Matthew David Lewis is a British actor who portrays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. He was born 27 June, 1989, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the son of Adrian and Lynda Lewis. He has two older brothers named Chris and Anthony.
Matt was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He started acting at the age of 5 following in the footsteps of his older brother Anthony. When he is older he plans to join the RAF (Royal Air Force). He currently attends St Mary's RC High School in Menston, Nr Leeds. He enjoys watching football, his favourite team is Leeds United. He likes playing his PS2 and playing computer games on his dads PC. His current favourites are Counter Strike and Battlefield 1942. He also enjoys playing tennis and badmindton.
Career
Before being cast as Neville Longbottom, Lewis appeared in many television shows, including Heartbeat, Dalziel and Pascoe, and This is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. His favourite football team is Leeds United. He attended St Mary's High School in Menston, West Yorkshire. Lewis has been acting since he was five years old. He started off with minor parts in television programmes like his debut 'Some Kind of Life' and then went on to try out for the part of Neville Longbottom.
Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
He has portrayed Neville Longbottom in all eight of the Harry Potter films. For his role as Neville, Lewis wears yellow and crooked false teeth, two-sizes-too-big shoes and has plastic bits placed behind his ears in order to make them stick out more. This is done to give the character a more clownish look. During the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Helena Bonham Carter, who portrays Bellatrix Lestrange, accidentally ruptured Lewis's eardrum when she stuck her wand in his ear. Lewis is also known to be a fan of the books and has read them and modeled his acting on Neville. This is highly admired in the Potter fandom and has earned him praise. Matthew also likes to play a bit of cricket.
Filmography
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 ... Neville Longbottom
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 ... Neville Longbottom
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)... Neville Longbottom
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)... Neville Longbottom
- The Queen's Handbag (Harry Potter short film) (2006)... Neville Longbottom
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)... Neville Longbottom
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)... Neville Longbottom
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)... Neville Longbottom
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)... Neville Longbottom
- Heartbeat (1999)
- Where the Heart is (1997)
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
- Some kind of life (1995)
External links
- Matthew's Twitter account
Matthew Lewis
- Matthew Lewis at Internet Movie Database
- Matthew Lewis at Wikipedia.org
- Matthew Lewis at Coolspotter
Trivia
Matthew Lewis' favorite quote from Neville Longbottom is: "Why is it always me?"