Damian Lewis
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Damian Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, born in St John's Wood, London.
Lewis, whose family is from Wales[1], was educated at Eton College and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1993, after which he served as a stage actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company. During his time with the RSC, he played Borgheim in Adrian Noble's production of Ibsen's Little Eyolf, as well as Posthumus in Shakespeare's Cymbeline. He has also starred in another of Ibsen's plays, Pillars of the Community alongside Hugh Wyld.
Lewis also appeared in Sam Mendes' production of Hamlet, playing Laertes opposite Ralph Fiennes' Hamlet. This production was seen by Steven Spielberg, who subsequently cast Lewis as Richard Winters in the HBO/BBC World War II miniseries Band of Brothers
Subsequently, Lewis has played Soames Forsyte in the ITV series, The Forsyte Saga (later shown as a Masterpiece Theatre miniseries). He played Jeffrey Archer in the satirical TV special Jeffrey Archer: The Truth. Since 2004 he has appeared in a number of films, as well as the 2005 BBC TV adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing, as part of the Shakespeare Re-Told season.
Lewis played the role of Yassen Gregorovich in the film Stormbreaker.
In February 2006, he became a trade justice ambassador for Christian Aid, one of the UK's oldest charities.
In 2006 he also appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC drama Friends and Crocodiles.
Also in 2006, he was a player for England in Soccer Aid in late May, and he was a golfer for Europe in the All*Star Cup, in late August, both shown on ITV.
On November 10, 2006, he was guest host on BBC's Have I Got News For You.
He and his fiancée, the actress Helen McCrory, have a daughter named Manon (born September 2006).
He used to live in Camden, North London, but now lives in Tufnell Park. Gilly.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Micky Love | Clive | Television special |
| 1997 | Robinson Crusoe | Patrick | |
| 1999 | Warriors | Lt. Neil Loughrey | Television film |
| 2000 | Life Force | Kurt Glemser | Television series |
| Hearts and Bones | Mark Rose | Television series | |
| 2001 | Band of Brothers | Maj. Richard D. Winters | Mini series |
| 2002 | The Forsyte Saga | Soames Forsyte | Mini series |
| Jeffrey Archer: The Truth | Jeffrey Archer | Television special | |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher | Gary "Jonesy" Jones | |
| The Forsyte Saga: To Let | Soames Forsyte | Mini series | |
| 2004 | Keane | William Keane | |
| Nyfes | Norman Harris | ||
| 2005 | Colditz | Cpl/Lt. Nicholas McGrade | Television film |
| Chromophobia | Marcus Aylesbury | ||
| An Unfinished Life | Gary Watson | ||
| Friends and Crocodiles | Paul | Television film | |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Benedick | Television film | |
| 2006 | The Situation | Dan Murphy | Post-production |
| Stormbreaker | Yassen Gregorovich | ||
| 2007 | The Baker | Milo | Pre-production |
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