It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.

With its high production costs the show was cancelled by NBC to clear its time slot for the much less expensive daily program The Jay Leno Show. Only half of the first season's shows were produced. Lewis himself is a devoted Liverpool F.

He stars as Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland a performance which has earned him an Emmy and Golden Globe. His roles include Soames Forsyte in the ITV remake of The Forsyte Saga Detective Charlie Crews in the NBC drama Life and Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers.