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American actor (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gavin Lewis (born October 27, 2003) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Moody Richardson in the American drama streaming television miniseries Little Fires Everywhere[1] and Prince Maxemil “Emil” Vanderklaut III in the Netflix sitcom Prince of Peoria.[2]
Gavin Lewis | |
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Born | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | October 27, 2003
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2015–present |
Lewis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to theatre professionals Kyle and Colleen Lewis.[3] He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 6. Shortly after his diagnosis he met singer and actor Nick Jonas who also has Type 1 diabetes.[4] This meeting inspired Lewis to pursue acting and music.[5] At the age of 9 he booked his first role in a feature film which was filming in Park City, Utah. This production led to a meeting with an acting manager in Los Angeles and his full-time career in film and television.[6]
Lewis began his career working on Utah stages. He was classically trained at a very young age, earning top honors at the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Shakespeare Competition.[7] Lewis has played various roles in several films and television series, such as Maximum Ride,[8] NCIS: Los Angeles,[9] The Kicks,[10] No Good Nick,[11] and Roswell, New Mexico.[12]
In 2018 Lewis was cast as Prince Emil in the Netflix live-action multi-cam comedy Prince of Peoria.[2] In 2019 he was cast as Reese Witherspoon’s son Moody Richardson on Hulu’s adaptation of the Celeste Ng best seller Little Fires Everywhere.[13] He also joined the main cast of HBO Max's reboot of Head of the Class, which premiered in October 2021.[14] Lewis guest starred in Shrinking on Apple TV+ which premiered in 2023.[15]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Real Boy | Thomas | Short film |
2016 | Maximum Ride | Gazzy | |
2017 | When Pigs Fly | Young Al | Short film |
Odious | Jeremy | ||
2018 | In Searching | Young Jon | |
2021 | Old Henry | Wyatt |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2015 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Lone Boy | Episode: "Randall Park Wears Brown Dress Shoes With Blue Socks" |
Just Jacques | Brent | 3 episodes | |
Ominous | Jacob Young | TV film | |
OMG! | Brent | 3 episodes | |
2016 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Nadir, Karim and Tomar Zahavi | Episode: "The Seventh Child" |
The Kicks | Max | Episode: "The Best Defense Is a Good Offense" | |
2017 | Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie | Eugene (voice) | TV film |
The Bugaloos | I.Q. | TV film | |
2018–19 | Prince of Peoria | Prince Emil | Main role; 18 episodes |
2019 | Roswell, New Mexico | Young Michael Guerin | Episode: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
No Good Nick | Omar | Episode: "The Charity Mugger" | |
2020 | Little Fires Everywhere | Moody Richardson | Main role; 8 episodes |
2021 | Head of the Class | Luke Burrows | Main role |
2023 | Shrinking | Connor | Episode "Potatoes" |