Lewis MacDougall | |
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 MacDougall at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016 | |
| Born | Lewis John Moir MacDougall 5 June 2002 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Lewis John Moir MacDougall (born 5 June 2002) is a Scottish film actor. He made his film debut in the fantasy film Pan (2015). He subsequently starred in the fantasy tragedy film A Monster Calls (2016), the road trip drama film Boundaries (2018) and The Belly of the Whale (2018).
MacDougall was brought up in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] 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 . [2] [3] 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. [2] [4] [5]
MacDougall made his film debut in 2015 as Nibs in Pan , directed by Joe Wright, after attending an open audition in Morningside. [2] In 2016, he starred in A Monster Calls , opposite Felicity Jones and Liam Neeson, and released on 23 December. [6] 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. [7] On 12 December, he appeared on BBC's The One Show , alongside co-star Liam Neeson, where he also talked about the film. [8]
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. [9] In 2018 he also appeared as Lewis in the short film Multiplex. [10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Pan | Nibs | |
| 2016 | A Monster Calls | Conor O'Malley | |
| 2018 | Boundaries | Henry | |
| The Belly of the Whale | Joey Moody | ||
| 2020 | Multiplex | Lewis | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | His Dark Materials | Tullio | 3 episodes |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Evening Standard British Film Awards | Malone Souliers Award for Breakthrough of the Year | Nominated | [11] | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | Best Youth Performance | Nominated | [12] | ||
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Young Performer | Nominated | [13] | ||
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | Young British/Irish Performer of the Year | Won | [14] | ||
| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Breakthrough Performance / Best Performance by a Youth | Nominated | [15] | ||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | Youth in Film | Nominated | [16] | ||
| 2017 | Premios Feroz | Best Main Actor | Nominated | [17] | |
| Empire Awards | Best Male Newcomer | Nominated | [18] | ||
| Saturn Awards | Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Nominated | [19] | ||
| Online Film & Television Association | Best Youth Performance | Nominated | [20] | ||
| Young Scot Awards | Entertainment Award | Won | [21] | ||
| South Bank Sky Arts Award | Times Breakthrough Award | Nominated | [22] |
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