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Damian Lewis is a British actor, born in London in 1971. He was educated at Ashdown House, Eton College and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (with Daniel Craig and Joseph Fiennes).

Damian's big break came when Stephen Spielberg spotted him whilst working with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2000; Spielberg gave Damian a leading part in 'Band Of Brothers' which then led to film and TV roles in the US ('Dreamcatcher', 'Life', 'The Forsyte Saga').

Damian is married to the actress Helen McCrory; they have two children, Manon and Gulliver. His brother is the director Gareth Lewis.

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Damian Lewis - news / articles

Lewis almost missed big break due to boozing - 9 November 2011
-Actor Damian Lewis almost missed out on his big break in Steven Spielberg's 2001 TV series Band Of Brothers by going on an all-night boozing session before meeting the director.-The Escapist star played Major Richard Winters in the World War II mini-series, which was

Damian Lewis - what members say

Dreamcatcher review by from NOTTINGHAM

17 March 2004
...turbing and grim scenario.The acting throughout is first rate with 2 exceptions.Damian Lewis gave s one of his best performances while Morgan Freeman seems to be lacking so... Read customer review

Colditz review by from Norwich, UK

Utter Rubbish 8 September 2005
...Considering this stars Damian Lewis from Band of Brothers I was expecting something more. Boring, tedious and a complete waste of time. Unfortunately I don`t like to leave ... Read customer review

Friends And Crocodiles review by granita from Surrey. England.

Thumbs down from me. 29 October 2007
...I was disappointed in this film. Contrary to other reviewers, I felt that Damian Lewis as a playboy entrpreneur of the eighties was either miscast or misdirected and as I d... Read customer review

Damian Lewis - filmography

Will on DVD (2011)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Bob Hoskins, Jane March
Director: Ellen Perry
Certificate:
Eleven-year-old Will Brennan is Liverpool FCs biggest fan. When his long-absent father, Gareth, briefly reappears with tickets to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul, Will's dream of watching his beloved team in one of their biggest ever matches is about to come true. But not everyone wants ..read more »

63% from 130 members

Homeland - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis
Director: Michael Cuesta
Certificate:
Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), a CIA Agent battling her own demons, becomes convinced that the intelligence that led to the rescue of Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), a US soldier who had been missing and presumed dead for eight years, was a set-up, and may be connected to an al-Qaeda plot to ..read more »

81% from 30 members
Currently unavailable

Homeland - Series 1 - Complete (2011)
Starring: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis
Director: Michael Cuesta
Certificate:
Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), a CIA Agent battling her own demons, becomes convinced that the intelligence that led to the rescue of Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), a US soldier who had been missing and presumed dead for eight years, was a set-up, and may be connected to an al-Qaeda plot to ..read more »

76% from 94 members
Not available for rental

Your Highness on DVD (2011)
Starring: Charles Dance, Noah Huntley, Rasmus Hardiker
Director: David Gordon Green
Certificate:
Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny ..read more »

52% from 9,180 members

Your Highness - Blu-ray (2011)
Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman
Director: David Gordon Green
Certificate:
Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny ..read more »

52% from 4,552 members

Life - Season 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin
Director: David Semel, Lawrence Trilling, David Straiton
Certificate:
Episodes Comprise: Merit Badge: After 12 years of prison time for a crime he didn't commit, detective Charlie Crews rejoins the force and stuns his co-workers with his unconventional techniques. Tear Asunder: "Til death" takes on new significance when Crews and Reese search for the killer of a ..read more »

79% from 1,563 member

Life - Season 2 (2008)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Donal Logue
Director: Daniel Sackheim, David Straiton, Elodie Keene
Certificate:
Charlie Crews has been given a second chance at life... and he's doing whatever it will take to make every moment count in all 21 episodes of the critically acclaimed second season of Life. Damian Lewis returns to his role as Charlie, an eccentric detective who returns to the force after being ..read more »

86% from 71 members
Not available for rental

The Escapist on DVD (2008)
Starring: Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Certificate:
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Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a ..read more »

61% from 15,568 members

The Situation (2006)
Starring: Connie Nielsen, Damian Lewis, Mido Hamada
Director: Philip Haas
Certificate:
A love triangle between a CIA operative, an American journalist, and an Iraqi photographer plays out against the backdrop of the war in Iraq.

36% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

Keane on DVD (2006)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Amy Ryan, Tina Holmes
Director: Lodge H. Kerrigan, Lodge Kerrigan
Certificate:
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A man in his early 30s (Keane) struggles with the apparent loss of his daughter from a port authority bus terminal in New York.

