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Ben Lewis (born 28 September 1979) is an Australian actor and singer. His credits include The Phantom in the original Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies as well as in The Phantom of the Opera in the West End production.

Ben Lewis
Lewis and his wife, Melle Stewart (2011)
Born	(1979-09-28) 28 September 1979 (age 43) London, England
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Newington College Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Melle Stewart
Relatives	Alexander Lewis (brother)

Childhood

Lewis was born in London[1] to a theatrical family. His father, Michael Lewis, is an opera singer and his mother, Patricia Price, was also an opera singer and has retired as Head of Vocal Studies and Opera at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[2] His brother, Alexander Lewis, is an opera singer and actor who completed three years as a young artist at New York’s Metropolitan Opera.[3] During his childhood, his family went back and forth between England and the North Shore of Sydney, Australia.[1]

Education

After starting at a British secondary school, the family moved back to Australia and Lewis graduated from Newington College in Sydney and then undertook an Arts Degree at Sydney University. He performed with the Australian Theatre for Young People and was awarded a Lend Lease scholarship to further his studies overseas, where he studied voice at the Royal College of Music. Upon returning to Australia, Lewis applied to study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with his brother and both were successful.[1] It was during his time at WAAPA that Lewis met his wife, actress Melle Stewart. The leading Australian performer Tony Sheldon was a visiting Director during Lewis’s time at WAAPA and Lewis credits Sheldon for helping him through his student years.[1]

Personal life

Lewis is married to Australian actress Melle Stewart.

Career

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Character	Company
2005	The Windows Project	-	Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney
2005	Odyssey	-	The Malthouse/Black Swan Theatre Company[4]
2006	Urinetown	-	Sydney Theatre Company
2006-2007	Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Frank	Lyric Theatre, Star City Casino, Sydney
2007	Spamalot	Sir Dennis Galahad	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne[5]
2009	A Little Night Music	Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm	Opera House, Sydney[6]
2009	Metro Street	Chris Barnes	The Production Company
2010	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Lysander/Snug/Cobweb	WildRumpus[7]
2011-2012	Love Never Dies	The Phantom / Mr. Y	Really Useful Group[8]
2013	Candide	Governor/Vanderdendur	Menier Chocolate Factory[9]
2014	Thérèse Raquin	Laurent	Finborough Theatre[10]
2014	Forbidden Broadway	various characters	Menier Chocolate Factory and Vaudeville Theatre
2015	Devilish!	Nick Brimstone	Tristan Bates Theatre[11]
2015	Love Me Tender	Chad	UK Tour[12]
2016	Annie Get Your Gun	Frank Butler	Crubicle, Sheffield[13]
2017-2018	The Phantom of the Opera	The Phantom	Her Majesty's Theatre, London[14]
2018-2019	Company	Larry	Gielgud Theatre[15]
2019-2020	The Bodyguard	Frank Farmer	UK Tour[16]

Film and television credits

Year	Series/Film/Event	Character	Episode	Company
2001	McLeod's Daughters	Troy O'Rouke	Who's a Big Girl Now?	Channel Nine Australia
2011	Carols By Candlelight	Himself	-	Nine Network
2012	Love Never Dies	The Phantom	-	Universal Pictures
2012	Side By Side by Sondheim	Himself	-	Theatre Royal
2013	Doctors	Ned Bick	Bleeding Hearts	BBC 1
2016	Cyanide and Happiness Shorts	Guard	The Execution	YouTube
2020	EastEnders	Iain	6150	BBC 1

Awards and nominations

In 2012, Ben Lewis received a nomination for Helpmann Award and won a Judith Johnson Award for Best Actor in Leading Role in a Musical at the 2012 Sydney Theatre Awards for his role of the Phantom in Love Never Dies.

References

External links

• Ben Lewis at IMDb
• Ben Lewis on StageFaves

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