Ben Lewis was born to musical parents on 28 September 1979. Growing up in England he had his first stage role in a school production of 'Bugsy Malone' in Hertfordshire. Moving with his family to Australia he took an Arts degree at Sydney University before winning a scholarship to the Western Australia Academy of performing Arts. In 2006 he was in the cast of the original Australian stage production of 'Priscilla,Queen of the Desert', joining the cast of 'Spamalot, a year later and in 2011 taking on the role of the Phantom of the Opera in 'Love Never Dies' at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne. In 2012 he returned to England.