Lewis McAskie is an accomplished young actor based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He developed a love of performing and acting from a young age, participating in various stage productions at Belvoir Players Academy and at college. These included playing the lead roles as Bugsy in ‘Bugsy Malone’, Eddie Carbone in ‘A View from the Bridge’ and Seymour in ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’. Lewis has also enjoyed co-writing and co-directing smaller productions.

As a teenager, Lewis successfully auditioned for a number of film and TV roles. These included playing Will in Sir Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’, Tadgh in Stacey Gregg’s ‘Here Before’ and Young Mossy in ‘Stranger with a Camera’ (‘The Sniper’s Daughter’).

He has also acted in a high-profile commercial shot in central Europe in 2023.

Lewis has worked diligently with a vocal coach to perfect American, English and southern Irish accents.

Having recently completed secondary education, gaining his A-Level qualifications and Grade 8 in Musical Theatre from the London College of Music, Lewis is now pursuing a full-time career in acting.