Damian Lewis Net Worth

Damian Lewis's Quotes

• If one of your fantasies is lying on a bed in Hollywood, surrounded by eight naked women, then another is to have a beautiful wife and a nice rambling house in London with three kids running around... perhaps it's good to have a bit of tension in your fantasy life.
• [on Hailee Steinfeld] I think she has a natural awareness of what she needs to do in front of the camera. She's got that freshness and that immediacy which is so exciting. You can see it in her eyes all through her performance as Juliet. There's a real light behind her eyes. That's going to stand her in good stead for film acting.

Interesting Facts about Damian Lewis

1. His castmates 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!
2. Was offered a role in Black Hawk Down (2001), but turned it down for The Forsyte Saga (2002).
3. Plays the guitar and the piano/keyboard.
4. Reunited with fellow Band of Brothers (2001) actors in Dreamcatcher (2003) (Donnie Wahlberg, "2nd Lt. C. Carwood Lipton") and in Colditz (2005) (Tom Hardy "PFC John Janovec").
5. Attended the "School of Kings", Eton, Berkshire and was 2 years behind The Wire (2002)'s Dominic West.
6. Father of daughter Manon (born 8 September 2006) and son Gulliver (born 2 November 2007) with wife Helen McCrory.
7. 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 Meat Loaf and Alice Cooper.
8. 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 Damian's TV series Life (2007) as the character "Mark Rawls".
9. Director Gareth Lewis is his younger brother. Gareth directed Damian in The Baker (2007).
10. Despite being an Englishman, Lewis often plays characters who are in the U.S. Military, such as Maj. Richard D. Winters in Band of Brothers (2001), Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in Homeland (2011) and Major General James B. McPherson in To Appomattox (2015).
11. Counts Mark Rylance as a major influence.
12. Due to the popularity of his TV series Homeland (2011) with the First Family, Damian and wife Helen McCrory were invited by President Barack Obama as official dinner guests at the White House (March 2012).
13. He and his wife Helen McCrory have portrayed real-life couple, Tony Blair and Cherie Blair on television movies. Lewis in Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007) and McCrory in The Special Relationship (2010).
14. Son of J. Watcyn Lewis and wife (second husband, m. 1970) Charlotte Mary Bowater (b. 17 Jul 1937). Damian's father has Welsh ancestry. Damian's mother is of the Bowater Baronets, of Friston. Damian's maternal grandfather, Sir Ian Frank Bowater, served as Lord Mayor of London. Damian's maternal grandmother was of the Viscounts Dawson of Penn and Barons Dawson of Penn. Damian's mother has English, and some Scottish, ancestry. Also, Damian's maternal great-great-grandfather was Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1st Baronet, who was of Sephardi Jewish descent on his own mother's side. Alfred's wife, Damian's great-great-grandmother Minnie Florence Franklin, was of German Jewish descent on her own father's side and of English descent on her own mother's side.
15. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
16. His maternal half brother William Russell was made Lord Mayor of London on 9th November 2019 becoming the 5th member of the family to hold the office. Their maternal grandfather, Lt Col Sir Ian Bowater served 69 - 70 and great grandfather, Sir Frank Bowater served 38 -39.