John Lehr is a comedic writer, monologist and performer working in television, film and theater in Los Angeles and New York. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous television series and feature films. His acclaimed monologues have had sold out runs on both coasts, and he recently wrapped his off-Broadway one-man show The Lehr Curse.

Lehr 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 Warner Bros. Television.

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

As an actor, Lehr 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, Once & Again and Friends. His film credits include The Sweetest Thing, Kicking and Screaming, Mr. Jealousy, Highball and others. Lehr 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, Lehr starred in and associate-produced Memron, an entirely improvised film that won the Audience Choice award at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival.