| Lincoln Lewis | |
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Lewis in September 2011 |
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| Born | Lincoln Clay Lewis 24 October 1987 Brisbane, Australia |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Relatives | Wally Lewis |
Lincoln Clay Lewis (born 24 October 1987)[1] is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing the role of Geoff Campbell in the Australian television series, Home and Away from 2007 to 2010, and Kevin Holmes in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began.
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Lewis was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He is the son of Wally Lewis, a former Australian rugby league football captain and sports presenter on Nine News in Brisbane.[2] Lewis has two siblings, an older brother called Mitchell and a younger sister called Jamie-Lee.[2] He attended St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Alexandra Hills and Carmel Catholic College in Thornlands.
Lewis started acting at the age of 13[3] and had guest appearances on the television shows H2O: Just Add Water, The Sleepover Club and Mortified. He also appeared in the films Voodoo Lagoon and Aquamarine. In 2007 he joined the cast of Home and Away, playing the character Geoff Campbell. He won the "Most Popular New Male Talent Logie" at the 2008 Logie Awards.[4] He left the show in late 2009.
Lewis appeared in the ninth series of Dancing with the Stars, until his elimination on 23 August 2009.
He plays a principal character, Kevin Holmes, in the film Tomorrow, When the War Began, which was released world-wide on 2 September 2010.[5]
On 24 September 2011, it was announced Lewis had joined the cast of Neighbours for a four week guest stint as Dominic Emmerson.[6]
In July 2009, a former Home and Away actor, Bryan Wiseman, wrote in The Sunday Telegraph alleging a culture of drug and alcohol abuse among the younger members of the cast.[7] The allegations followed incidents involving Lewis and his fellow cast member, Jodi Gordon.
Lewis was also "disciplined" by Channel Seven after they and the public learned he had filmed himself and a "starlet" engaged in a sexual act and then shown the film to Home and Away colleagues.[8]
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sleepover Club | 2003 | Extra | Various episodes |
| H2O: Just Add Water | 2007 | School friend | Various episodes |
| Mortified | 2007 | Andre and Talking Shoe Face | Two episodes |
| Home and Away | 2007–2010 | Geoff Campbell | 567 episodes |
| Saturday Disney | 2008 | Himself | One episode |
| Dancing with the Stars | 2009 | Himself, constestant | Season 9 |
| Rescue: Special Ops | 2010 | Sam Marcello | Season 2 |
| Event TV | 2010 | Himself, presenter | |
| Talkin' 'bout Your Generation | 2010 | Himself, guest panelist | |
| SLiDE | 2011 | Dylan Gallagher | |
| Underbelly: Razor | 2011 | Bruce Higgs | Season 4 |
| Australia's Next Top Model | 2011 | Himself, guest model | Season 7, Episode 8 |
| Neighbours | 2012 | Dominic Emmerson | Guest role |
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquamarine | 2006 | Theo | |
| Voodoo Lagoon | 2006 | Aaron | |
| Tomorrow, When the War Began | 2010 | Kevin Holmes | |
| 33 Postcards | 2011 | Karl | Post-production |
| Bait | 2012 | Kyle | Post-production |