| Gavin Lewis | |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 2015–present |
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]
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] ,[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.[13] 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.[14] He also joined the main cast of HBO Max's reboot of Head of the Class, which premiered in October 2021.[15] Lewis guest starred in Shrinking on Apple TV+ which premiered in 2023.[16]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Nadir, Karim and Tomar Zahavi | Episode: "The Seventh Child" | ||
| The Kicks | Max | Episode: "The Best Defense Is a Good Offense" | ||
| 2017 | 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" |