| Dylan Lewis | |
| Birth Name: | Dylan Thomas Lewis |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Australia |
| Alma Mater: | University of Melbourne |
| Years Active: | 1996–present |
| Spouse: | Hollie Kennedy |
| Children: | 2 |
Dylan Thomas Lewis (born 19 February 1973) is an Australian television and radio host.[1] He is currently the host of Mornings on Double J. As a musician, he played in funk/alternative rock band The Brown Hornet under the stage name Dirk Vile.[2]
Lewis was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and graduated in 1990; he then studied a Bachelor of Education in Drama and Music degree at the University of Melbourne. John Bannon, former South Australian premier, was Lewis's stepfather.
Lewis has undertaken several roles hosting and presenting for numerous Australian music programs; his quick rise to fame started was while he was a host on ABC TV's national Saturday-morning live music show Recovery (from 1996 until the show's run finished in April 2000). The year 2000 saw Lewis presenting a national television program, , and Pepsi Live, a music chart television program.
Lewis won Celebrity Big Brother in 2002 and was a contestant on Celebrity Circus in 2005.
In 2010, he was appointed host of Video Hits on Network Ten. He stayed on the show until its cancellation in mid-2011.
In January 2022, Lewis won the eighth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[3] [4] [5]
In September 2006, Lewis signed with Nova 100 where he was music presenter in mornings for four years then moved to afternoons until November 2012., he co-hosted the Lewis & Lowe breakfast show on Nova 91.9 in Adelaide with Shane Lowe, later joined by, then replaced by Hayley Pearson as the Dylan & Hayley breakfast show (until 2019). He previously worked as a radio announcer for the Austereo Network and Triple J. He has won three Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs): "Best Newcomer" in 2007, "Best Music Personality" in 2009 and most recently for "Best Music Presenter" in 2012.[6]
In 2020, Lewis re-joined the ABC hosted the weekend Double J mornings until the end of 2021.[7]
Lewis was the lead vocalist and played harmonica for funk/alternative rock band The Brown Hornet, and was later involved in a hip-hop project under the name Megabias. More recently, he has sung in a Melbourne-based group called Manchoir and the children's band The Haploids.
Lewis had a role in the Australian film The Real Thing (2002), and has played the lead role in three short films: Like It Is, Ray (2004) and The Postman (2007). He was also an extra in .[8]
He has a cameo in the Australian film "EMO the Musical" (2016) as Doug Skeleton.[9]
Lewis is married to Hollie, with whom he has a daughter and son.[10]
Lewis had a brother, Quinn, three years younger, who died in 2006.[11] [12]