Matthew Lewis

Matthew David Lewis is a British actor who portrays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. He was born June 27th, 1989, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the son of Adrian and Lynda Lewis. He has two older brothers named Chris and Anthony.

Career
Before being cast as Neville Longbottom, Lewis appeared in many televison shows, including Heartbeat, Dalziel and Pascoe, and This is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. His favourite football team is Leeds United. He attended St Mary's High School in Menston, West Yorkshire. Lewis has been acting since he was five years old. He started off with minor parts in television programmes like his debut 'Some Kind of Life' and then went on to try out for the part of Neville Longbottom.

He has portrayed Neville Longbottom in the first six Harry Potter films and is also going to be in the future Harry Potter films. For his role as Neville, Lewis wears yellow and crooked false teeth, two-sizes-too-big shoes and has plastic bits placed behind his ears in order to make them stick out more. This is done to give the character a more clownish look. During the filming of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Helena Bonham Carter, who portrays Bellatrix Lestrange, accidentally ruptured Lewis's eardrum when she stuck her wand in his ear. Lewis is also known to be a fan of the books and has read them and modeled his acting on Neville. This is highly admired in the Potter fandom and has earned him praise.

Filmography

 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)... Neville Longbottom
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)... Neville Longbottom
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)... Neville Longbottom
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)... Neville Longbottom
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)... Neville Longbottom
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)... Neville Longbottom