Damian Lewis
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Damian Lewis (born February 11, 1971) is a British actor, born in St John's Wood, London.
Lewis was educated at Eton College and graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1993, after which he served as a stage actor for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
He starred as Richard Winters in the BBC/HBO World War II miniseries Band of Brothers and as Soames Forsyte in the ITV series, The Forsyte Saga (later shown as a Masterpiece Theatre miniseries). He played Jeffrey Archer in the satirical TV special Jeffrey Archer: The Truth. Since 2004 he has appeared in a number of films.