Lewis MacDougall

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).

Lewis MacDougall
MacDougall at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016
Born	Lewis John Moir MacDougall (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 22) Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	2015–present

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Filmography

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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	His Dark Materials	Tullio	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref
2016	Evening Standard British Film Awards	Malone Souliers Award for Breakthrough of the Year	A Monster Calls	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]