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Robert ‘Bobby’ Axelrod is a billionaire and 9/11 attack survivor character from the renowned American TV series “Billions”, created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin. Bobby Axelrod’s character is played by Demian Lewis, a British actor. According to worth pedia, Demian Lewis’s net worth is US$14 millions.
Main earning sources
Demian Lewis started his career as a car alarm selling telemarketer. He started his acting career in tv drama in a character of dashing and sporty student in ‘A Touch Of Frost’ in 1993. In 1997 he popped up in the film, ‘Robinson Crusoe’. He also played a part in ‘Hemlet’. Later he acted in renowned ‘Band of Brothers’.
He is also a producer.
So, we can say that his main earning source is acting in TV serieses and films.
Intro
The character in the drama, ‘Billion’, Robert ‘Bobby’ Axelrod is a billionaire manager of the hedge fund and a ‘Hofstra University’ graduate. The character ‘Bobby’ is extremely philanthropic and munificent in public but uses insider trading and bribery to grow his firm’s extensive cash. The character is thinly based on Steven A. Cohen played by Demian Lewis.
Demian Watcyn Lewis also known as Demian Lewis is a British actor and producer.
He portrayed US Army Major Richard Winters in HBO drama, ‘Band of Brothers’ and earned the Golden Globe nomination. He also played US Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series ‘Homeland’ through which he earned a ‘Primetime Emmy Award’ and a ‘Golden Globe Award’.
He also played as Henry VIII of England in ‘Wolf Wall’.
Early life
Demian Lewis was born in London, England. He is the elder son of Charlotte Mary and John Watcyn Lewis. His paternal grandparents were from Wales. His maternal grandfather was Sir Ian Bowater. Sir Ian Bowater was a Lieutenant Colonel and also the Lord Mayor of London.
In his childhood, Lewis visited the US several times during the summer breaks. At the age of 16, for the first time he decided to become an actor. He was schooled at the independent Ashdown House School and at Eton College. In 1993, he passed his graduation degree from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. After that he played as stage actor at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). At RSC he acted in Henrik Ibsen‘s ‘Little Eyolf’ as Borgheim, William Shakespeare‘s ‘Cymbeline’ as Posthumus. At the National Theater in 2005, he also starred as Karsten Bernick in ‘Pillars of the Community’, another one of Ibsen’s plays.
Personal life
In 2007 Demian Lewis married Helen McCrory, an actress. The couple have a daughter named Manon and a son named Gulliver.
In the later half of 2007The family left England for Los Angeles for his acting in a crime drama named ‘Life’. They came back to England in early 2009 after the completion of the final episode of the drama.
Lewis became a trade justice ambassador for a charity called ‘Cristian Aid’ in 2009. Lewis and McCrory supported the Feed NHS campaign during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is a scheme to give free food to the NHS staff from high street restaurants. By early April, 2020 they raised over a million pounds for the charity. Though the initiative was started in London but it was spread in other cities of the UK following the campaign’s success.
Career
Demian Lewis started his career as a car alarm selling telemarketer. He started his acting career in tv drama in a character of dashing and sporty student in ‘A Touch Of Frost’ in 1993. In 1997 he popped up in the film, ‘Robinson Crusoe’. He also played a part in ‘Hemlet’. Later he acted in renowned ‘Band of Brothers’.
In the career in film industry he acted in ‘Robinson Crusoe’ as Patrick, in ‘Keane’ as William Keane, in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ as Steve McQueen.
He also acted in the films, ’Dreamcatcher’, ‘Brides’, ’Chromophobia’, ‘An Unfinished Life’, ‘The Situation’, ‘Stormbreaker’, ‘The Baker’, ‘Romeo & Juliet’ etc.
In television, he acted in ‘Micky Love’, ‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’, ‘A Touch of Frost‘, ‘Life’, ‘Homeland’ etc.
He played Bobby Axelrod’s character in ‘Billions’ and is currently the host of ‘Spy Wars’.
Bobby played Jeffrey Archer’s character in ‘Jeffrey Archer: The Truth’.
In stage, he played in ‘Hamlet’ as Laertes, in ‘The Misanthrope’ as Alceste, in ‘American Buffalo’ as Teach and in ‘The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?’ as Martin Gray.
Legal Issues
From our search, we found nothing about any legal issues he has faced so far.
Interesting Fact
Demian Lewis played for England in ‘Soccer Aid’ in May 2006 and June 2018. In August 2006 he played golf for Europe in the ‘All*Star Cup’. Both were shown in ITV.
Demian Lewis is a passionate supporter of Liverpool Football Club.
He has dated Katie Razzall, a journalist and writer. He has also dated Kristin Davis and Sophia Myles, both of them are actresses.
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