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Lewis Robert Willis (born 18th September 1985) is an English actor and writer. Until recently Willis was unknown throughout the acting community but has since become increasingly popular with television and film studios alike, thanks to his writing. Although his writing has never been published or used on screen he is widely considered to be a 'rare and special talent'.

Personal Life / Early Career
Lewis was born in Liverpool, England the son of Julie and Simon Willis, who ran a local newsagents. Lewis moved to America with his parents when he was 3 for 4 years, when the family decided to move back home. Lewis made his acting debut at the age of 8 in an advert playing a passenger in a car. Lewis also did other advertising work until he was 10. As he went through high school he began studying (amongst other things) acting and drama along with writing and language. Whilst working at his fathers store he heard of some night classes that he found interesting. The first was a writing course and with this along with some helpful material he wrote his first book at the age of 15, however it was never published as the story was considered to have been 'done-to-death', although he was told he had put in some interesting ideas and his strength might not be that of writing a whole story by himself but submitting ideas as part of a team. Another was an improvisation class which allowed him to build both his acting ability and his imagination. It was at one of the shows his improv class put on for the general public that he was again spotted and asked to star in an advert.

Career
Most of Lewis' recent work has been as an extra or doubling for someone else, with the odd line here and there. Lewis says that this helps keep him in the "acting picture" whilst also allowing him enough time to continue his writing. Lewis says he is currently working on 3 separate screenplays of his own but as of yet been unable to finish any for one reason or another. Lewis insists he is not suffering from writers block, but instead says the publisher was probably right and he's much better at getting ideas for parts rather than the whole thing. Lewis is considering getting some help to complete his screenplays