Ben Lewis

Ben Lewis (28 September 1979 – 6 October 2025) was an English-born Australian actor and baritenor singer. His most well-known role was as the Phantom of the Opera in the original Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies. In 2017 and 2018 he reprised the role in Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera in the original West End theatre production. His other notable roles included Chad and Frank Farmer in the UK tours of Love Me Tender and The Bodyguard, as well as Larry in the 2018 West End revival of Company.

Early life Lewis was born in London to a theatrical family. His father, Michael Lewis, is an opera singer and his mother, Patricia Price, was also an opera singer and is retired as head of vocal studies and opera at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. His brother, Alexander Lewis, is an opera singer and actor who completed three years as a young artist at New York's Metropolitan Opera. During his childhood, his family went back and forth between England and the North Shore of Sydney, Australia.

In July 2025, it was publicly revealed that Lewis had been diagnosed with a fast-spreading bowel cancer in February 2024 that became incurable. His brother, Alexander, launched a GoFundMe campaign for him the same month.

Lewis died from bowel cancer on 6 October 2025 at the age of 46. His friend Todd Woodbridge released a statement about his death on Instagram.

Career Theatre credits

Film and television credits Year Series/Film/Event Character Episode Company 2001 McLeod's Daughters Troy O'Rouke Who's a Big Girl Now? Channel Nine Australia 2011 Carols By Candlelight Himself - Nine Network 2012 Love Never Dies The Phantom / Mr. Y Universal PicturesSide By Side by Sondheim Himself Theatre Royal 2013 Doctors Ned Bick Bleeding Hearts BBC 1 2016 Cyanide and Happiness Shorts Guard The Execution YouTube 2020 EastEnders Iain 6150 BBC 1

Awards and nominations In 2012, Lewis received a nomination for a Helpmann Award and won a Judith Johnson Award for Best Actor in Leading Role in a Musical at the 2012 Sydney Theatre Awards for his role as the Phantom in Love Never Dies.