Gus Lewis (born January 19, 1993) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the young

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in the 2005 film ''

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'', co-starring with

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and

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. That year, he also co-starred in the film ''

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'' alongside

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and

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Career

In 2005, Lewis played a young

in the film ''

'', whose adult counterpart was

. The

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observed that Lewis played "an intense and appealing" child, while ''

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'' opined that the actor "makes a strong impression as the 8-year-old Bruce, leaving a firm foundation for Bale's haunted-scion act." Lewis played Charlie Raphael in the 2005 drama film ''

'', the son of characters played by

and

. ''

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'' Gary Arnold observed that Lewis portrayed the only sympathetic person in the film. For the film, Lewis had to perform a stunt involving the near drowning of his character. While they used a nine-year-old stunt child for the wider shots, the close-ups used Lewis and his co-star Rhydian Jones. Lewis' mother was constantly nearby during its filming. Lewis appeared as Matthew Couillard, a real-life person who survived a deadly snowstorm while skiing in Turkey with his father, in a 2006 episode of the documentary television series ''

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''. In 2008, Lewis worked on the dramatised documentary ''

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'', which depicted the real-life story of a young peace activist who is killed in Israel. In 2012, Lewis appeared in the short film ''The End'', which won Best Film at

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, and the Award of Merit at the Lucerne International Film Festival.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Gus 1993 births English male film actors Place of birth missing (living people) Living people English male television actors