Ben Lewis (Australian actor)

Ben Lewis (born 28 September 1979) is an actor and singer and recent 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.

For the British actor and writer, see Ben Lewis (writer). For the Canadian actor, see Ben Lewis (Canadian actor). For other people named Ben Lewis, see Ben Lewis.

Ben Lewis
Lewis and his wife, Melle Stewart (2011)
Born (1979-09-28) 28 September 1979
London, England
Alma materNewington College
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2001 to present
Spouse(s)Melle Stewart
RelativesAlexander 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]

Career

Theatre credits
YearTitleCharacterCompany
2005The Windows Project-Darlinghurst Theatre, Sydney
2005The Odyssey-The Malthouse/Black Swan Theatre Company[4]
2006Urinetown-Sydney Theatre Company
2006-2007Priscilla Queen of the DesertFrankLyric Theatre, Star City Casino, Sydney
2007SpamalotSir Dennis GalahadHer Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne[5]
2009A Little Night MusicCount Carl-Magnus MalcolmOpera House, Sydney[6]
2009Metro Street-The Production Company
2010Midsummer Night's DreamLysander/Snug/CobwebWildRumpus[7]
2011-2012Love Never DiesThe Phantom / Mr. YReally Useful Group[8]
2013CandideGovernor/VanderdendurMenier Chocolate Factory[9]
2014Thérèse RaquinLaurentFinborough Theatre[10]
2014Forbidden Broadwayvarious charactersMenier Chocolate Factory and Vaudeville Theatre
2015Devilish!Nick BrimstoneTristan Bates Theatre[11]
2015Love Me TenderChadUK Tour[12]
2016Annie Get Your GunFrank ButlerCrubicle, Sheffield[13]
2017-2018The Phantom of the OperaThe PhantomHer 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
YearSeries/Film/EventCharacterEpisodeCompany
2001McLeod's DaughtersTroy O'RoukeWho's a Big Girl Now?Channel Nine Australia
2011Carols By CandlelightHimself-Nine Network
2012Love Never DiesThe Phantom-Universal Pictures
2012Side By Side by SondheimHimself-Theatre Royal
2013DoctorsNed BickBleeding HeartsBBC 1
2016 Cyanide and Happiness Shorts Guard The Execution YouTube

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.

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References
  1. "Behind the Phantom Mask: Meet Ben Lewis". Stage Whispers. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. "LinkedIn Profile - Patricia Price". au.linkedin.com/home. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  3. "Love Never Dies - BARITONE Ben Lewis is on a fast-track to stardom with the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, writes Simon Plant". Phantomloveneverdies.tumblr.com. 6 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  4. "Spamalot announces Australian cast". boneaubryanbrown.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2005.
  5. "The Odyssey". boneaubryanbrown.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
  6. Vito Mattarelli"A Little Night Music, Opera Australia". ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
  7. Emma Brown"A Midsummer Night's Dream at Cenntenial Park". weekendnotes.com. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  8. Adam Hetrick"Cast Complete for Revamped Love Never Dies in Australia; Performances Begin May 21". playbill.com. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  9. Michael Coveney"Candide". whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  10. "Thérése Raquin". finboroughtheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  11. "A new musical comedy by BB Cooper and Chris Burgess". twitter.com. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  12. West End Wilma"Love Me Tender UK Tour Cast announced". westendwilma.com. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  13. Stagefaves"Ben Lewis & Nicolas Colicos join Anna-Jane Casey in Annie Get Your Gun". stagefaves.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  14. "Official London Theatre - Theatre Tickets, News & Guides". Official London Theatre.
  15. "Ben Lewis | Company Musical | From 26 September". Company Musical. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  16. Admin (17 October 2019). "Cast Changes Announced for The Bodyguard". London Theatre 1. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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