Damian Lewis

Birthplace: London, England
Birthday: February 11, 1971

Although noted in his native England for his stage and TV roles, Damian Lewis first made his mark with US audiences when he was cast in the leading role of commanding officer Major Richard Winters in the well-received HBO drama "Band of Brothers" (2001). The ten-part miniseries recounted the true story of a company of American paratroopers who landed in Normandy in 1944 and then fought their way across Europe to Hitler's retreat in Berchtesgaden the following year. Lewis' strong performance as the flinty, teetotaling leader wh…more

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Det. Billy Crews
Friends and Crocodiles
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The Forsyte Saga
Soames Forsyte
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Det. Charlie Crews
ShakespeaRe-Told
Benedick

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Career Milestones

2007
Cast opposite Connie Nielsen in the Iraq war drama, "The Situation"
2006
Cast in "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker" based on Stormbreaker, the first novel in the Alex Rider series
2005
Played an abusive husband in Lasse Hallström's "An Unfinished Life"
2003
First leading role in a feature in Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher"
2002
Starred as Soames Forsyte in the British TV remake of "The Forsyte Saga"