- Born
- Birth nameJames Edward Lewis Jr.
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- James Lewis was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Lewis has recorded over 900 audio books, appeared on numerous commercials and tv shows including a recurring role on HBO's The Wire, and principal roles on America's Most Wanted. James has also appeared in several independent films, including Euphoria which won a gold medal at the Houston Film Festival, Red River which won a Paul Robeson award for lighting, and For Love of Liberty which won the 2011 NAACP Award for best documentary and boasted an all-star narration cast including Halle Berry, Bill Cosby, Mel Gibson, John Travolta and Robert Duvall. In addition, Lewis has lent his voice talents to bring to life such DC Comics characters as Green Lantern John Stewart, Nightwing, Firestorm, Jimmy Olsen and Clayface in the DC Comics audio adaption of Crisis on Infinite Earths which won him an Audiofile Award for best ensemble cast. James won a 2011 Aurora Award and Telly Award for Best Comic Performance in the web production "I Can Live with That". James is also the recipient of the prestigious Actors Center Award in Washington DC. In 2009, Lewis provided over 15-character voices for Fallout 3, which to date, has won multiple awards including Best Overall RPG, Best Overall Console Game, Overall Game of the Show for E3, GamePro Magazine "PC Game of the Year, Game Developer's Choice Awards, Golden Joystick Awards, Best Xbox Game from Official Xbox Magazine, and Best PC Game from GameSpy to name a few. In 2018 Lewis' audiobook "Who Is the Black Panther" won audiobook of the year from Audiofile Magazine. In 2020 James was a silver Telly award for his work as both an actor and producer in the graphic novel "Germ Warfare" Additionally in 2020 James was nominated for 2 SOVAS awards for best Audiobook Narration and Best Audiobook Producer.- IMDb Mini Biography By: E. Lewis
- SpouseSylvia Lewis(1989 - 2010) (divorced)
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- James is a comic book expert and has been collecting since the late 60s.
He is also CEO of Talktime Voiceovers a voiceover production company. - Lewis holds 2 Black Belts, 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Ryu Kyu Kempo. Lewis is also a 2X Virginia State Grand Champion in Kumite and Kata. He also won a Gold Medal at the Maryland State Games competition during the 90's.
- James is the also the owner and President of Talktime Voiceovers.
- James collects comic books and action figures. He has a huge collection that takes up an entire room in his home.
- James has served as a judge for the Miss Black USA talent competition 2010 and 2011.
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