Damian Lewis

Damian Lewis is an English actor and producer. He played U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, and also portrayed U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland.

His performance as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall earned him his third Prime time Emmy nomination and fourth Golden Globe nomination.

Date of birth:
11th February, 1971
"Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Experience
"I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Success
"I’m not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I’m very close to."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Dad
"I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Home
"No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Government
"Temperamentally I’m not a natural producer, because I don’t have the patience."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Patience
"I’ve always had a ‘Work hard, play hard’ attitude to life – I still do – but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Attitude
"I’ve discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Relationship
"If you think you don’t want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Amazing
"You know, this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class, a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith, is a good notion, but we’re all partially different – it’s no good imposing systems on people that it doesn’t suit."
― Damian Lewis
Topic(s): Faith

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