Damian Lewis
Actor, Dad, Redhead, and Ping Pong Champion
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‘Homeland’ Star Damian Lewis: ‘The Walls Close In’ During Season Two, Rolling Stone, October 7, 2012

‘Homeland’ Star Damian Lewis: ‘The Walls Close In’ During Season Two

‘Honestly, people are going to be surprised again,’ says Lewis. ‘It’s pretty accelerated.’

Damian Lewis at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
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TV Personality: Damian Lewis, GQUK, October 2, 2012

Original article at British GQ

TV Personality: Damian Lewis

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Damian Lewis On The Conflicts And Complexities Of ‘Homeland’, NPR, September 29, 2012

Damian Lewis On The Conflicts And Complexities Of ‘Homeland’

 Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Showtime’s Homeland. Bob Leverone/Showtime

There weren’t a whole lot of upset winners at last Sunday’s Emmy Awards, but one of the few was Homeland star Damian Lewis, who beat out, among others, Mad Men‘s Jon Hamm and three-time winner Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad to take home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Lewis’ co-star, Claire Danes, won for her lead performance as well, and the show ended a four-year Mad Men streak when it was named Outstanding Drama Series. On Saturday’s Weekend Edition, Lewis talks to NPR’s Scott Simon about his character, Nicholas Brody, and on how he — a British actor — came to play so many American men in uniform.

Continue reading Damian Lewis On The Conflicts And Complexities Of ‘Homeland’, NPR, September 29, 2012

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Emmys 2012: Damian Lewis ‘hails’ the golden age of television, The Guardian, September 24, 2012

Emmy awards 2012: Damian Lewis hails ‘golden age of television’

British star of Homeland wins top gong with Claire Danes, while Maggie Smith takes only award for Downton Abbey
 Claire Danes and Damian LewisClaire Danes and Damian Lewis after receiving awards for their roles in Homeland. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

It was a very British way to collect an Emmy: take to the stage of American TV’s landmark award show and say sorry for winning the best actor gong.

Continue reading Emmys 2012: Damian Lewis ‘hails’ the golden age of television, The Guardian, September 24, 2012

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The Double Life of Damian Lewis, Times/Sunday Times, September 22, 2012

Original article in the Times

AND HE DOES THE SCHOOL RUN…
From brooding Marine in Homeland to North London family man – Damian Lewis tells Robert Crampton about his double life

Good news for Homeland fans. The second season starts soon. Even better, Damian Lewis, when I ask him about the likelihood of a third season, says, “I think this show will run five or six years unless they screw it up. As long as we can keep it credible… I don’t see why we can’t just keep going on and on and on.” For those of us – 2.7 million of us, to be precise, very good for Sunday night Channel 4, and including every critic in the country, all of them in rapture – who spent Monday mornings this spring debating the twists and turns of the previous night’s episode, the promise, from the show’s co-star, no less, of lots more to come is thrilling indeed.

Continue reading The Double Life of Damian Lewis, Times/Sunday Times, September 22, 2012

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Emmys Watch: Damian Lewis on ‘Homeland’ and ‘The Forsyte Saga’, New York Times, September 21, 2012

Emmys Watch: Damian Lewis on ‘Homeland’ and ‘The Forsyte Saga’

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Damian Lewis in a scene from “Homeland.”
Damian Lewis in a scene from “Homeland.”Credit Kent Smith/Showtime

On Sunday night at the Emmy Awards, Showtime’s geopolitical thriller “Homeland,” which returns for its second season on Sept. 30, will vie to end the four-year reign of “Mad Men” as television’s top drama. Damian Lewis, who stars as the P.O.W.-turned-plotter-turned-politician Nicholas Brody, was also nominated for best actor in a drama.

Continue reading Emmys Watch: Damian Lewis on ‘Homeland’ and ‘The Forsyte Saga’, New York Times, September 21, 2012

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Interview: Damian Lewis, actor and star of The Sweeney, The Scotsman, September 2, 2012

Interview: Damian Lewis, actor and star of The Sweeney Damian Lewis, actor and star of The Sweeney.

12:56 Sunday 02 September 2012

FRESH from the US hit Homeland, which won him fans in high places, Damian Lewis is relishing his role in a great British classic set on his home turf Continue reading Interview: Damian Lewis, actor and star of The Sweeney, The Scotsman, September 2, 2012

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Eye on Emmy: Homeland’s Damian Lewis Talks About Playing No Ordinary Anti-Hero, TV Line, May 27, 2012

Eye on Emmy: Homeland’s Damian Lewis Talks About Playing No Ordinary Anti-Hero

Just as Nicholas Brody received a hero’s welcome upon being rescued from captivity in Afghanistan, Damian Lewis of Showtime’s Homeland has been met with plaudits for his riveting portrayal of the conflicted Marine sergeant, husband, father and… would-be terrorist. Lewis – going for his first Emmy nomination this year, having previously been nominated for the 2012 Golden Globes for playing Brody on this series and in 2002 for his role in HBO’s Band of Brothers – reveals how he makes the potentially reprehensible relatable.

Continue reading Eye on Emmy: Homeland’s Damian Lewis Talks About Playing No Ordinary Anti-Hero, TV Line, May 27, 2012

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The Look: Mr Damian Lewis, Mr. Porter, May 8, 2012

THE LOOK: MR DAMIAN LEWIS

by Mr Sanjiv Bhattacharya
MAY 8, 2012

Mr Damian Lewis needs no convincing that Homeland is a huge hit, perhaps even a career high. Not because of the critical praise or the awards, or even his Best Actor nomination at the Golden Globes last year. But because in March he was invited to dinner at the White House, along with Mr George Clooney and main guest Prime Minister David Cameron. Continue reading The Look: Mr Damian Lewis, Mr. Porter, May 8, 2012

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Homeland Actor Damian Lewis: I Nicked Napkins from White House, Evening Standard, April 26, 2012

Original article here

Homeland star Damian Lewis: I nicked napkins from White House

Damian Lewis holds the award for best television series - drama for "Homeland" and Claire Danes holds the award for best actress in a TV series - drama, also for "Homeland," as they pose backstage at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, America. January 15, 2012. REUTERS/ Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT PORTRAIT) (GOLDENGLOBES-BACKSTAGE)
Damian Lewis holds the award for best television series – drama for “Homeland” and Claire Danes holds the award for best actress in a TV series – drama, also for “Homeland,” as they pose backstage at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, America. January 15, 2012. REUTERS/ Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT PORTRAIT) (GOLDENGLOBES-BACKSTAGE)