Damian Lewis

Cast opposite Connie Nielsen in the Iraq war drama, "The Situation"

Cast in "Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker" based on Stormbreaker, the first novel in the Alex Rider series

Played an abusive husband in Lasse Hallström's "An Unfinished Life"

First leading role in a feature in Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher"

Starred as Soames Forsyte in the British TV remake of "The Forsyte Saga"

Headed the ensemble of the WWII miniseries "Band of Brothers" (HBO) as Major Richard Winters

Cast in the BBC miniseries "Hearts and Bones"

Portrayed a British soldier stationed in Bosnia in the BBC series "Warriors" opposite Ioan Gruffudd (retitled "Peacekeepers" when aired on BBC America)

Injured in a motorcycle accident; suffered a concussion in the frontal lobe of his brain; returned to performing three weeks later as Don Juan in "Much Ado About Nothing"

Reprised RSC role of Posthumous in "Cymbeline" at the Kennedy Center (DC)

Acted in the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of "Little Eyolf" and "Much Ado About Nothing"

Feature film debut, supporting Pierce Brosnan in "Robinson Crusoe"

Again appeared in "Hamlet", this time as Laertes to Ralph Fiennes' Melancholy Dane

First major TV role, in the Hickory Dickory Dock episode of the series "Poirot" playing a medical student who becomes a murder suspect

Played title role in "Hamlet" at Regent's Park

British TV debut in bit part in "Rik Mayell Presents: Mickey Love" (Granada Television)

Joined the Birmingham Repertory; acted in "Rope" and "Romeo and Juliet"

Cast as Cinderella's Prince and the Wolf in the Donmar staging of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical "Into the Woods"

Raised in St John's Wood area of London