Emmanuel Lewis (born March 9, 1971) is an American (United States) actor. He is best known for having played the eponymous title character in the 1980s? television sitcom Webster (Webster (TV series)). He is heightft=4in=3 tall. Lewis graduated from Midwood High School and then Clark Atlanta University in 1997. He is often compared to the late Gary Coleman, star of Diffrent Strokes.