---
name: "Norm Lewis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norm-lewis"
fi1m_id: "norm-lewis"
imdb_id: "nm0507592"
tmdb_id: 145113
wikidata_id: "Q7051523"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 June 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T20:09:03.139158+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."
---

# Norm Lewis

## Identity

Norm Lewis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norm-lewis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** norm-lewis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0507592
- **TMDB ID:** 145113
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7051523
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Lewis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7051523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145113

Actor. Born 2 June 1963 in Eatonville, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 June 1963, Eatonville, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, War 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Lewis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7051523, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/145113

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Da 5 Bloods*](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Norm Lewis is an American actor and baritone singer. Born on 2 June 1963, he grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and made his Broadway debut in the 1993 production of *The Who's Tommy*.

He is known for stage roles including Inspector Javert in *Les Misérables* (2006 Broadway revival and subsequent productions), King Triton in *The Little Mermaid* (2007), Porgy in the 2011–2012 revival of *Porgy and Bess* (Tony Award nominee), and the title role in *The Phantom of the Opera* (2014–2015, the first African-American actor to play it on Broadway). He has also appeared in London's West End.

Lewis's film and television credits include *Sex and the City 2* (2010), *Winter's Tale* (2014), *Just Mercy* (2019), *Da 5 Bloods* (2020) as Eddie, and series such as *Gotham*, *Riverdale* and *Blue Bloods*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Fi1m 72, as Eddie — [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *Mrs. America* (2020), Fi1m 79, as Ron Dellums — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md)
- *POSE* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Vernon Jackson — [page](https://film.one/tv/pose.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Office Romance* (2026), as Richard Howell
- *The Good Mother* (2023), as Jim
- *The Phantom of the Opera: The Final Curtain* (2023), Actor
- *Swarm* (2023), series, as Rashida's Dad
- *Christmas in Tune* (2021), as Duke
- *Mooseltoe* (2021), as Gus (singing voice)
- *Dr. Death* (2021), series, as Dr. Bishara
- *Show of Titles* (2021), as "Guys and Dolls" Performer
- *Myths and Hymns* (2021), as Daedalus, "Icarus"
- *Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens* (2020), Actor
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), as Eddie — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway* (2020), Actor
- *Mrs. America* (2020), series, as Ron Dellums — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md)
- *Just Mercy* (2019), as Newscaster (voice)
- *NOS4A2* (2019), series, as Dr. Gregory
- *POSE* (2018), series, as Vernon Jackson — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/pose.md)
- *Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert* (2018), as Caiaphas
- *American Theatre Wing Centennial Concert* (2018), Actor
- *Magnum Opus* (2017), as Charlie Lutwidge
- *Riverdale* (2017), series, as Titus Tate
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Medical Examiner Henson
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Bobby
- *Show Boat* (2015), as Joe
- *Younger* (2015), series, as Clay
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, as Rumbleshanks — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Deputy Mayor Harrison Kane
- *Winter's Tale* (2014), as Custodian
- *Scandal* (2012), series, as Edison Davis
- *Pizza Verdi* (2012), as Reggie
- *Hustling* (2011), series, Actor
- *Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert* (2010), as Javert
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as DA James Campbell
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), as Reginald
- *Mystery Woman: In the Shadows* (2007), as Doctor
- *Chess (Actor's Fund of America Concert)* (2003), as Molokov
- *Confidences* (2001), as Reggie
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Mr. Phillips
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Henry King — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Gallery

- ![Norm Lewis at 54 Below (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/494977/gallery-f26c98cb164a.jpg) Norm Lewis at 54 Below (2023) — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/NormLewis-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-NormLewis-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Norm Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/494977/gallery-8ebb818d59df.jpg) Norm Lewis — Michael Schamis from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Norm_Lewis_%28cropped%29.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The U.S. Department of State hosts a concert featuring several actors, environmentalists, and other performers at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, in Was (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/494977/gallery-67be3d0de5ad.jpg) The U.S. Department of State hosts a concert featuring several actors, environmentalists, and other performers at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, in Was (2016) — U.S. Department of State from United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Norm_Lewis_Performs_at_the_2016_Our_Ocean_Concert_at_the_Kennedy_Center_for_Performing_Arts_%2829609570802%29.jpg/1280px-Norm_Lewis_Performs_at_the_2016_Our_Ocean_Concert_at_the_Kennedy_Center_for_Performing_Arts_%2829609570802%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 2012: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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