Gary Lewis Biography

Gary Lewis is a Scottish actor. He has had roles in films such as Billy Elliot Gangs of New York Eragon and Three and Out as well as a major role in the television docudrama Supervolcano.
Lewis was born and raised in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow. He has described in interviews the dichotomy of his upbringing: his parents stressed the value of education yet the quality of his formal studies was lacking. When he left school he lacked a sense of purpose and took a job as a road sweeper to earn a living. Later he found employment in the local library during which time he joined the Militant Tendency of the Labour Party. Encouraged by his brother an English teacher at Stonelaw High School in Rutherglen he read voraciously and decided to pursue a career as an actor.
Although he had pursued amateur theatrics Lewis was 32 when he committed to acting joining Robert Carlyle's newly formed Raindog Theatre. His career received a boost when he was befriended by actor-director Peter Mullan whom he met at a socialist lecture.
Mullan hired Lewis for a role in the short Close which began filming in 1991 but took some three years to complete. By that time both actors had appeared in Shallow Grave (1994). Lewis went on to act in Mullan's subsequent shorts Good Day for the Bad Guys (1995) and the award-winning Fridge (1996).

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