Lewis John Moir MacDougall (born 5 June 2002) is a Scottish film actor. He made his film debut in the fantasy film '' Pan'' (2015). He subsequently starred in the fantasy tragedy film ''

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'' (2016), and the road trip drama film '' Boundaries'' (2018) and The belly of the whale (2018), and it premierd in december that year.

Early life

MacDougall was brought up in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father is a retired banker. His mother, Fiona, died in December 2013 from

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, and a few weeks after her death Lewis was cast as Nibs in the film '' Pan''. Before his first film he had acted only in small parts at his local drama group, The Drama Studio, which specialised in improvised rather than scripted performances.

Career

MacDougall made his film debut in 2015 as Nibs in '' Pan'', directed by

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, after attending an open audition in Morningside. In 2016, he starred in ''

'', opposite

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and

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, and released on 23 December. In the film, a dark fantasy drama, he plays a boy whose mother is dying of a terminal illness, and who begins communicating with a tree monster seemingly living outside his house. On 6 October 2016, MacDougall attended the gala screening for ''A Monster Calls'', at the

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, where he was interviewed about his role. On 12 December, he appeared on BBC's ''

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'', alongside co-star

, where he also talked about the film. He then co-starred in the road trip comedy-drama '' Boundaries'', opposite

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and

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, which premiered at

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in March 2018. In 2018 he also appeared as Lewis in the short film ''Multiplex''.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacDougall, Lewis 2002 births Living people Male actors from Edinburgh Scottish male child actors Scottish male film actors