Damian Watcyn Lewis, OBE (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, Soames Forsyte in the ITV remake of The Forsyte Saga, Detective Charlie Crews in the NBC drama Life, and U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. He appeared as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall, which earned him his third Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Biography

On 4 July 2007, Lewis married actress Helen McCrory. They have a daughter, Manon (born 8 September 2006), and a son, Gulliver (born 2 November 2007). They live in Tufnell Park, London, and Los Angeles.

In March 2010, Lewis became a trade justice ambassador for the charity Christian Aid. In May 2006, he played for England in Soccer Aid, and played golf for Europe in the All*Star Cup in August 2006, both shown on ITV. He is involved with a number of charities, and is a patron of the London children's charity Scene & Heard. He again participated in Soccer Aid in 2010, which supported the charity UNICEF. He scored in the penalty shootout.