Damian Lewis
– Actor, Musician, Dad, Redhead and Ping-Pong Champion –
~ strolling player and fun-time troubadour ~
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In ‘Billions,’ Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti are Alpha Males Doing Battle by Mary McNamara, Contact Reporter– Los Angeles Times Television Critic – January 16, 2016 “Billions” is very good television. How could it not be? Created by Brian Koppelman,…
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Billions Season One: Bobby Axelrod and the American Dream – Jan 15, 2016
Billions: Season One by CHUCK BOWEN – Slant Magazine – January 15, 2016 Billions, money isn’t money, but a scorecard signifying a theoretically cold and objective qualification of bitterness and one-upmanship. The show’s dominating characters are too well-off for currency to matter…
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Review: Billions Delivers a Dose of Charisma to Hedge Fund Titans – Jan 15, 2016
Review: ‘Billions’ Delivers a Dose of Charisma to Hedge Fund Titans  by Heather Havrilesky – The New York Times – January 15, 2016 Men who make lots of money and growl at one another about profits and margins and winning…
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On Showtime’s Billions, Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis Fight a Brutal Class War – Jan 15, 2016
On Showtime’s ‘Billions,’ Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis fight a brutal class war By Alyssa Rosenberg – Washington Post - January 15, 2016 “Billions†is rooted in an intriguing triangle. It follows crusading U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti), who’s made his name…
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Power Player: Damian Lewis talks new Showtime series ‘Billions’, Los Angeles Daily News, January 14, 2016
Power Player: Damian Lewis talks new Showtime series ‘Billions’ By ROB LOWMAN, Los Angeles Daily News, January 14, 2016 Although he’s done extensive research for his role as super-rich hedge-fund titan Bobby Axelrod for Showtime’s intriguing new drama “Billions,†Damian Lewis isn’t…
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Billions Takes Cynical Look at Corruption on Both Sides of the Law – Jan 13, 2016
‘Billions’ takes cynical look at corruption — on both sides of the law By David Wiegand – San Francisco Chronicle – January 13, 2016 Vladimir Putin may be one scary ex-KGB agent, but these days, he couldn’t get arrested in Hollywood, so…
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‘Billions’: Can Showtime’s Big Bet Be TV’s First Wall Street-Based Hit?, Variety, January 13, 2016
‘Billions’: Can Showtime’s Big Bet Be TV’s First Wall Street-Based Hit? By Cynthia Littleton, Variety, January 13, 2016 CREDIT: GUIDO VITTI FOR VARIETY The wolves of Wall Street have been an elusive target for television dramatists.Even the wave of antiheroes unleashed by…
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It took ‘Billions’ to lure Damian Lewis back to TV, The Inquirer, January 13, 2016
It took ‘Billions’ to lure Damian Lewis back to TV by Ellen Gray, The Inquirer, January 13, 2016 In his new Showtime series, “Billions,” he plays a hedge-fund mogul whose choices move the markets, but Damian Lewis is a bit of…