Damian Lewis Leaves ‘Billions’ in Season 5 Finale

Billions star Damian Lewis has left the constructing. Within the Season 5 finale, the Emmy-winning actor concluded his run on the Showtime sequence, as his character, hedge fund billionaire Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, fled New York Metropolis to flee authorized troubles.

Government producer Brian Koppelman took to Twitter to bid farewell to the previous sequence protagonist after the episode aired, writing, “What an unimaginable pleasure to spend 5 years working so carefully with @lewis_damian ! @DavidLevien and I are past grateful to you, Damian, for the work, after all, and the fellowship, and for all you sacrificed to come back do that with us.”

In April this 12 months, Lewis misplaced his spouse, British actress Helen McCrory, who died of most cancers.

“There’s a possibility for me to return,” the Emmy winner advised the New York Times on Sunday. “However for now, broadly talking, Axe has been vanquished.”

Within the meantime, Showtime dropped a Season 6 trailer teasing the fallout of Axe’s departure. Though it might be lacking a well-known face, the preview hints that the drama sequence’ newest installment — which premieres on January 23 — shall be simply as high-stakes.

In Axe’s absence, billionaire Mike Prince (Cory Stoll) is ready to take the lead, alongside Daniel Breaker’s character, Scooter, who was launched as Axe’s rival in Season 5 and has been promoted to sequence common. Though Prince has ascended in Axe’s absence, New York Lawyer Common Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) isn’t completed with him simply but.

“That is the primary battle within the new battle I’m waging in opposition to the criminally wealthy,” Rhoades tells his father within the teaser.

Billions additionally stars Asia Kate Dillon, Maggie Siff, David Costabile, Condola Rashad, Kelly AuCoin, and Jeffrey DeMunn.

Scroll as much as watch the primary teaser for Billions Season 6, which premieres on Showtime on January 23.

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