Feb 11, 1974

St. John's Wood, London, England

Damian Lewis was raised by his parents, Watcyn and Charlotte Lewis, on Abbey Road in London until
the age of 8 with his siblings Gareth, William and Amanda. In 1979, he was sent to
Ashdown House boarding school, then was educated at Eton College. At the age of 16
he formed his own theatre company, then worked in South London, then traveled around
Africa. From 1990-1993 he studied at Guildhall School of Music and Drama alongside
Daniel Craig and Joseph Fiennes. Among his teachers was Colin M... ... (read more...) cCormack, then actor
of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Lewis graduated in 1993, and served as a stage
actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company. There he was seen by director Steven
Spielberg, who subsequently cast him as Richard Winters in the HBO/BBC mini-series
'Band of Brothers' (2001), for which he won the Golden Globe Award and had other
nominations. Lewis continued his career in a number of films and TV productions.