- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 5, 1950
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis (born Hugh Anthony Cregg III, July 5, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player of the rock band Huey Lewis and the News. The band achieved massive success in the 1980s with hits such as “The Power of Love,” “Hip to Be Square,” and “Stuck with You,” and their album Sports (1983) remains one of the best-selling pop releases of all time. Born in New York City and raised in Marin County, California, Lewis attended Strawberry Point Elementary School (where he skipped second grade) and Edna Maguire Junior High School. His mother, Magda Cregg, was a Polish refugee, and his maternal grandfather invented the red wax sealant used on certain cheeses. After his parents divorced when he was 13, he was sent to the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, graduating in 1967 with a perfect 800 on the math SAT. He enrolled at Cornell …
Filmography
movieMichael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Greatest Night in Pop
2024 · Self
tvSherri
2022 · Self - Guest
movieMarty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
2022 · Self
tvGeneration Gap
2022 · Self
tvJoe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
2022 · Self
moviePhil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
2020 · Self
movieThe Postal Service Zoom Auditions
2020 · Self
tvReunited Apart
2020 · Self
movieHe Did Go All the Way: A Chris Berman Tribute
2017 · Self
movieBack in Time
2015 · Self
tvThe Blacklist
2013 · Huey Lewis
movieAmerican Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al
2013 · Self
tvBuccaneers & Bones
2010
tvHot in Cleveland
2010 · Johnny Revere
moviePocket Full of Soul: The Harmonica Documentary
2009 · Self
tvThe Cleveland Show
2009 · Guy Who Looks Like Huey Lewis (voice)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
movieLooking Back to the Future
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieO Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieBest of Night of the Proms Vol. 3
2008 · Self
moviePineapple Express
2008 · Songs
movieGraduation
2007 · Mike
movieHuey Lewis & the News: Live at 25
2005 · Self - Lead Vocals, Harmonica
The Tony Danza Show
tvThe Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
tvOne Tree Hill
2003 · Jimmy James
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
movie.com for Murder
2001 · Agent Matheson
movieDuets
2000 · Ricky Dean
movieAmerican Psycho
2000 · Songs
Where Are They Now?
tvWhere Are They Now?
1999 · Self
movieDead Husbands
1998 · Dalton Phillips (uncredited)
tvThe King of Queens
1998 · Huey Lewis
movieShadow of Doubt
1998 · Al Gordon
movieSphere
1998 · Helicopter Pilot
movieWag the Dog
1997 · Songs
tvJust Shoot Me!
1997 · Gary Rosenberg
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self - Guest
movieThe Rocker: A Portrait of Phil Lynott
1996 · Self
movieLand of Milk & Honey
1995
movieShort Cuts
1993 · Vern Miller
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
movieThe Real Story of Humpty Dumpty
1990 · Scratch (voice)
movieOliver & Company
1988 · Songs
tvGoing Live!
1987 · Self
movieAmazon Women on the Moon
1987 · Huey Lewis (segment "Murray in Videoland") (uncredited)
movieHuey Lewis and the News: Before!
1987 · Self
movieHuey Lewis and the News - All the Way Live
1987
movieThe Making of Back to the Future
1986 · Self
movieHuey Lewis and the News: The Heart of Rock and Roll
1985 · Self - Vocals & Harmonica
movieBack to the Future
1985 · High School Band Audition Judge (uncredited), Songs
movieWe Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985 · Self
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self - Preshow Host
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
tvFridays
1980 · Self - Musical Guest
movieRockpile: Born Fighters
1979 · Self
movieThin Lizzy: Live and Dangerous
1978 · Self - Harmonica
tvThe BRIT Awards
1977 · Self
tvRockpalast
1974
tvViña del Mar International Song Festival
1963 · Self - Musical Guest