Norm Lewis

Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee, Norm Lewis, was most recently seen onstage in the West End in Love Never Dies and in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning production of A Soldier’s Play. He recently starred in Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed, Da 5 Bloods, and in the groundbreaking FX series, Pose. Additionally, he stars in ABC’s newest series, Women of The Movement ; and offscreen, he is heard in the latest season of Apple TV’s animated series, Central Park. He played Caiaphas in the award-winning NBC television special, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert! , alongside John Legend, Sara Bareilles, and Alice Cooper.

Norm returned to Broadway in 2021, starring in Chicken and Biscuits at the Circle in The Square Theatre. He previously appeared in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island and as Sweeney Todd in the Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre, receiving the AUDELCO Award for his performance. In May 2014, he made history as The Phantom of the Opera’s first African American Phantom on Broadway. He received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess . In London’s West End he appeared as Javert in Les Misérables and Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS. He was seen on PBS in the Live From Lincoln Center productions of Showboat with Vanessa Williams, Norm Lewis: Who Am I?, New Year’s Eve: A Gershwin Celebration with Diane Reeves, as well as American Voices with Renée Fleming and the PBS Specials First You Dream–The Music of Kander & Ebb and Ella Wishes You A Swingin’ Christmas. His many TV and film credits include his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama, Scandal.

Norm is a proud founding member of Black Theatre United, an organization that stands together to help protect Black people, Black talent, and Black lives of all shapes and orientations in theatre and communities across the country.

Learn more: https://www.blacktheatreunited.com/