---
name: "Lewis Howden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lewis-howden"
fi1m_id: "lewis-howden"
imdb_id: "nm0397760"
tmdb_id: 1658884
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T22:28:12.560471+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lewis Howden

## Identity

Lewis Howden

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lewis-howden
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lewis-howden
- **IMDb ID:** nm0397760
- **TMDB ID:** 1658884
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1658884

Actor. Born in Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397760/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1658884

## Biography

Lewis Howden is a Scottish actor. He played Davie in the 2013 film *For Those in Peril* and is known for his recurring role as Sgt Billy McCabe in the BBC series *Shetland* (2013–2025) and as Rab Sterling in *Annika* (2021).

Born in Leith, Edinburgh, Howden trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). He has appeared in other television series including *Taggart*, *River City* and *Hope Springs*, as well as films such as *Aberdeen* (2000).

Howden is the son of comedian and actor Alex Howden and the brother of actress Kathryn Howden.

*Sources: imdb.com, hellomagazine.com, scotsman.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *For Those in Peril* (2013), Fi1m 73, as Davie — [page](https://film.one/film/for-those-in-peril.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, as Sgt Billy McCabe — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Meet You in Scotland* (2023), as Alfie
- *You Were There* (2022), as Martin
- *Annika* (2021), series, as Rab Sterling
- *West Skerra Light* (2016), as Gillespie
- *Spores* (2016), Actor
- *For Those in Peril* (2013), as Davie — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/for-those-in-peril.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Sgt Billy McCabe — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Boxer* (2010), as The Boxer
- *Monarch of the Glen* (2000), series, as Sean
- *The Chief* (1990), series, as Prisoner
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Kenny

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