ACTOR

Damian Lewis

1971 - Today

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Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is a British actor, musician and producer. He rose to prominence portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. Lewis won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland, and nominations for both for his performance as Henry VIII of England in Wolf Hall. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damian Lewis has received more than 17,682,939 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 36 in 2019). Damian Lewis is the 2,740th most popular actor (down from 2,356th in 2019), the 2,408th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,197th in 2019) and the 329th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Damian Lewis by language

Over the past year Damian Lewis has had the most page views in the with 2,279,481 views, followed by German (150,255), and Spanish (149,725). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (153.21%), Mingrelian (65.44%), and Ukrainian (55.54%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Damian Lewis ranks 2,740 out of 13,578. Before him are Roy Rogers, Chris Hardwick, Sergio Castellitto, Connie Booth, Laura Morante, and Wallace Beery. After him are Valentin Gaft, Judith Malina, Nicholas Clay, Alfred Abel, Anne Vernon, and Luke Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Damian Lewis ranks 85. Before him are Theodoros Zagorakis, Francis Lawrence, Faryd Mondragón, Pedro de la Rosa, Antonios Nikopolidis, and Chris Hardwick. After him are Mustapha Hadji, Aphex Twin, Sandra Oh, John Boyne, Patricia Velásquez, and Jonathan Ke Quan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Damian Lewis ranks 2,408 out of 8,785. Before him are David Crystal (1941), Basil Bernstein (1924), Mary Ann Cotton (1832), John Ford (1586), Mark Thatcher (1953), and George Turner (1841). After him are Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), Fish (1958), Mel Collins (1947), Frederick Abberline (1843), and Nicholas Clay (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Damian Lewis ranks 329. Before him are Ray Cooney (1932), John Mahoney (1940), Hayley Atwell (1982), John Williams (1903), Toby Jones (1966), and Tania Mallet (1941). After him are Nicholas Clay (1946), Luke Evans (1979), Ian Richardson (1934), Terry-Thomas (1911), Leslie Phillips (1924), and Delroy Lindo (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

Band of Brothers
Richard D. Winters
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
8.501 / 10
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Steve McQueen
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
Jul 24o 20197.4 / 10
Homeland
Nicholas Brody
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
7.542 / 10