Lincoln Lewis
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Lincoln Clay Lewis is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing the role of Geoff Campbell in the Australian television series, Home and Away
from 2007 to 2010, and Kevin Holmes in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began
.
, 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
.
, The Sleepover Club
and Mortified
. He also appeared in the films Voodoo Lagoon and Aquamarine
. In 2007 he joined the cast of Home and Away, playing the character Geoff Campbell. He won the "Most Popular New Male Talent Logie" at the 2008 Logie Award
s. He left the show in late 2009.
Lewis appeared in the ninth series
of Dancing with the Stars
, until his elimination on 23 August 2009.
He plays a principal character, Kevin Holmes, in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began
, which was released world-wide on 2 September 2010.
On 24 September 2011, it was announced Lewis had joined the cast of Neighbours
for a four week guest stint as Dominic Emmerson.
.
Lewis was also "disciplined" by Channel Seven after they and the public learned he had filmed himself and a "starlet" engaged in a sexual act and then shown the film to Home and Away colleagues.
Dolly Teen Choice Awards
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
from 2007 to 2010, and Kevin Holmes in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began
Tomorrow, When the War Began (film)
Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 Australian adventure film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the novel of the same name by John Marsden. The film is produced by Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen. The story follows Ellie Linton, one of eight teenagers waging a guerrilla war...
.
Early life
Lewis was born in BrisbaneBrisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. He is the son of Wally Lewis
Wally Lewis
Walter James "Wally" Lewis AM is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. Currently a commentator of the sport, he is widely regarded as the greatest rugby league player of all time...
, 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
Alexandra Hills, Queensland
Alexandra Hills is a suburb of 16,985 people located in Redland City, south east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Alexandra Hills sits between two major areas of Redlands, with Cleveland to the east and Capalaba to the west. Best known for the Squeeze Club.-Education:**Alexandra Hills State...
and Carmel Catholic College in Thornlands
Thornlands, Queensland
Thornlands is a residential suburb located approximately east-south-east of Brisbane, the capital of the Australian state of Queensland, and is part of the Redland City local government area....
.
Career
Lewis started acting at the age of 13 and had guest appearances on the television shows H2O: Just Add WaterH2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast...
, The Sleepover Club
The Sleepover Club
The Sleepover Club is a series children's books by authors Rose Impey, Fiona Cummings, Narinder Dhami, Sue Mongredien, Jana Hunter and Angie Bates and a children's television programme based on the series. While the books are set in Cuddington, Leicester, England, the television show is set in the...
and Mortified
Mortified
Mortified was an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia, Disney Australia and the BBC. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 11 April 2007 with two seasons and a total...
. He also appeared in the films Voodoo Lagoon and Aquamarine
Aquamarine (film)
Aquamarine is a 2006 Australian-American teen fantasy comedy film starring Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, and Joanna "JoJo" Levesque . The film, which was made in both the United States and Australia, was released in North America on March 3, 2006...
. In 2007 he joined the cast of Home and Away, playing the character Geoff Campbell. He won the "Most Popular New Male Talent Logie" at the 2008 Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
s. He left the show in late 2009.
Lewis appeared in the ninth series
Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 9)
The 9th Season of Dancing with the Stars was announced on Today Tonight, on 5 June 2009.Longtime weather presenter Jeff Newman appeared in a promo of Dancing to promote his retirement....
of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning, Australian light entertainment reality show airing on the Seven Network and filmed live from the HSV-7 studios in Melbourne...
, until his elimination on 23 August 2009.
He plays a principal character, Kevin Holmes, in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began
Tomorrow, When the War Began (film)
Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 Australian adventure film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the novel of the same name by John Marsden. The film is produced by Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen. The story follows Ellie Linton, one of eight teenagers waging a guerrilla war...
, which was released world-wide on 2 September 2010.
On 24 September 2011, it was announced Lewis had joined the cast of Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
for a four week guest stint as Dominic Emmerson.
Personal life
In July 2009, a former Home and Away actor, Bryan Wiseman, wrote in The Sunday Telegraph alleging a culture of drug and alcohol abuse among the younger members of the cast. The allegations followed incidents involving Lewis and his fellow cast member, Jodi GordonJodi Gordon
Jodi Lee Gordon is an Australian actress and model.-Early life:Gordon was born in Mackay to Bronwyn and Ray. She has an older brother, Ben. Her father was born in New Zealand and is of Māori descent. From the age of 8, Gordon's family moved to various locations along the coast from Mackay,...
.
Lewis was also "disciplined" by Channel Seven after they and the public learned he had filmed himself and a "starlet" engaged in a sexual act and then shown the film to Home and Away colleagues.
