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Ron Lester (born 4 August 1975 in Kennesaw, Georgia) is an American actor. August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
Kennesaw is a city located in Cobb County, Georgia. ...
Lester is perhaps best known for his roles in the film Varsity Blues and the TV show Popular. Varsity Blues DVD cover Varsity Blues is a 1999 film about teenage angst in the fictional town of West Canaan, Texas that is engrossed in the local high school football program, and their winning-obsessed coach Kilmer (played by Jon Voight). ...
Popular, season 2 DVD cover. ...
He attended North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, where he acted in theater productions. He also participated in local rodeos. Lester's sister died while he was in high school, causing him to consider suicide. For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ...
His first acting role came when he went to Atlanta, Georgia to appear as an extra in a commercial; which turned into a feature part. He also appeared in a music video for the band Little Texas. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...
Little Texas is an American country music band which achieved fame in the 1990s with several hit singles to their credit. ...
Lester moved to Los Angeles and began doing stand-up comedy in comedy clubs. His first film role was in the movie Good Burger in 1997, and two years later he had a recurring role on the TV comedy Freaks and Geeks. He also appeared in Not Another Teen Movie, which parodied his role in Varsity Blues. This article is about the largest city in California. ...
Good Burger is a 1997 comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and starring Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Abe Vigoda, and Jan Schweiterman. ...
Freaks and Geeks was an American television series, created by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, that aired on NBC during the 1999–2000 TV season. ...
Not Another Teen Movie is a film released in 2001 by Sony Pictures. ...
In 2001, Lester underwent gastric bypass in 2000 and lost 348 pounds. Obese since childhood, at his heaviest, Lester weighed 508 pounds. According to interviews, he flatlined during the operation, which he had to pay for out of his own pocket, because it was not covered by insurance.[1] He is planning to write a book about the experience. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, or simply gastric bypass surgery, is a procedure almost exclusively used in surgical weight loss applications to correct morbid obesity. ...
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