Damian Lewis Returning to Showtime’s ‘Billions’ for Season 7 | THR News - video Dailymotion

The Emmy-winner is returning to the finance drama after his abrupt exit in season 5.

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00:00Damian Lewis is returning to billions.

00:03After the actor abruptly exited the Showtime series following season five,

00:07he will be back for the finance drama's upcoming seventh season.

00:10Lewis will appear as hedge fund billionaire Bobby Axelrod

00:13in six of the new season's 12 episodes.

00:16Lewis said this about his return on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

00:19Axe is back, and it's exciting.

00:22He's not been around for a couple of seasons, but he is back.

00:28When?

00:29I can't tell you that!

00:31According to the description for season seven,

00:33alliances are turned on their heads, old wounds are weaponized,

00:36loyalties are tested, betrayal takes on epic proportions,

00:39enemies become wary friends,

00:41and Bobby Axelrod returns as the stakes grow from Wall Street to the world.

00:46Play hard, play clean, be careful out there.

00:50Lewis's departure after season five was explained by his character

00:53going on the run from legal troubles.

00:55The actor previously told the New York Times of his reason

00:58for leaving the series, it's difficult to keep mining creatively.

01:02We know who he is.

01:03He continued, I always just assumed that five would be enough.

01:07Lewis also added that the passing of his wife in 2021,

01:10actress Helen McCrory, was not a factor in the decision,

01:13but that he did want to spend more time at home in London.

01:16Billions ranks as Showtime's longest-running scripted original series.

01:20For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:23For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.