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• Is a former elementary-school teacher.
• Starred in a number of Chicago theatrical productions after graduating from college, including The Filmdome, ED and The Chris Hogan Show.
• In 1994, cofounded the improvisational theater company Slotnick, Katz & Lehr with Joey Slotnick and Lauren Katz.
• While dating his wife, she and her family inspired him to convert to Judaism.
• Improvised comedy Memron, which Lehr starred in and associate-produced, won the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival's Audience Choice Award.
• Created and performed an acclaimed off-Broadway, one-man show titled The Lehr Curse: A Series of Comedic Lectures.
• Portrayed one of the Geico cavemen in the insurance company's popular series of commercials, enduring three hours of makeup for the role. 
• Cocreated and starred in TBS sitcom 10 Items or Less, which was shot in a real, functioning grocery store and featured scripted story lines but completely ad-libbed dialogue.
• While promoting 10 Items or Less in 2007, he pretended to nearly die from choking during an interview that went viral and was believed by many who saw it. He later admitted it was a hoax.
• Had a voice role in a 2009 episode of American Dad.