeared in numerous television series and feature films. His critically acclaimed monologues have had sold out runs in LA and New York. He recently wrapped his off-Broadway one-man show "The Lehr Curse.”

John's writing career began with the pilot script "Electronic Highway" (Brandon Tartikoff, Producer, Viacom) and the series "News Weasels" (E!).  John co-wrote and starred in the feature film "Humanoid" (David Schwimmer, Producer). John and his wife, Jennifer, optioned the half-hour "Monogamy American Style" to 20th Century Fox and created and hosted "Garage Sale," a pilot for ABC Family.  In 2003, John created, starred and executive produced the scripted/improvised pilot for FBC entitled "Empyrean Way." In 2004, NBC purchased John's sitcom "Nature/Nurture" for David Schwimmer's Dark Harbor Stories.

This fall, John’s series, “10 Items or Less” will debut on TBS. John Created, Executive Produces and Stars in the show for Sony Pictures Television.  John is also writing and Executive Producing the pilot script “Ill-Equipped for a Life of Sex” with his wife, Jennifer, and Executive Producer Peter Mehlman for ABC.

As an actor, John played Christina Applegate's brother on NBC's "Jesse" and hosted ABC's reality show "I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here."  Other TV credits include "Oliver Beene" (FOX) "Once & Again" (ABC), "Friends" (NBC) and others. John's film credits include "The Sweetest Thing", "Kicking and Screaming", "Mr. Jealousy", "Highball" and others. John is a critically acclaimed improvisational performer having worked at the Organic Theater and Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, The Montreal Comedy Festival, Chicago Improvisational Festival and multiple venues in Los Angeles and New York.  In 2003, John starred in and Associate Produced "Memron" -- an entirely improvised film that won the Audience Choice award at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival.