Actor Gary Lewis’ Net Worth, Height, Age, & Personal Info Wiki

In 1993, Gary Lewis’ friend and actor-director Peter Mullan helped him get a part in the short film “Close” his acting career. Following their collaboration on the brief, both actors starred in Danny Boyle’s 1994 suspense film “Shallow Grave,” and he also participated in Mullan’s follow-up shorts “Good Day for the Bad Guys” and the critically acclaimed “Fridge.”

Later, Lewis joined an unofficial stock company run by director Kenneth Loach to support his two mentors in their respective movies. He played alongside Robert Carlyle in “Carla’s Song” and co-starred with Mullan in “My Name Is Joe” as a recovering alcoholic. 

After that, Lewis appeared in the Sigma Films short “California Sunshine” in between the two movies before reuniting with Mullan in “Orphans” in 1998. In addition to the short films “The Good Son,” “The Whirlpool,” “The Lucky Suit,” and “Sonny’s Pride,” he also appeared in the independent picture “Postmortem” that same year.

Before making his big international debut in “Billy Elliot,” which brought him a Best Actor Award at the Flaiano Film Festival, Lewis acted in the comedies “Gregory’s Two Girls” and “East is East” in 1999. He then co-starred in “The Match” with Max Beesley.

Similar to how he appeared in “One Life Stand,” the actor concluded the year with a number of short films, including “What Where,” “The Elevator,” “Long Haul,” and “Caesar,” and in 2001, he starred in “Rob of the Rovers.”

Lewis got the opportunity to collaborate twice with filmmaker Giles MacKinnon in 2002, notably on the crime drama “Pure” and the revenge thriller “The Escapist.” He then traveled to Cinecittà Studios in Rome to participate in the production of Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York.”

Lewis also played several roles in 2003, which was another successful year for his acting career. His well-known works of the period included “The Fall of Shug McCracken,” “Skagerrak,” and “Solid Air.”

The actor starred in the 2004 romantic comedy “Ae Fond Kiss,” which was directed by Kenneth Loach once more. He additionally appeared in three movies that year: Stephen Whittaker’s “The Rocket Post,” Peter Timm’s “My Brother Is a Dog,” and the drama “Niceland” directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.

He finished the year by appearing in two movies depicting the conflict between the Western and Arab worlds after 9/11; “Yasmin” by Simon Beaufoy and “Yes,” the fourth full-length film by Sally Potter.

In the worldwide release of “Joyeux Noël,” directed by Christian Carion, Lewis played the lead role in 2005. He then appeared in “Goal!” by filmmaker Danny Cannon, a film about football, “Cargo” by director Clive Gordon in 2006, and he worked on the live-action “Eragon” adaption for 20th Century Fox.

Lewis played a supporting part in the British black comedy “Three and Out” in 2008. Then his subsequent movies included the psychological thriller “Dorothy Mills,” directed by Agnes Merlet, and “Trouble Sleeping,” the debut feature from Robert Rae, which was presented at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Mark Aldridge’s drama “Blessed” was his final movie of 2008.

Lewis reprised his role in 2009’s “Goal! III: Taking On the World,” the third installment of Andrew Morahan’s football series. After “Wasted,” his subsequent feature, he finally made a comeback to short films with “Eat Me,” “The Terms,” “Little Green Bag,” and “Vocation” in 2010. Additionally, he appeared in Peter Mullan’s gangster movie “Neds.”

The actor took part in two more short films in 2011 entitled “Last Order” and “Rule of Thumb.” Furthermore, Lewis made appearances in “The Strange Case of Wilhelm Reich” and “When the Lights Went Out,” two major motion pictures released in 2012. He later played the lead in Andrew Griffin’s short “The Gift,” which was shown at the 2013 New York International Independent Film Festival.

The cinematic adaptation of May Thomas Miles’ interactive website “The Devil’s Plantation,” which won a BAFTA, saw her and Lewis collaborating once more in 2013. “Not Another Happy Ending,” “The Liberator,” “Filth,” and “The Mercury Factor” followed, with him making appearances in each. At the end of 2013, the actor made a comeback to independent cinema with the German production “Waiting” and the short film “For Gracie.”

His following films for the years 2014 and 2015 are the following: “Catch Me Daddy,” “La Chasse,” and “The Heavy Load.” Lewis then had appearances in “The Keeper,” “The Vanishing,” and “My Son” from 2018 to 2021.