About Norm Lewis
Norm Lewis ) is an American actor and baritone singer. He has appeared on Broadway, in the West End, film, television, recordings and regional theatre. He’s also noted for his wide vocal range. Lewis was the second African-American actor after Robert Guillaume to perform in the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and the first one to do so in the Broadway production. In 2023, he reprised the role in the show's sequel, Love Never Dies, in London's West End.
He's also known for his many different performances as Inspector Javert in Les Misérables. First playing the role in the 2006 Broadway revival and later reprising the role in the West End, 25th Anniversary Concert, and at The Muny.
Some other major theatrical productions that he has been involved in include Porgy and Bess, The Little Mermaid, Miss Saigon, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and many others.
Lewis was born in Tallahassee, Florida, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. He graduated in 1981 from Edgewater High School, Orlando. He worked at the Orlando Sentinel prior to his acting career.
Lewis credits the kickoff of his career to Ralph Petillo, who ran Theatre on Park in Winter Park, Florida.
Lewis was featured as Agwe in the Gateway Playhouse production of Once on This Island in 1992.
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