Jonathan Guy Lewis
(Writer and Performer of Jasper)
Jonathan Guy Lewis has worked extensively as an actor, writer, director, teacher, mentor, and coach for over thirty years and has won numerous awards for his work. A former military scholar, he holds a degree in Politics and Society from the University of Exeter and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. During his studies, he adapted and performed a solo musical, ‘Skylark’, which received excellent reviews and which he later staged with the National Student Theatre Company. After drama school, he worked in various repertory theaters across the country, including Harrogate, Colchester, Leeds, and York. His stage credits include ‘She Stoops to Conquer’, ‘Colours’, ‘London Assurance’, ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’, and ‘How The Other Half Loves’. He then worked at the National Theatre and was part of the cast of ‘Peer Gynt’, directed by Declan Donnellan, while also contributing to the development of various projects at the NT Studio. Later, he played Gerald Croft in Stephen Daldry’s acclaimed production of ‘An Inspector Calls’ at the Aldwych Theatre in the West End. He toured the United States with a production of ‘Hamlet’ and starred in the European premiere of Andrew Bovell’s ‘Speaking in Tongues’ at the Derby Playhouse and Hampstead Theatre, as well as Neil Simon’s ‘The Gingerbread Lady’, alongside Lesley Joseph. Other career highlights include his role opposite Rob Lowe and Suranne Jones in the West End premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s ‘A Few Good Men’ at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. He also played Eddie Carbone in a national tour of ‘A View from The Bridge’, directed by Steve Unwin, and Dr. John Hall in Peter Whelan’s ‘The Herbal Bed’, directed by James Dacre. Furthermore, he wrote and performed his play ‘The Be All & End All’, directed by Damian Cruden, both at the York Theatre Royal and on tour.
In the 1990s, his television roles made him a familiar face on the small screen, including Sergeant Chris McCleod in ‘Soldier, Soldier’ and fire station commander Chris Hammond in ITV’s ‘London’s Burning’. He has had roles in series such as ‘Skins Redux’, ‘Endeavour’, ‘Silent Witness’, ‘Heartbeat’, ‘Casualty’, and ‘Inspector Morse’. He recently appeared in the new version of the classic British series ‘Bergerac’.
His first work as a playwright was ‘Our Boys’, based on his experiences being invalided out of the army, which won the Writers’ Guild Award. He has also written ‘Pitch Perfect’, ‘My First Trainers’, and co-written ‘I Found My Horn’, which has been staged worldwide, from London to New York, Los Angeles, and beyond.
