{{Short description|Scottish actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Lewis Gribben | image = | birth_date = November 1999 | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | occupation = Actor | alma_mater = Queen Margaret University }} '''Lewis Gribben''' (born November 1999<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oh Boy! Somewhere Boy! |url=https://makemagazine.co.uk/issue/issue-18-the-shine-issue/oh-boy-somewhere-boy/ |access-date=2025-07-07 |website=Make Magazine |language=en}}</ref>) 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/must-read/somewhere-boys-lewis-gribben-talks-to-janet-christie-about-his-rise-from-trainspotting-extra-to-lead-role-3898332?|title=Somewhere Boy's Lewis Gribben talks to Janet Christie about his rise from Trainspotting extra to lead role|website=The Scotsman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2022/11/09/ive-always-felt-a-bit-like-an-outsider-myself-lewis-gribben-on-starring-in-somewhere-boy/ |title=I've always felt a bit like an outsider myself": Lewis Gribben on starring in Somewhere Boy|website=The Upcoming|date=9 November 2022 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qmu.ac.uk/alumni-and-friends/50-years-of-drama-and-performing-arts/lewis-gribben/|title=Acting for stage and screen:Lewis Gribben|website=qmu.ac.uk}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/somewhere-boy-lewis-gribben-channel-4-b2201331.html?|title= Somewhere Boy's Lewis Gribben: 'I know what it's like to be an outsider'|website=The Independent}}</ref> Following the success of ''Somewhere Boy'' he was named Screen Daily Rising Star 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/rising-stars-scotland-2022-lewis-gribben-actor/5173360.article|title=Rising Star Scotland 2022|website=Screen Daily}}</ref>
Gribben had roles in ''Masters of the Air'' for Apple TV and ''Chemistry of Death'' for Paramount+.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.italktelly.com/post/i-talk-to-lewis-gribben|title=I TALK TO Lewis Gribben|website=I TALK telly|date=14 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hatcmagazine.com/lewisgribben|title=Lewis Gribben: Acting was an escapism from being in the reality of the weird kid with autism|website=HATCMagazine}}</ref> In 2023 he started filming Ben Wheatley's comedy-horror series ''Generation Z''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/generation-z-channel-4-cast-sue-johnston-robert-lindsay-newsupdate/|website=Radio Times|date=18 October 2023|accessdate=23 November 2023|first=Morgan|last=Cormack|title= Sue Johnston, Robert Lindsay and more join Generation Z cast}}</ref>
==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."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/sep/30/i-wanted-to-go-darker-somewhere-boy-the-show-about-a-boy-locked-up-for-18-years|title='I wanted to go darker' – Somewhere Boy, the show about a boy locked up for 18 years|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
==Filmography== {{Pending films key}} ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2017 | ''T2: Trainspotting'' | Dealer | |- | rowspan="3" | 2019 | ''Get Duked!'' | Duncan | |- | ''Farmland'' | Charlie | Short film |- | ''Our Ladies'' | Patient at Lourdes | |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 | ''Limbo'' | Stevie | |- | ''Stray Dog'' | Boy | rowspan="4" | Short film |- | 2021 | ''The Iain Banks Appreciation Society'' | Tommy |- | 2023 | ''Ginny Reaper'' | Ghost William |- | rowspan="4" | 2024 | ''The Bird Feeder'' | Brian |- | ''The Severed Sun'' | David | |- | ''The Damned'' | Jónas | |- | ''Krater'' | Stell (voice) | rowspan="3" | Short film |- | rowspan="2" | 2026 | ''How to Wash a Body, How to Cleanse a Soul'' | Jack |- | {{Pending film|The Perfect Strangers}} | Kieran |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2020 | ''Deadwater Fell'' | Dylan Denham-Johnson | Mini-series; 3 episodes |- | rowspan="2" | 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 |- | rowspan="2" | 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" |- | rowspan="2" | 2026 | ''Mint'' | Luke | 4 episodes<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=28 March 2025|date=28 March 2025|title= Emma Laird To Star In ‘Mint’; Cameras Roll On ‘Scrapper’ Director Charlotte Regan’s Family Crime Drama For The BBC|first=Stewart|last=Clarke|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/emma-laird-starring-mint-charlotte-regan-bbc-drama-1236352614/}}</ref> |- | {{Pending film|Blade Runner 2099}} | {{TableTBA}} | Upcoming mini-series; 6 episodes |}
==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|8313494}}
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