Filmography
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Extra | Various episodes | |
| H2O: Just Add Water H2O: Just Add Water H2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast... |
2007 | School friend | Various episodes |
| Mortified Mortified Mortified was an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia, Disney Australia and the BBC. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 11 April 2007 with two seasons and a total... |
2007 | Andre and Talking Shoe Face | Two episodes |
| Home and Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television... |
Geoff Campbell | 567 episodes | |
| Saturday Disney Saturday Disney Saturday Disney is a children's program which has aired on the Seven Network in Australia for over 20 years, with the first episode going to air on 20 January 1990. Although, according to the hosts during the 800th episode of the show, they revealed the show premiered in March 1990, causing... |
2008 | Himself | One episode |
| Dancing with the Stars Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning, Australian light entertainment reality show airing on the Seven Network and filmed live from the HSV-7 studios in Melbourne... |
2009 | Himself, constestant | Season 9 Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 9) The 9th Season of Dancing with the Stars was announced on Today Tonight, on 5 June 2009.Longtime weather presenter Jeff Newman appeared in a promo of Dancing to promote his retirement.... |
| Rescue: Special Ops Rescue: Special Ops Rescue: Special Ops is an Australian television drama series that first screened on the Nine Network in 2009. Filmed in and around Sydney, the program is produced by Southern Star Entertainment with the assistance of Screen Australia and the New South Wales Government.This drama series focuses on a... |
2010 | Sam Marcello | Season 2 |
| Event TV | 2010 | Himself, presenter | |
| Talkin' 'bout Your Generation Talkin' 'bout your Generation Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation is an Australian game show produced by Granada Productions which premiered on Network Ten on 5 May 2009. It is hosted by Shaun Micallef.... |
2010 | Himself, guest panelist | |
| SLiDE Slide (TV series) Slide is an Australian teen drama series which premiered on the 16 August 2011 on the Fox8 subscription television channel... |
2011 | Dylan Gallagher | |
| Underbelly: Razor Underbelly: Razor Underbelly: Razor is a 13-part Australian television mini-series detailing real events that occurred in Sydney between 1927 and 1936. The series depicts the "razor gangs" who controlled the city's underworld during the era and the violent war between the two "vice queen" powers, Tilly Devine and... |
2011 | Bruce Higgs | Season 4 |
| Australia's Next Top Model Australia's Next Top Model Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television series, based on a franchise that was created by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model... |
2011 | Himself, guest model | Season 7, Episode 8 |
| Neighbours Neighbours Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems... |
2012 | Dominic Emmerson | Guest role |
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquamarine Aquamarine (film) Aquamarine is a 2006 Australian-American teen fantasy comedy film starring Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, and Joanna "JoJo" Levesque . The film, which was made in both the United States and Australia, was released in North America on March 3, 2006... |
2006 | Theo | |
| Voodoo Lagoon | 2006 | Aaron | |
| Tomorrow, When the War Began Tomorrow, When the War Began (film) Tomorrow, When the War Began is a 2010 Australian adventure film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the novel of the same name by John Marsden. The film is produced by Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen. The story follows Ellie Linton, one of eight teenagers waging a guerrilla war... |
2010 | Kevin Holmes | |
| 33 Postcards 33 Postcards 33 Postcards is a feature film written and directed by Pauline Chan and starring Guy Pearce. It is the first co-production between China and New South Wales.-Development:33 Postcards was developed under the title Mei Mei... |
2011 | Karl | Post-production |
| Bait | 2011 | Kyle | Post-production |
Awards and nominations
Logie Awards- Won: Most Popular New Male Talent (2008Logie Awards of 2008The 50th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Sunday 4 May 2008 at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, and televised on the Nine Network....
)
Dolly Teen Choice Awards
Dolly Teen Choice Awards
The Dolly Teen Choice Awards began in 2006 as a non-broadcast show with hosts Stephanie McIntosh and Jules Lund. The show was held at Sydney's Luna Park Big Top on August 31, 2006 and included guests The Veronicas, Anthony Callea, Guy Sebastian, Lee Harding, Rogue Traders, Girlband, and Kid...
- Won: King of TeenDolly Teen Choice AwardsThe Dolly Teen Choice Awards began in 2006 as a non-broadcast show with hosts Stephanie McIntosh and Jules Lund. The show was held at Sydney's Luna Park Big Top on August 31, 2006 and included guests The Veronicas, Anthony Callea, Guy Sebastian, Lee Harding, Rogue Traders, Girlband, and Kid...
(2007) - Nominated: Favourite AussieDolly Teen Choice AwardsThe Dolly Teen Choice Awards began in 2006 as a non-broadcast show with hosts Stephanie McIntosh and Jules Lund. The show was held at Sydney's Luna Park Big Top on August 31, 2006 and included guests The Veronicas, Anthony Callea, Guy Sebastian, Lee Harding, Rogue Traders, Girlband, and Kid...
(2009)