Lewis, Damian 1971-

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Lewis, Damian 1971-

PERSONAL

Full name, Damian Watcyn Lewis; born February 11, 1971, in London, England; son of Watcyn (an insurance broker) and Charlotte Lewis; married Helen McCrory (an actress), July 4, 2007; children: Manon (daughter), Gulliver. Education: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduated, 1993. Avocational Interests: Charity golf and soccer matches.

Addresses:

Agent—Brian Swardstrom, Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Pippa, Markham, Markham, and Froggatt Ltd., 4 Windmill St., London W1 2HZ, England.

Career:

Actor and producer. Founder of a traveling theatre company, c. 1987; Birmingham Repertory Company, Birmingham, England, actor, c. 1993.

Awards, Honors:

Golden Globe Award nomination and Golden Satellite Award nomination, International Press Academy, both best performance by an actor in a miniseries or motion picture made for television, and Golden FIPA Award, best actor in a series or serial, Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual Programming, all 2002, for Band of Brothers; nomination for Breakthrough Award, Gotham Awards, 2005, for Keane.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Kurt Glemser, Life Force, 2000.

Mark Rose, Hearts and Bones, BBC, 2000.

Charlie Crews, Life, NBC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Leonard Bateson, "Hickory Dickory Dock," Poirot (also known as Agatha Christie's "Poirot"), PBS, 1995.

Major Richard D. Winters, Band of Brothers, HBO, 2001.

Soames Forsyte, The Forsyte Saga, PBS, 2002.

Soames Forsyte, The Forsyte Saga: To Let (also known as The Forsyte Saga, Series II), PBS, 2003.

Nicholas McGrade, Colditz (also known as Love from Colditz), ITV1, 2005.

Member of England team, Soccer Aid, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lieutenant Neil Loughrey, Warriors (also known as Peacekeepers), BBC, 1999.

Title role, Jeffrey Archer: The Truth, BBC, 2002.

Paul Reynolds, Friends & Crocodiles, BBC America, 2005.

Tony Blair, Confessions of a Diary Secretary, ITV, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Clive, Micky Love (also known as Rik Mayall Presents "Micky Love"), Granada, 1993.

The Making of "Band of Brothers," HBO, 2001.

Himself and Simon Fuller, Posh & Becks' Big Impression: Behind the Scenes & Extra Bits, BBC, 2003.

Member of Team Europe, All*Star Cup 2006, ITV, 2006.

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (also known as The 50 Greatest TV Dramas), Channel 4, 2007.

Presenter, 4th Irish Film and Television Awards, 2007.

The Best of Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 2007.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Charlie Crews, Life, NBC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Adam Weston, "Deep Waters," A Touch of Frost, Arts and Entertainment, 1996.

Simon Fuller, The Big Impression (also known as Alistair McGowan's "Big Impression"), BBC, 2003.

Himself and "Jonesy," "‘Dreamcatcher’: Unraveling the Nightmare," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

Benedick, "Much Ado about Nothing," ShakespeaRe-Told, BBC America, 2005.

Television Guest Appearances; Episodic:

Breakfast, BBC, 2001, 2005.

Parkinson, BBC, 2003.

Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2005.

This Morning (also known as This Morning with Richard and Judy), ITV, 2005.

The Daily Politics, BBC, 2005.

GMTV, ITV, 2006.

Film '72 (also known as Film 2006), BBC, 2006.

Guest presenter, Have I Got News for You (also known as Have I Got a Little Bit More News for You, Have I Got 1992 News for You, Have I Got Old News for You, Have I Got the 90s for You, and HIGNFY), BBC, 2006.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as Entertainment This Week, E.T., ET Weekend, and This Week in Entertainment), syndicated, 2007.

Film Appearances:

Patrick Connor, Robinson Crusoe (also known as Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe"), Miramax, 1997.

Gary "Jonesy" Jones, Dreamcatcher (also known as L'attrapeur de reves), Warner Bros., 2003.

Norman Harris, Nyfes (also known as Brides), Bristol Media International, 2004.

William Keane, Keane, Magnolia Pictures, 2005.

Marcus Aylesbury, Chromophobia, Quinta Communications, 2005.

Gary Winston, An Unfinished Life (also known as Ein Ungezaehmtes leben), Miramax, 2005.

Yassen Gregorovich, Stormbreaker (also known as Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker and Alex Rider: Stormbreaker), Weinstein Company, 2006.

Dan Murphy, The Situation, Shadow Distribution, 2006.

Milo, The Baker, Bankside Films, 2007.

Rizza, The Escapist, Goalpost Films, 2007.

Film Producer:

Normal for Norfolk, Picture Farm, 2006.

The Baker, Bankside Films, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

Brandon, Rope, Birmingham Repertory Company, Birmingham, England, 1993.

Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Birmingham Repertory Company, 1993.

Title role, Hamlet, open air theatre in Regent's Park, London, 1994.

Laertes and player queen, Hamlet, Almeida Theatre, London, then Belasco Theatre, New York City, both 1995.

Borghejm, Little Eyolf, Royal Shakespeare Company, Pit Theatre, London, then John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, both 1998.

Posthumous, Cymbeline, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1998.

Don Juan, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1998.

Prince and wolf, Into the Wood (musical), Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1998-99.

Daniel, Five Gold Rings, Almeida Theatre, 2003-2004.

Karsten Bernick, Pillars of the Community, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 2005.

Appeared as Wittipol, The Devil Is an Ass, Royal Shakespeare Company; and as Horace, School for Wives, Almeida Theatre, London.

Radio Appearances:

Performed as Bolinbroke, Richard II, Radio 3; as Charles, Fire in the Heart, as Rossetti, The Golden Triangle, and as Shadrach, To Please His Wife, all Radio 4.