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Lewis in December 2012
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Born |
Lincoln Clay Lewis 24 October 1987 Brisbane, Australia |
Occupation | Actor |
Relatives | Wally Lewis |
Lincoln Clay Lewis (born 24 October 1987) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles in Tomorrow, When the War Began, Home and Away and SLiDE.
Lewis was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He is the son of Wally Lewis, a former Australian rugby league football captain and sports presenter on Nine News in Brisbane. Lewis has two siblings, an older brother called Mitchell and a younger sister called Jamie-Lee. He attended St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Alexandra Hills and Carmel Catholic College in Thornlands.
Lewis began acting at the age of thirteen. Lewis has since continued to appear in television shows such as H2O: Just Add Water, The Sleepover Club, Rescue: Special Ops and Mortified. In 2005 Lewis made his film debut in a bit role in the film Aquamarine. That same year Lewis starred in the low budget Australian Horror film Voodoo Lagoon as Aaron. The film starred John Noble , Natalie Blair and Erika Heynatz and followed a group of college students who take a deadly vacation to a remote exotic island.
In 2007, Lewis was cast in the Seven Network soap opera Home and Away as Geoff Campbell. Lewis made his debut on the series in June 2007 and it is considered his breakout role. In 2008, Lewis won the Most Popular New Male Talent award at the 2008 Logie Awards. In June 2009, Seven announced Lewis would be one of the eleven celebrity contestants in ninth series of Dancing with the Stars. Lewis was eliminated on the 23 of August 2009, finishing in fifth place in the competition.