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St. John's Wood, London, England, UK
Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor and producer. He is probably best known in the United States for starring as Detective Charlie Crews in the NBC drama Life as well as portraying Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Damian Lewis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Pressure — Marshall Bernard Montgomery2026
- The Runner2026
- Orwell: 2+2=5 — George Orwell (voice)2025
- Fackham Hall — Lord Davenport2025
- The American Revolution — King George III / Nicholas Cresswell / John Andre / Bartholomew James (voice)2025
- The Radleys — Peter Radley / Will Radley2024
- Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends — Self2022
- A Spy Among Friends — Nicholas Elliott2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self2022
- Remembers… — Self2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1971
Discography
- Mission Creep2023
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- Listeners
- 1,852
- Total plays
- 9,789
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Damian Lewis CBE (born Damian Watcyn Lewis in London on 11 February 1971) is a British actor, producer and musician. Though mostly known for his acting (winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award), Lewis did some busking in his early years after leaving school. Meeting and then teaming up with American jazz musician Giacomo Smith prompted Lewis to start playing his own songs in public. Smith introduced him to some of the musicians <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Damian+Lewis
Key facts
- Born
- Damian Watcyn Lewis , ( 1971-02-11 ) 11 February 1971 (age 55) , London , England
- Education
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actor musician presenter producer
- Years active
- 1993–present
- Spouse
- Helen McCrory ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 ; died 2021 )
- Partner
- Alison Mosshart (2022–present)
- Relatives
- Ian Bowater (grandfather) Bertrand Dawson (great-grandfather) Frank Bowater (great-grandfather) Alfred Yarrow (great-great-grandfather) William Vansittart Bowater (great-great-grandfather)
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- Folk jazz roots rock rock blues
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Label
- Decca
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Damian
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- St John's Wood
- Spouse
- Helen McCrory
- Occupation
- manufacturer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Hair colour
- red hair
- Genre
- Shakespearean comedy
- Image
- Damian Lewis at the London Reveal of the New Jaguar XE.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- 1971-02-11
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- Damian Watcyn Lewis
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- social media followers
- 313448
- unmarried partner
- Alison Mosshart
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Encyclopedic overview
Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a British actor and musician. He rose to prominence portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. Lewis won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland, and received nominations for his performance as Henry VIII of England in Wolf Hall. He portrayed Bobby Axelrod in the Showtime series Billions in six out of seven seasons, and appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) as actor Steve McQueen.
Early life and education
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