55% from 3,542 members

Friends And Crocodiles on DVD (2005)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Jodhi May, Robert Lindsay
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
Certificate:
Set in the ever-changing and influential eighties and nineties this drama is a powerful portrayal of the working and influential relationship between a boss, Paul Reynolds and his secretary, Lizzie Thomas. Paul Reynolds is an owner of an impressive house and is renowned for hosting the best parties ..read more »

63% from 1,664 member

Shakespeare Retold (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Billie Piper, James McAvoy
Director: Brian Percival, Mark Brozel, David Richards
Certificate:
Four features. These adaptations inspired from the original plays bring Shakespeare's stories to the modern day audience. In 'Much Ado About Nothing', Beatrice and Benedick are two news presenters and ex-lovers who are reunited to present the same regional news programme. The friction in their ..read more »

75% from 1,939 member

Colditz (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Sophia Myles, Tom Hardy
Director: Stuart Orme
Certificate:
Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform Rose's girlfriend of his capture. So begins a ..read more »

66% from 626 members

Chromophobia on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ben Chaplin, Ralph Fiennes, Ian Holm
Director: Martha Fiennes
Certificate:
A bourgeois family slowly comes apart at the seams.

57% from 1,164 member

Posh And Beck's Big Impression on DVD (2004)
Starring: Alistair McGowan, Ronni Ancona, Damian Lewis
Director: Tony Dow
Certificate:
When Mr and Mrs Beckham transferred to Madrid from Beckingham Palace, Alastair McGowan and Ronni Ancona seemlessly filled their designer boots and re-enacted the dramatic celebrity event. The spot-on impressions follow the ex-Spice Girl and her popular footie playing hubby as they come to terms ..read more »

50% from 170 members

The Complete Forsyte Saga (4 discs) on DVD (2003)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Gina McKee, Ioan Gruffudd
Director: Christopher Menaul, Dave Moore
Certificate:
Following World War I, times are changing and yet some members of the Forsythe family are finding it hard to adapt, or to let the past go. Protected by the privileged position in society, the feud that has split the Forsythe clan remains as bitter as ever. When Soames Forsythe's daughter Fleur ..read more »

78% from 654 members

Dreamcatcher on DVD (2003)
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Certificate:
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Based on the novel by Stephen King, Lawrence Kasdan's DREAMCATCHER follows four friends who receive psychic powers as children when they aid and befriend a mentally retarded boy named Duddits. As adults, Jonesy (Damian Lewis), Henry (Thomas Jane), Beaver (Jason Lee), and Pete (Timothy Olyphant), ..read more »

55% from 12,829 members

Band Of Brothers - Blu-ray (6 discs) (2001)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Matthew Settle
Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael
Certificate:
This 10-part HBO television miniseries focuses on Easy Company, a group of American soldiers in World War II, tracking their experiences from the beginning of boot camp to the end of the war. Anchored by actors Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston, the series gives detailed attention to their ..read more »

91% from 2,583 members

Band Of Brothers (6 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Donnie Wahlberg, Matthew Settle
Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael
Certificate:
This 10-part HBO television miniseries focuses on Easy Company, a group of American soldiers in World War II, tracking their experiences from the beginning of boot camp to the end of the war. Anchored by actors Damian Lewis and Ron Livingston, the series gives detailed attention to their ..read more »

84% from 25,300 members

Warriors (1999)
Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Damian Lewis, Cal Macaninch
Director: Peter Kosminsky
Certificate:
After seeing devastating results of ethnic war in former Yugoslavia soldiers from UNPROFOR peace units find it impossible to return back to their civil lives in the UK.

81% from 55 members
Currently unavailable

Essential Love Poems To Fall In Love Wit... on DVD
Starring: Amanda Holden, Stephen Tompkinson, Jo Whiley
Director: Alannah Richardson
Certificate:
An exploration of love through the world's greatest love poetry. Daisy Goodwin looks at how the poems of William Shakespeare through to Maya Angelou are still essential reading today. With readings by Amanda Holden, Stephen Tompkinson, Ralf Little, Jo Whiley and Andrew Lincoln.

51% from 78 members

Damian Lewis facts

5 most recent films

Will - 3.0 stars
Homeland - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Homeland - Series 1 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Your Highness - 2.5 stars
Your Highness - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Band Of Brothers - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Band Of Brothers - 4.5 stars
Life - Season 2 - 4.0 stars
Warriors - 4.0 stars
Life - Season 1 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Situation - 2.0 stars
Homeland - Series 1 - Complete - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Posh And Beck's Big Impression - 2.5 stars
Your Highness - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Essential Love Poems To Fall In Love With - With Daisy Goodwin - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Donnie Wahlberg - 16 times - show films
James McAvoy - 15 times - show films
Frank John Hughes - 14 times - show films
Scott Grimes - 14 times - show films
Matthew Settle - 14 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Loncraine - 14 times - show films
Mikael - 14 times - show films
Phil Alden Robinson - 14 times - show films
Mikael S - 6 times - show films
Christopher Menaul - 5 times - show films

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