Lewis Gribben

Lewis Gribben (born November 1999 ) is a Scottish actor from Glasgow. He had the lead role in the 2022 British drama series Somewhere Boy shown on Channel 4 and subsequently won a Screen Daily rising star award and a Scottish BAFTA for best TV actor.

Career Gribben was born and raised in Glasgow. An only child, his mother started taking him to the Glasgow Citizens Theatre at age seven to help him interact more with other children. Diagnosed with autism and dyslexia, Gribben told The Scotsman that he has some life experience that helped him play the role of Danny in Channel 4 and Clerkenwell Films 2022 drama Somewhere Boy, about a teenage boy who on his father's death learns he has been given a distorted view of life since infancy.

As a teenager Gribben acted with a company called the Attic Collective before attending Glasgow Clyde College for two years, and then graduating in 2019 with a BA Hons Acting for Stage and Screen from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. A succession of small roles followed in films such as T2 Trainspotting and Get Duked!, and television series such as Silent Witness, Deadwater Fell, and Shetland, before he landed the lead role in Somewhere Boy. Following the success of Somewhere Boy he was named Screen Daily Rising Star 2022.

Gribben had roles in Masters of the Air for Apple TV and Chemistry of Death for Paramount+. In 2023 he started filming Ben Wheatley's comedy-horror series Generation Z.

Personal life Gribben still lives in Glasgow. He told The Guardian in 2022, "Every time I do anything in Scotland, they just say: 'Are you ever gonna come down to London?' Absolutely not."

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2017 T2: Trainspotting Dealer 2019 Get Duked! Duncan Farmland Charlie Short film Our Ladies Patient at Lourdes 2020 Limbo Stevie Stray Dog Boy Short film 2021 The Iain Banks Appreciation Society Tommy 2023 Ginny Reaper Ghost William 2024 The Bird Feeder Brian The Severed Sun David The Damned Jónas Krater Stell (voice) Short film 2026 How to Wash a Body, How to Cleanse a Soul Jack The Perfect Strangers Kieran TBA Bare Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 2020 Deadwater Fell Dylan Denham-Johnson Mini-series; 3 episodes 2021 Silent Witness Simon Morton 2 episodes: "Bad Love: Parts 1 & 2" Shetland Fraser Creggan Series 6; 4 episodes 2022 Somewhere Boy Danny Main cast; 8 episodes 2023 The Chemistry of Death Kevin Kinross 4 episodes 2024 Masters of the Air Sgt. Robert Bixler Mini-series; 2 episodes: "Part Three" & "Part Five" Generation Z Stef Main cast; 6 episodes 2025 Black Mirror Younger Cameron Walker Episode: "Plaything" 2026 Mint Luke 4 episodes Upcoming mini-series; 6 episodes