Ben Lewis

Ben Lewis (born September 30, 1985) is a Canadian actor known for his role as the adult version of William Clayton in the last two seasons of Arrow. He also played Other Scott in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Bobby Beckonridge in Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Early life, family and education

Lewis is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.

Lewis played Bobby Beckonridge in the tenth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation, which he acknowledged was one of the biggest roles of his career up to that point. Bobby is an abusive boyfriend with some personal baggage, and Lewis said that co-star Annie Clark, who played Bobby's girlfriend Fiona, was the key to helping him perform this. Jeff Bayer's review of the film in The Scorecard Review gave the cast of the film 10/10, noting that "Scott's bandmates are even better. Alison Pill, who you may remember from Milk and Ben Lewis as the other Scott, steal every moment they are on screen. It's just an amazing cast of characters that support this film". Lewis tweeted that "[Scott Pilgrim] profoundly changed my life. Edgar Wright seeing fit to include me in this cast was an honour & the greatest vote of confidence a young actor could've asked for."

Lewis subsequently landed television roles in Designated Survivor, The Handmaid's Tale,

In 2019 he finished filming a role for the movie The High Note. He has also written and directed short films, including Apart from Everything and Zero Recognition, and wrote for the web series This Week Had Me Like.

In 2020 Lewis starred opposite his real-life husband Blake Lee in the romantic comedy television film The Christmas Setup.

Personal life Lewis is openly gay, and came out to his parents when he was seventeen.

Lewis has publicly criticized the Marvel Cinematic Universe for not casting LGBT+ actors; in a 2019 interview with Attitude he said, "How many fucking Avengers are there at this point, and not one gay actor in the bunch." Attitude noted that Lewis overlooked Tessa Thompson, a queer actress who plays the bisexual Avenger Valkyrie, in his comments. In the same interview, Lewis praised the Arrow producers for "[giving] more out actors [...] a platform to succeed". In relation to Lewis' character coming out, magazine Out also lamented that the DC Extended Universe only had one queer character.

Filmography Film

TV