Lewis Schaffer

Lewis Schaffer is an American broadcaster and comedian, based in Nunhead, south-east London, England, where he moved in 2000. He hosts a weekly radio show on Resonance 104.4FM in London, appears regularly on GB News, and tours Britain as a stand-up comedian.

Lewis Schaffer
Born	(1957-03-30) March 30, 1957 (age 68) Brooklyn, New York
Nationality	American
Other names	Brian Simpson
Occupation	Stand-up comedian
Website	www.lewisschaffer.co.uk

Career

Schaffer's show "Free until Famous" ran from October 2008 until April 2014 at a venue in Soho and later at The Rancho Grill in Mayfair, London. His show was the "longest running solo stand-up show in London and perhaps all of Britain", running in excess of 400 performances.^[1]

Schaffer performed his show "Lewis Schaffer: American in London" every Sunday at the Leicester Square Theatre in London for over three years until June 2014.

He has hosted "Nunhead American Radio with Lewis Schaffer" on Resonance 104.4FM London since 2009. The show is broadcast live every Monday at 6:30PM GMT.^[2]

In 2009, he won the Malcolm Hardee Cunning Stunt Award for best publicity stunt at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for persuading the magazine The List that he would be sponsoring the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Schaffer said he had purchased the naming rights to the awards for £99 and his mother would be on the judging panel.^[3][4]

On July 3, 2025, while appearing on GB News discussing the cost of disability benefits, Schaffer suggested that disabled people should be killed off, either by starvation or by shooting them. After his comments received backlash for echoing Nazi rhetoric about disabled people he repeated them on X.^[5]

Personal life

In September 2019, Schaffer was assaulted while he was cycling in south London. He received treatment for a broken nose and facial wounds at King's College Hospital in Denmark Hill.^[2]