Damian's Very Short Bio.

Damian Lewis

• D.O.B. 1971, St. John's Wood neighborhood, London,England
• FAMILY: Born to wealthy parents, his father,Watcyn Lewis, is a reinsurance broker;.mother Charlotte Lewis; one sister, two brothers (one named Gareth).
• SCHOOL: Says he was bitten by the acting bug when he was 8. At 8, Lewis left for boarding school near Sussex's Ashdown Forest, where he studied Latin and ancient Greek; starred in annual Gilbert and Sullivan production; and played sports. At 12, he won a prize for his work as Bottom in "A Midsummers Night Dream".He went to Eton collage and then to Guildhall school of music and drama in London. He graduated from there in ’93.
• In 1994, a year after graduating, he landed his first major job as the title role in a Tim Piggot-Smith version of Shakespeare's "Hamlet", he was also with the rsc for several years. He then appeared in another production of "Hamlet" as Laertes which also starred Ralph Fiennes and Francesca Annis. He continued to appear in other stage productions and on various English t.v. shows.In 1998 Damian crashed face-first through a car's windshield and almost died. "Thank God I had a full-face helmet on. If I hadn't, I'm not sure I'd be here now. Or at least my acting career would be very different". In 1999 he returned to televition.His most recent apperance was in HBO's Band Of Brothers as Lieutenant Richard (Dick) Winters of the US Army. You can look for him in the future as Soames Forsyte, in a remake of "The Forsyte Saga."

HOME