adam lefevre
Bet you didn’t know Adam LeFevre, the actor who plays the dad in Sony’s Lewis Family commercials, is a poet—his poems appeared in Ploughshares once and in the über prestigious Paris Review five times (twice in consecutive issues), and his collection Everything All at Once was published by Wesleyan in 1978. LeFevre also has a few plays to his name.
UPenn’s library has two undated photos of him that I’m guessing (from the hair and clothes) were taken in the late 70s or early 80s, in case you want to see what he looked like before he began to appear in movies. Not that many people know what character actors look like, except maybe Steve Buscemi or William H. Macy, but whatever.
Actually, Adam LeFevre has a degree in playwriting from the University of Iowa, where he was my housemate for awhile in the mid-’70s. If you want to see the Adam from back in the day, just view John Sayles’ 1978 movie “The Return of the Secaucus Seven,” in which I looks just like I remember him. It’s a good movie, too.
FINALLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been trying to find out the name of the Sony DAD. I knew he was in Philadelphia, then last nite saw him on Rescue Me. Missed him on the credits.
SUCCESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually Adam was a good friend of mine at the Writer’s Workshop at UIowa, though I’m pretty sure he was (at least initially) in the Poetry Workshop, which explains all the poetry publications. I’ve followed his career closely (from a distance, if that makes any sense) and he’s become one of the most familiar and accomplished character actors in years. He always hits the nail squarely when he’s in a production, doesn’t he? Be it film, play, tv show or commercial…he’s terrific! And certainly my favorite Sony Dad!
I was in first and second grade with Adam, at the old Coeymans school in Coeymans, NY. I remember that he created a cardboard box TV, complete with programming and commercials, and brought it to school.
The “program” was actually a rolled paper with crayon pictures on that he moved by turning the dowells on which it was rolled. Adam provided the “voiceovers,” naturally. You had to see this thing! I guess he always knew he would be in show business.