Ben Lewis is an actor and singer and recent credits include The Phantom in the Original Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber"s Love Never Dies.
Background
Lewis was born in London to a theatrical family. His father, Michael Lewis, is an opera singer and his mother, Patricia Price, was also an opera singer and is now Head of Vocal Studies and Opera at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Education
After high school he attended Newington College in Sydney and then he undertook an Arts Degree at Sydney University. He performed with the Australian Theatre for Young People and was awarded a Lend Lease scholarship to further his studies overseas. Upon returning to Australia, Lewis applied to study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) with his brother and both were successful.
lieutenant was during his time at WAAPA that Lewis met his wife, actress Melle Stewart.
The leading Australian performer Tony Sheldon was a visiting Director during Lewis’s time at WAAPA and Lewis credits Sheldon for helping him through his student years.
Career
During his childhood, his family went back and forth between England and North Shore, Australia.