Lewis MacDougall

Lewis John Moir MacDougall (born 5 June 2002) is a Scottish actor. He made his film debut in the fantasy film Pan. He subsequently starred in the fantasy tragedy 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, and attended Currie High School. 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. 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.

Career MacDougall made his film debut in 2015 as Nibs in Pan, directed by Joe Wright, after attending an open audition in Morningside. 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. On 12 December, he appeared on BBC's The One Show, alongside co-star Liam Neeson, where he also talked about the film.

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. In 2018 he also appeared as Lewis in the short film Multiplex.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2016 Evening Standard British Film Awards Malone Souliers Award for Breakthrough of the Year Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Youth Performance Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young Performer London Critics Circle Film Awards Young British/Irish Performer of the Year Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Breakthrough Performance / Best Performance by a Youth Las Vegas Film Critics Society Youth in Film 2017 Premios Feroz Best Main Actor Empire Awards Best Male Newcomer Saturn Awards Best Performance by a Younger Actor Online Film & Television Association Best Youth Performance Young Scot Awards Entertainment Award South Bank Sky Arts Award Times Breakthrough Award