Lincoln Lewis
Lewis in December 2012
Born	Lincoln Clay Lewis (1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (age 37) Brisbane,Queensland, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Known for	Home and Away
Father	Wally Lewis

Lincoln Clay Lewis (born 24 October 1987)^[1] is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles in the television seriesHome and Away (2007–2010) and in the 2010 filmTomorrow, When the War Began.

Lewis was born inBrisbane,Queensland. He is the son ofWally Lewis, an Australian formerrugby league football captain and former sports presenter onNine News Queensland, and Jacqueline Lewis.^[2] Lewis has two siblings, an older brother Mitchell and a younger sister Jamie-Lee.^[2] He attended St Anthony's Catholic Primary School inAlexandra Hills andCarmel College inThornlands.^[3] He also revealed that Wally and his brother (Lincoln's uncle) werebutchers by trade.^[4]

Lewis began acting at the age of thirteen.^[5] Lewis has since continued to appear in television shows such asH₂O: Just Add Water,The Sleepover Club,^[6]Rescue: Special Ops andMortified. In 2005, Lewis made his film debut in a bit role in the filmAquamarine. That same year Lewis starred in the low budget Australian horror filmVoodoo Lagoon as Aaron. The film starredJohn Noble,Natalie Blair andErika Heynatz and followed a group of college students who take a deadly vacation to a remote exotic island.^[7]

In 2007, Lewis was cast in theSeven Network soap operaHome and Away asGeoff 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 2008Logie Awards.^[8] On June 5, 2009, it was announced Lewis would be one of the eleven celebrity contestants in theninth series ofDancing with the Stars.^[9] On the same day of the aforementioned announcement, it was revealed that the 21-year-old Lewis had recorded asex tape with an 18-year-old actress on his phone; the video was shown to someHome and Away colleagues but was not publicly disseminated.^[10][11] Lewis was eliminated fromDancing with the Stars on 23 August 2009, finishing in seventh place in the competition.^[12]

In September of that year, Lewis announced he was leavingHome and Away to pursue other opportunities.^[13] Lewis made his final appearance on 12 February 2010. To date he has appeared in 567 episodes of the show.

In mid-September 2009, Lewis was cast in theParamount Pictures Action Adventure filmTomorrow, When the War Began. The film, which is an adaptation of the novel series of the same name, began production a week after Lewis' departure fromHome and Away. Lewis portrayed the character Kevin Holmes and the film centres on a group of teenagers waging a guerrilla war against an invading foreign power in their fictional hometown of Wirrawee. The film was released in September 2010 to a mixed response from critics, but had large success with public audiences and went on to gross over $13 million in Australia alone. A sequel has been rumoured to be in the development stages and Lewis has expressed interest in returning.^[14]

In early 2010, Lewis starred in theNine Network dramaRescue: Special Ops playing Sam Marchello, son of Vince Marchello, played by veteran Australian actorPeter Phelps.^[6] Lewis also starred in the independent drama film33 Postcards alongsideGuy Pearce andClaudia Karvan. The film went on to be the biggest release of an Australian film in China to date, receiving critical acclaim. Lewis also received the inaugural "Male Star of Tomorrow" Award at the 2011 Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast. In July 2010, Lewis once again joined the Nine Network to star in Crime Drama television seriesUnderbelly: Razor as Bruce Higgs.^[6] The role required Lewis to perform his first onscreen nude scene.

In October 2010, Lewis was cast in the Australian ensemble horror filmBait 3D. The film, which also starsXavier Samuel andSharni Vinson, required Lewis to return to his home state Queensland. The film follows a group of people trapped in a supermarket with a group of great white sharks after a freak tsunami. Lewis was also cast in a recurring role on theFoxtel television teen dramaSLiDE. Lewis portrayed the role of Dylan Gallagher, the temperamental older brother toBrenton Thwaites' character Luke Gallagher.^[6]

In September 2011,Ten Network announced Lewis had signed on to a four-week stint on the soap operaNeighbours. Lewis played the role ofDominic Emmerson, a marine biologist.^[15] Colin Vickery of theHerald Sun praised his performance, saying he "brings a wonderful lightness of touch to hisNeighbours role."^[6] Ten reportedly offered Lewis a one-year deal with the series to continue his role as a regular but Lewis declined.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2011, Lewis was cast in a regular role on the Nine Network drama television seriesTricky Business.^[6] The series centres on a family that runs a debt collection business. Lewis plays the role of the womanising Chad Henderson, who usually finds himself in comedic dilemmas when pursuing clients. Nine ordered a 13-episode first season with plans to extend the season depending on the audiences' reception. The series premiere aired on 14 May 2012 to 1.16 million viewers.

In March 2012, it was announced that Lewis had been cast in his first international high-profile role after travelling to the US for the 2012–2013 television pilot season. Lewis appeared in theM. Night Shyamalan filmAfter Earth, which was released in May 2013 and starredWill Smith andJaden Smith. The film followed a father and son who crash land and explore a planet.

Early during the 2013 US pilot season, Lewis was cast in ABC and Warner Bros. drama television pilotWestside directed byMcG. The show revolves around the haves and have-nots of Venice, Los Angeles and focuses on two rival families battling over the surfing soul of Venice in a classic story ofRomeo and Juliet, also starringJennifer Beals andBruce Greenwood.Westside however was not picked up to go to series.

In January 2014, it was announced that Lewis had been cast in the third season of Channel 9's family dramaHouse Husbands and would begin filming in late January. On 3 March 2014, Channel 9 announced that while filmingHouse Husbands Lewis had also been cast and had begun filming the World War 1 epic mini seriesGallipoli, directed by Glendyn Ivin which aired in 2015.

In 2017, Lewis appeared as a celebrity contestant on theAustralian version ofHell's Kitchen.^[16][17] Lewis was an ambassador for the 2020 MEN-tality project and Beyond Blue, raising awareness for mental health concerns amongst men alongsideRodger Corser,Human Nature,Alex Cubis andLincoln Younes.^[18][19]

In 2021, during the18th season ofDancing with the Stars, Lewis competed for a second season, finishing equal 3rd overall (out of 14 pairs).

In 2022, Lewis appeared as a celebrity contestant on the Christmas special forLego Masters Australia.^[20][21] The following year, Lewis began filming romantic comedy featureHe Loves Me Not oppositeRhiannon Fish onK'gari andHervey Bay, Queensland.^[22]

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