| Gus Lewis | |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1993[1] |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Known For: | Batman Begins |
| Yearsactive: | 2005–2012 |
Gus Lewis (born January 19, 1993) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the young Bruce Wayne in the 2005 film Batman Begins, co-starring with Christian Bale and Michael Caine. That year, he also co-starred in the film Asylum alongside Hugh Bonneville and Natasha Richardson.
In 2005, Lewis played a young Bruce Wayne in the film Batman Begins, whose adult counterpart was Christian Bale.[2] [3] The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry observed that Lewis played "an intense and appealing" child,[4] while Orlando Weekly opined that the actor "makes a strong impression as the 8-year-old Bruce, leaving a firm foundation for Bale's haunted-scion act."[5]
Lewis played Charlie Raphael in the 2005 drama film Asylum, the son of characters played by Hugh Bonneville and Natasha Richardson.[6] [7] The Washington Times Gary Arnold observed that Lewis portrayed the only sympathetic person in the film.[8] For the film, Lewis had to perform a stunt involving the near drowning of his character. While they used a nine-year-old stunt child for the wider shots, the close-ups used Lewis and his co-star Rhydian Jones. Lewis' mother was constantly nearby during its filming.[9]
Lewis appeared as Matthew Couillard, a real-life person who survived a deadly snowstorm while skiing in Turkey with his father, in a 2006 episode of the documentary television series I Shouldn't Be Alive.[10] In 2008, Lewis worked on the dramatised documentary The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall, which depicted the real-life story of a young peace activist who is killed in Israel.[11] In 2012, Lewis appeared in the short film The End, which won Best Film at HollyShorts Film Festival, and the Award of Merit at the Lucerne International Film Festival.[12] [13]
| 2005 | Asylum | Charlie Raphael | ||
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Bruce Wayne - age 8 | ||
| 2009 | One for Sorrow | Student 3 | Short film | |
| 2012 | The End | Jamie | ||
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Bruce Wayne - age 8 | Archive footage; uncredited |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | I Shouldn't Be Alive | Matthew Couillard | Episode: "Ice Cave Survivor" | |
| 2008 | The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall | Freddy | Television film |