Welcome to Damian-Lewis.com, a website dedicated to British actor Damian Lewis known for his roles in Band of Brothers, Keane, Life, and the upcoming Showtime series Homeland. Here you'll find the latest news, photos, media, and more, so please have a look around and enjoy the site's content. If you have any comments, suggestions, or donations, please contact us!
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Click above to view a fan-made “pre-trailer” for Damian Lewis’s new film titled Your Highness that is currently filming on location in Northern Ireland. The video was posted on YouTube by TheTop5ive with this description:
Pre-trailer. First look at the upcoming movie “Your Highness” starring Danny McBride, star of “Eastbound and Down” and “Pineapple Express.” “Your Highness” pairs McBride up with sexy James Franco and hot Natalie Portman. Your Highness is a stoner comedy in the vein of those 1980s fantasy, swords-and-sorcerors movies. Pack a bowl, put on your ren faire costume and check it out.
Click here and here for articles about the July 23rd theatrical release of
The Escapist in The Netherlands. Thanks to Ryanne for the links and for this quote and translation from NRC Handelsblad:
Een speciale vermelding verdient Damien Lewis als dreigend-charismatische boevenbaas Rizza.
Translation:
Damian Lewis deserves a special mention as the menacing-charismatic prison boss Rizza.
Personally, I didn’t find Rizza at all charismatic. I thought that he was creepy and scary. But Damian Lewis is a great actor!
Click here for an Oxford Times article about photographer Cambridge Jones and his new book Inspired By Music that profiles Damian Lewis and other celebrities. Sales of the book will benefit disadvantaged young people through the Prince’s Trust.
The Irish Film and Television Network reports that principal photography has begun in London for Helen McCrory’s new film The Special Relationship and in Northern Ireland on Damian’s current project Your Highness.
Click here for a “Two Minutes With Damian Lewis” Evening Standard interview conducted at the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the blockbuster film that features Helen McCrory in the role of Narcissa Malfoy.
The interview included questions for Damian Lewis about Your Highness, his latest project that is currently filming on location in Northern Ireland:
ES: What are you up to at the moment?
DL: I’m shooting a new film called Your Highness with Natalie Portman and Charles Dance.
ES: What’s it about?
DL: It’s a medieval caper about two brothers who go on a quest to rescue a fair maiden. I play the head of a dastardly pack of knights who are chasing them.
ES: Any plans for the summer?
DL: I’ve already been on holiday. I’ve just got back from southwest France with my wife Helen (Narcissa Malfoy). We went to Gascony; it was lovely. The spirit of Cyrano was strong — I was having cutlass lessons every day.
Thanks to Ann for the news and to Idle Hands for the scan!
The Region 2 (UK, EU, Japan, MidEast, Egypt, SoAfrica) DVD for Life – Season 2 will be released in the UK on December 28, 2009 and is now available for pre-order.
Click here (profanity warning!) and here to read fan comments about Damian Lewis and his outstanding acting talents.
Profanity warning! Click here for an audio interview with Danny McBride, co-star and co-creator of Your Highness.
This recent NBC Nightly News segment honored the memory of recently deceased Easy Company veteran Shifty Powers.
Click here for news about The Fantastic Mr. Fox, the upcoming animated film that will feature the voice talent of Helen McCrory.
Click here and here for new Life music videos from backpacker128.
Congressman Holden of Pennsylvania has introduced a new resolution in the U.S. House of
Representatives to award Major Richard Winters the Medal of Honor. If you’ve seen Damian Lewis’s portrayal of Major Winters in Band of Brothers then you understand why he deserves this recognition. U.S. citizens are asked to contact their Congressional Representatives to request support for H.R. 3121.
Click here to read the text of H.R. 3121 and click here for letter-writing suggestions. Thanks to Connie and Linda from the MajorDickWinters site for the information!
Click here to access the above composite image of Damian Lewis and Major Winters that was created by Ryoko.
Information posted on IMDb (click on the links below) suggests that Damian Lewis will play the “Evil Wizard Leezar” in his new film titled Your Highness. The production is currently filming on location in Northern Ireland.
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According to VideoETA the region 1 (US and Canada) DVD for The Escapist with Damian Lewis is estimated for release in September 2009.
Penne Hackforth-Jones’s review of The Escapist includes this comment:
I loved Damian Lewis in another fantastic variation of himself…the first I have seen since the telly production of ‘Life’. A very loathsome reptile he can be too.
Kaz shared this Times Online article titled “Why Brits rule on US TV” that states:
And why did Damian Lewis (Eton, RSC) win roles in two series of Life?
So grim is this state of affairs that America’s National Public Radio interrogated the makers of Life, who confessed: “What we found out about English actors is that they’re funny. We had a hard time finding an American tough guy who will be the butt of the joke, whereas Damian has no problem doing it. He’s like half Stan Morrow and half Steve McQueen.” It turns out that slightly imperfect looks and even British bad teeth are more convincing. The Life producers added: “You could argue that in our system, if you’re a young actor who isn’t leading-man handsome, you’re probably not going to get nurtured the way that you would in England, just based on talent.
The HeyUGuys site is featuring photos from Cambridge Jones’s new book Inspired By Music including images of Damian Lewis that are available in the Warehouse.
Damian Lewis is an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust; profits from sales of the book will benefit this charitable organization. The volume can be purchased at Starbucks stores in the UK or it may be ordered online from Amazon (UK) and
Tower Books (US).
Thanks to Linda for the news that Flemish channel 2BE will broadcast Stormbreaker with Damian Lewis in Belgium on Saturday July 18, 2009 at 20h40.
Click above to enjoy a new Life music video titled “Life – Charlie Crews – Mercy” by 07ransom.
Vote for Sarah Shahi, Damian’s Life co-star, in TV.com’s “Brunette vs Brunette” contest. Thanks to Katreniah for the link!
Click above to watch a Screenrush video clip from the July 7th London premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. You will see Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis at 1:12 minutes and again at 6:10 minutes.
There’s an interview with Helen McCrory at 3:20 minutes in this video clip from The Daily Snitcher.
Both The Scotsman and the Times Online are featuring extensive interviews with Helen McCrory that include her comments about life, living abroad, acting, motherhood, children, and her marriage to Damian Lewis.
The Australian is running an interesting interview with Brian Cox for the July 16th release of The Escapist with Damian Lewis.
The dates/times for upcoming episodes of The Forsyte Saga starring Damian Lewis on ITV in the UK are:
ITV3 July 16th at 10:00pm
ITV3 Plus 1 July 16th at 11:00pm
ITV3 July 23rd at 10:00pm
ITV3 Plus 1 July 23rd at 11:00pm
ITV3 July 30th at 10:00pm
ITV3 Plus 1 July 30th at 11:00pm
An Unfinished Life with Damian Lewis will broadcast on TV in the US on July 22nd at 8am ET on FX.
The Moving Picture has a “first look” at the Fantastic Mr. Fox, the upcoming, stop-motion animated children’s film featuring the voice talents of Helen McCrory as “Mrs. Bean.”
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