Jason Lewis (born in

London, England London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...

) is a British actor, writer, and comedian of Trinidadian descent. He is best known for his self-titled sketch comedy show '' The Jason Lewis Experience,'' which saw its first installment aired on

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Career

Jason Lewis started his career training at ''The Anna Scher Theatre'' as an actor for 6 years. In 2007 Lewis wrote and filmed the first installment of ''The Jason Lewis Experience,'' a series of short comedic sketches for

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. In 2008

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agreed to give Lewis his own sketch show on their channel. ''The Jason Lewis Experience'' debuted in January 2009 on

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. During 2009 Jason Lewis was cast as an actor and writer for

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show ''

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'', created by the

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winning

Paul Whitehouse Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer and comedian. He was one of the main stars of the BBC sketch comedy series ''The Fast Show'', and has also starred with Harry Enfield in the shows '' Harry & Paul'' and ''Harr ...

and

Charlie Higson Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the ''Enemy'' book series, as well as the first five novels in the '' Young B ...

. He also appeared in

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hit sitcom '' Miranda'' and the second series of

sitcom ''Coming of Age''. In 2010 he was a regular cast member in the third series of the BAFTA Award-winning

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for

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and featured in the BAFTA Award-winning

Harry and Paul ''Harry & Paul'' (originally titled ''Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul'') is a British sketch comedy show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 13 April 2007. Prior to broadcast it was trailed as ''The Ha ...

, created by

Harry Enfield Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer and director. He is known in particular for his television work, including '' Harry Enfield's Television Programme'' and '' Harry & Paul'', and for the creation an ...

and

. During 2010 Lewis also created and starred in his own BBC online sketch comedy pilot show called ''SWA'' (Sniggers With Attitude), which featured appearances from Paul Whitehouse,

Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is a British actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer. Rising to prominence for playing Mickey Smith in '' Doctor Who'' (2005–2010), he played Sam in the films ''Kidulthood'' (2006), '' ...

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, and

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. In June 2010, BBC announced that Danny Cohen, controller of BBC Three, had commissioned Jason Lewis his own pilot titled ''The Jason Lewis Experience'' for the channel. The pilot featured Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, Daniel Kaluuya,

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and David Schneider. He was crowned a 'Broadcast Hotshot' of the TV Industry by Broadcast Magazine. Lewis was featured in the 12th series of

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where he played Chris Brand. He also starred in a revival of ''

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''. In 2012 he played an American reporter Scott in the feature film '' Red Lights''. Lewis played Warden Wagatungi in series 2 and 3 of the award-winning ''

''. He featured in series 4 and 6 of popular children's TV program ''

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'', which both won

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. In 2015 Lewis starred as Curtis Broome in the third series of ''

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'' for

. He was also a main cast member in series 1 and 2 of award-winning comedy ''

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'' on

. During 2016 he fronted the ITV2 mockumentary show '' What's The Facts'', featured heavily throughout the first series of

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' BBC One comedy ''

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'' and performed his one-person stage play POVs From The Grove, during the Camden Fringe. He also starred in the BBC Radio 2 show '' Harry and Paul present: The Gentleman's Club'' alongside Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse,

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and

Tom Hollander Thomas Anthony Hollander (; born 25 August 1967) is an English actor. As a child Hollander trained with the National Youth Theatre and was later involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Soc ...

. In 2017 Lewis starred in the BBC Three show ''Climaxed'', created by Tom Craine, wrapped filming upcoming Disney comedy feature film Patrick slated for 2018 and has recently begun shooting the second series of '' Damned'' created by

Jo Brand Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on '' Saturd ...

for Channel 4 after being cast as PC Zeppelin.

Other work

Lewis has released many music spoofs. Artists he has parodied include

Tinchy Stryder Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo studio albums, '' Star in the Hood'' ( ...

N-Dubz N-Dubz are an English hip hop trio from Camden Town, London, consisting of cousins Dappy and Tulisa, and Fazer. After winning a MOBO Award for Best Newcomer in 2007, N-Dubz briefly signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around t ...

, Jay-Z and

Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Colu ...

. On 14 July 2009, he and his close friend

released a parody of

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's "Too Many Man", titled "Too Many Weave". It was based upon the fact they thought that too many women wear fake hair (hair extensions) nowadays. The video was in

's Most Viewed for 14, 15 and 16 July that year.

References

External links

Jason Lewis website
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