Lewis MacLeod (actor)

Euan Lewis MacLeod (born 6 December 1970) is a Scottish character actor, who can be heard as the voice of many television commercials, film trailers and cartoons in the UK.

Vocal work

He voices characters such as Sebulba from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Postman Pat. He can also be heard as the Earl on Cartoon Network's Skatoony, as well as comedy sketches for BBC Radio, including BBC Radio Scotland's Off the Ball, Bigipedia for BBC Radio 4, Newsjack for BBC Radio 7, Mario Abdullah-Levy in the BBC Comedy Series Look Around You and Mr. Stubborn from The Mr. Men Show. He also provided the voices of Principal Brown, Rocky Robinson and Anton in Cartoon Network's The Amazing World of Gumball.

He is currently the voice of Postman Pat, taking over Ken Barrie as the lead role.

He is infamous to fans of the classic PC game of the '90s "Theme Park World", voiced as the advisor; players would notoriously become frustrated and pestered by his voice constantly discrediting their actions.

Lewis MacLeod

Lewis MacLeod may refer to:

Lewis Macleod (footballer)

Lewis Macleod (born 16 June 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brentford. He came to prominence with Rangers in Scotland and is a product of the club's academy. Macleod is a current Scotland U21 international.

Club career

Rangers

Early years

Macleod began his career with youth side Newmains Hammers, playing a year above his age-group, before joining Livingston. He signed for Scottish Premier League club Rangers as a ten-year-old in 2004. He progressed through the youth system at Murray Park and was called up to the first team squad for the first time for a league match versus Motherwell on 31 March 2012. Awarded the number 58 shirt, he remained an unused substitute for the 2–1 victory. It was his only involvement in the first team squad during the 2011–12 season.

Breakthrough

Lewis (lifting appliance)

A lewis (sometimes called a lewisson) is one of a category of lifting devices used by stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block, or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared hole, or seating, in the top of a stone, directly above its centre of mass. It works by applying principles of the lever and utilises the weight of the stone to act on the long lever-arms which in turn results in a very high reaction force and friction where the short lever-arms make contact with the stone inside the hole and thereby prevents slipping.

Etymology

The name lewis may come from the Latin levo -avi, -atum meaning to levitate or lift, but the Oxford English Dictionary Online states, "the formation and the phonology are not easily explained on this hypothesis", preferring "origin obscure", and speculating that the term may derive from a personal name. The Romans used the lewis. The specially shaped hole that is shaped to fit the device is known as a lewis hole. Lewis holes in the uppermost masonry coursings are neatly repaired with matching indented plugs after the stone has been set in place.

Lewis (Middlesex cricketer)

Lewis (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who was associated with Middlesex and made his first-class debut in 1830.

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Lewis (crater)

Lewis is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies along the western edge of the Montes Cordillera mountains that surround the Mare Orientale impact basin. This crater has been heavily disrupted by the formation of the basin, and it is covered by ejecta from the impact leaving only an uneven depression in the surface. The outer rim is roughly circular, and the interior is uneven.

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