Gavin Lewis (born October 27, 2003) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Moody Richardson in the American drama streaming television miniseries Little Fires Everywhere and Prince Maxemil “Emil” Vanderklaut III in the Netflix sitcom Prince of Peoria.
Early life Lewis was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to theatre professionals Kyle and Colleen Lewis. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 6. Shortly after his diagnosis, he met singer and actor Nick Jonas who also has Type 1 diabetes. This meeting inspired Lewis to pursue acting and music. At the age of 9, he booked his first role in a feature film which was filming in Park City, Utah. This production led to a meeting with an acting manager in Los Angeles and his full-time career in film and television.
Career Lewis began his career working on Utah stages. He was classically trained at a very young age, earning top honors at the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Shakespeare Competition. Lewis has played various roles in several films and television series, such as Maximum Ride, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Kicks, No Good Nick, and Roswell, New Mexico.
In 2018, Lewis was cast as Prince Emil in the Netflix live-action multi-cam comedy Prince of Peoria. In 2019, he was cast as Elena Richardson's (played by Reese Witherspoon) son Moody Richardson on Hulu’s adaptation of the Celeste Ng best seller Little Fires Everywhere., He also joined the main cast of HBO Max's reboot of Head of the Class, which premiered in October 2021. Lewis has a recurring role in Shrinking on Apple TV+ which premiered in 2023.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 Real Boy Thomas Short film 2016 Maximum Ride Gazzy 2017 When Pigs Fly Young Al Short film Odious Jeremy 2018 In Searching Young Jon 2021 Old Henry Wyatt
Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Lone Boy Episode: "Randall Park Wears Brown Dress Shoes With Blue Socks" Just Jacques Brent 3 episodes Ominous Jacob Young TV film OMG! Brent 3 episodes 2016 NCIS: Los Angeles Nadir, Karim and Tomar Zahavi Episode: "The Seventh Child" The Kicks Max Episode: "The Best Defense Is a Good Offense" 2017 Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie Eugene (voice) TV film The Bugaloos I.Q. TV film 2018–19 Prince of Peoria Prince Emil Main role; 18 episodes 2019 Roswell, New Mexico Young Michael Guerin Episode: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" No Good Nick Omar Episode: "The Charity Mugger" 2020 Little Fires Everywhere Moody Richardson Main role; 8 episodes 2021 Head of the Class Luke Burrows Main role2023-24 ShrinkingConnorRecurring; 9 episodes 2025 Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy Timothy McCoy Episode: “Tim, John and Rob”
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