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Full Name: Damian Watcyn Lewis
Date of birth: February 11, 1971
Birthplace: St. John's Wood, London, England
Height: 6'1"
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Blue
Parents: Watcyn and Charlotte Lewis
Siblings: Gareth (34), William (42), and Amanda (44)
Martial status: Married to Helen McCrory on 4 July 2007
Children: Manon, born on September 8, 2006, at 4:20 PM GMT and Gulliver, born November 2, 2007.
Stage acting: Was a stage actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Music: plays guitar, piano/keyboard
Education: Went to Ashdown House School and Eton College. Graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1993.
Smoking: He does not smoke.
Favorites
Football team: Liverpool
Trivia
Presented the RBS Community Impact Award at the Prince's trust awards (March 2008) to a team of unemployed young people who revived a Second World War memorial garden in Witton, Birmingham.
Was appointed to the Ashdown House School Board of Governors for the Autumn term of 2005 and the summer/autumn term on 2007.
Played varsity soccer, cricket, golf and tennis at Eton.
Esquire's Britain's 31st Most Sharp Man in 2002
Is a customer of Apsley Tailors
His cast mates in "Band of Brothers" (2001) were initially sceptical of how well he could handle playing an American. It turned out that he was so convincing (as an American) that some cast and crew didn't believe he was British!
Graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1993.
Before his recent big screen appearances, Lewis was a stage actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Was offered a role in Black Hawk Down (2001), but turned it down for "The Forsyte Saga" (2002).
Plays the guitar and the piano/keyboard.
Reunited with fellow "Band of Brothers" (2001) actors in Dreamcatcher (2003) (Donnie Wahlberg, "2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton") and in Colditz (2005) (TV) (Tom Hardy "PFC John Janovec").
Attended Eton College
Engaged to actress Helen McCrory in February 2006.
Father of Manon McCrory-Lewis, born on September 8, 2006, at 4:20 PM GMT. Mother is Helen McCrory.
Has competed twice in the Northern Rock All Star Cup, a golf tournament that pits celebrities from Europe against those of America. Lewis faced against such celebs as Meatloaf and Alice Cooper.
Son, Gulliver Lewis, born 2 November 2007.
Playing the main character Charlie Crews, was reunited with fellow "Band of Brothers" (2001) star Michael Cudlitz who guest starred in a couple of episodes of TV show Life (2007/I) as the character Mark Rawls.
Director Gareth Lewis is his brother. Gareth directed Damian in The Baker (2007).
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