Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis fascinates me as the great transatlantic shapeshifter. Here is an Eton-educated Englishman whose two defining roles, Major Winters in Band of Brothers and Sergeant Brody in Homeland, are American soldiers played so convincingly that many viewers never suspected the accent was borrowed. That Emmy and Golden Globe were earned through pure technical control: he acts with stillness, letting tension build behind the eyes rather than spilling it outward. Then he turns around and plays Henry VIII with chilling restraint. His real gift, I think, is making ambiguity magnetic. You never quite know whether to trust his characters, and that uncertainty keeps me watching every time.

Name (English)

Damian Lewis

Name (Japanese)

ダミアン・ルイス

Reading

だみあん・るいす

Born

February 11, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Origin

St John's Wood, United Kingdom

Occupation

television actor / film producer / stage actor / film actor / actor

University

Eton College

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 2013 Golden Globe Awards
• 2012 Emmy Award
• 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/fanfundamian/
• Xhttps://x.com/lewis_damian
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9

Tags

• television actor
• film producer
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

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