Lewis MacDougall
{{short description|Scottish actor}}
{{EngvarB|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lewis MacDougall
| image = Lewis MacDougall (29923390292).jpg
| caption = MacDougall at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016
| birth_name = Lewis John Moir MacDougall
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|mf=yes|2002|6|5}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| occupation = Film actor
| years_active = 2015–present
}}
Lewis John Moir MacDougall (born 5 June 2002) is a Scottish film actor. He made his film debut in the fantasy film Pan (2015). He subsequently starred in the fantasy tragedy film A Monster Calls (2016), the road trip drama film Boundaries (2018) and The Belly of the Whale (2018).
Early life
MacDougall was brought up in Edinburgh, Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-schoolboy-stars-in-pan-with-hugh-jackman-1-3918566|title=Edinburgh schoolboy stars in Pan with Hugh Jackman|website=www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com|access-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184942/https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-schoolboy-stars-in-pan-with-hugh-jackman-1-3918566|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}} His father is a retired banker. His mother, Fiona, died in December 2013 from multiple sclerosis, and a few weeks after her death Lewis was cast as Nibs in the film Pan.{{cite news |title=Edinburgh schoolboy stars in Pan with Hugh Jackman |author=John Connell |date=16 October 2015 |access-date=13 December 2016 |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-schoolboy-stars-in-pan-with-hugh-jackman-1-3918566}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/10/monster-calls-film-mum-friend-siobhan-dowd-boy-talking-tree-book|title=How do you tell a child his mother is dying?|first=John-Paul|last=Flintoff|newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 December 2016|publisher=|access-date=22 December 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}} Before his first film he had acted only in small parts at his local drama group, The Drama Studio, which specialised in improvised rather than scripted performances.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedramastudio.com/|title=The Drama Studio Edinburgh – Kids Drama Workshops|publisher=thedramastudio.com|access-date=29 December 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/nibs-big-screen-lost-boy-6652758|title=His Nibs: Big screen Lost Boy Lewis MacDougall reveals how he was found in Edinburgh – and is set for movie success|website=Daily Rec rd|first=Sibohan|last=Synnot|date=18 October 2015|access-date=25 July 2016}}
Career
MacDougall made his film debut in 2015 as Nibs in Pan, directed by Joe Wright, after attending an open audition in Morningside. In 2016, he starred in A Monster Calls, opposite Felicity Jones and Liam Neeson, and released on 23 December.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/07/12/sneak-peek-exclusive-a-monster-calls-movie/86955404/|title=Trailer debut: Boy meets tree in 'A Monster Calls'|website=USA Today|first=Brian|last=Truitt|date=13 July 2016|access-date=25 July 2016}} In the film, a dark fantasy drama, he plays a boy whose mother is dying of a terminal illness, and who begins communicating with a tree monster seemingly living outside his house. On 6 October 2016, MacDougall attended the gala screening for A Monster Calls, at the BFI London Film Festival, where he was interviewed about his role.{{cite web|url=http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/lewis-macdougall-on-his-character-going-through-a-number-news-footage/613280020|title=Lewis MacDougall on his character going through a number |publisher=gettyimages.co.uk|access-date=24 December 2016}} On 12 December, he appeared on BBC's The One Show, alongside co-star Liam Neeson, where he also talked about the film.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b084j9fg/the-one-show-12122016|title=The One Show, 12/12/2016|publisher=bbc.co.uk/|access-date=14 December 2016}}
He then co-starred in the road trip comedy-drama Boundaries, opposite Vera Farmiga and Christopher Plummer, which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2018.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/vera-farmiga-christopher-plummer-bobby-cannavale-boundaries-sony-stake-six-brian-kavanaugh-jones-oddfellows-1201748001/|title=Sony's Stage 6 Films Acquires Worldwide Rights To Vera Farmiga-Christopher Plummer Road Trip Pic 'Boundaries'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Ali|last=Jaafar|date=2 May 2016|access-date=25 July 2016}} In 2018 he also appeared as Lewis in the short film Multiplex.{{cite web|url=https://www.multiplexfilm.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013133101/https://www.multiplexfilm.com/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=13 October 2018|title=Welcome|website=Multiplex|access-date=13 October 2018}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Pan | Nibs | |
| 2016
| Conor O'Malley | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Henry | |
| The Belly of the Whale
| Joey Moody | |
| rowspan="1" | 2020
|Multiplex |Lewis |Short film |
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2020
|Tullio |3 episodes |
Awards and nominations
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|6484968}}
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Category:Male actors from Edinburgh