Tom Lewis is an English actor. He is known for playing Michael in the Universal Pictures film Redeeming Love. He is also known for his roles in the HBO television series Gentleman Jack and the Channel 4 legal drama Patience.
Early life Lewis was born and grew up on a council estate in Leeds, Yorkshire. On his upbringing, Lewis said: "Luckily, my family backed my ambitions as much as they could. They said if you want to do it, then do it, we just can't help you financially." After school, he worked behind the bar at the Leeds Playhouse before Maxine Peake persuaded him to apply to RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) where he then trained for three years on a full scholarship.
Whilst still a teenager in training at RADA, Lewis graduated early when he was cast in a leading role in the historical drama series Gentleman Jack. The series was a huge success, with Lucy Mangan at The Guardian noting: "Sally Wainwright has assembled a cast with the chops to handle anything thrown at them".
Career
Stage Roles
Lewis won acclaim for his stage debut at Hampstead Theatre, leading a production of The Breach directed by Sarah Frankcom, a role The Telegraph said he "perfectly captured"
In 2025, Lewis appeared in The House Party, a modern adaptation of Miss Julie for Headlong (theatre company). Writing in The Times, Holly Williams noted: "The casting is perfection. Tom plays on Jon’s class anxieties and contradictions — so tender to Christine, so scornful towards Julie, yet so drawn to her — giving shades of Paul Mescal in Normal People."
Screen Roles
After a worldwide casting search, Tom made his film debut as the lead in the romantic epic Redeeming Love alongside Abigail Cowen, which was released on 21 January 2022.
In 2025, Tom starred in the Channel 4/PBS crime drama Patience,https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/patience-cast-channel-4/} with the series opening with rave reviews. The drama went on to be Channel 4's most viewed show of the year. https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/beta-film-channel-4-patience-1236670215/
Filmography Film Year Title Role 2022 Redeeming Love Michael Hosea
Television Year Title Role Notes 2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Dimitri 1 episode 2019–2022 Gentleman Jack Thomas Sowden 16 episodes 2021 A Discovery of Witches Peckham 2 episodes2025-2026Patience Elliot Scott13 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Theatre Director 2022 The Breach Hoke Hampstead Theatre Sarah Frankcom 2025 The House Party Jon Headlong Theatre Holly Race Roughan
Music video Year Title Artist 2023 "Wish You the Best" Lewis Capaldi
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Alfred the Great 2021 Discovery Tour: Viking Age King Alfred
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