Lewis Gribben is a Scottish actor from Glasgow. He had the lead role in the 2022 British drama series Somewhere Boy shown on Channel 4 and subsequently won a Screen Daily rising star award.
Lewis Gribben | |
|---|---|
| Born | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Queen Margaret University |
| Occupation | Actor |
Career
editGribben was born and raised in Glasgow. An only child, his mother started taking him to the Glasgow Citizens Theatre at age seven to help him interact more with other children. Diagnosed with autism and dyslexia, Gribben told The Scotsman that he has some life experience that helped him play the role of Danny in Channel 4 and Clerkenwell Films 2022 drama Somewhere Boy, about a teenage boy who on his father's death learns he has been given a distorted view of life since infancy.[1][2]
As a teenager Gribben acted with a company called the Attic Collective before attending Glasgow Clyde College for two years, and then graduating in 2019 with a BA Hons Acting for Stage and Screen from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh.[3] A succession of small roles followed in films such as T2 Trainspotting and Get Duked!, and television series such as Silent Witness, Deadwater Fell, and Shetland, before he landed the lead role in Somewhere Boy.[4] Following the success of Somewhere Boy he was named Screen Daily Rising Star 2022.[5]
Gribben has upcoming roles in Masters of the Air for Apple TV and Chemistry of Death for Paramount+.[6][7] In 2023, he started filming Ben Wheatley's comedy-horror series Generation Z.[8]
Personal life
editGribben still lives in Glasgow. He told The Guardian in 2022, "Every time I do anything in Scotland, they just say: 'Are you ever gonna come down to London?' Absolutely not."[9]
Filmography
edit| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | T2: Trainspotting | Dealer | Film |
| 2019 | Get Duked! | Duncan | Film |
| 2020 | Stray Dog | Boy | Short film |
| 2020 | Deadwater Fell | Dylan Denham-Johnson | 3 episodes |
| 2021 | Silent Witness | Simon Morton | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Shetland | Fraser Creggan | 4 episodes |
| 2022 | Somewhere Boy | Danny | Main role |
| 2023 | The Chemistry of Death † | Kevin Kinross | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | Masters of the Air | Sgt. Robert Lee Blicker | |
| 2024 | The Damned | Film | |
| 2024 | Generation Z | Stef | Series[10] |
| TBA | Blade Runner 2099 | Filming | |
| TBA | The Severed Sun† | TBA | In post-production[11] |
References
edit- ^ "Somewhere Boy's Lewis Gribben talks to Janet Christie about his rise from Trainspotting extra to lead role". The Scotsman.
- ^ "I've always felt a bit like an outsider myself": Lewis Gribben on starring in Somewhere Boy". The Upcoming. 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Acting for stage and screen:Lewis Gribben". qmu.ac.uk.
- ^ "Somewhere Boy's Lewis Gribben: 'I know what it's like to be an outsider'". The Independent.
- ^ "Rising Star Scotland 2022". Screen Daily.
- ^ "I TALK TO Lewis Gribben". I TALK telly. 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Lewis Gribben: Acting was an escapism from being in the reality of the weird kid with autism". HATCMagazine.
- ^ Cormack, Morgan (18 October 2023). "Sue Johnston, Robert Lindsay and more join Generation Z cast". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "'I wanted to go darker' – Somewhere Boy, the show about a boy locked up for 18 years". The Guardian.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (October 18, 2023). "'Generation Z' First Look: Ben Wheatley's Zombie Series Unveils Cast Including Robert Lindsay". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (June 21, 2023). "Cornish Folk Horror Starring 'The Witcher' Breakout Emma Appleton Wraps Production, First Look Revealed". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 November 2023.