[5] Lewis has since continued to appear in television shows such as H2O: Just Add Water, The Sleepover Club,[6] Rescue: Special Ops and Mortified.

The film starred John Noble, Natalie Blair and Erika Heynatz and followed a group of college students who take a deadly vacation to a remote exotic island.

[9] On the same day of the aforementioned announcement, it was revealed that the 21-year-old Lewis had recorded a sex tape with an 18-year-old actress on his phone; the video was shown to some Home and Away colleagues but was not publicly disseminated.

Lewis portrayed the character Kevin Holmes and the film centres on a group of teenagers waging a guerrilla war against an invading foreign power in their fictional hometown of Wirrawee.

The film was released in September 2010 to a mixed response from critics, but had large success with public audiences and went on to gross over $13 million in Australia alone.

Lewis also received the inaugural "Male Star of Tomorrow" Award at the 2011 Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast.

In July 2010, Lewis once again joined the Nine Network to star in Crime Drama television series Underbelly: Razor as Bruce Higgs.

The film, which also stars Xavier Samuel and Sharni Vinson, required Lewis to return to his home state Queensland.

[15] Colin Vickery of the Herald Sun praised his performance, saying he "brings a wonderful lightness of touch to his Neighbours role.

[citation needed] In November 2011, Lewis was cast in a regular role on the Nine Network drama television series Tricky Business.

[16][17] Lewis was an ambassador for the 2020 MEN-tality project and Beyond Blue, raising awareness for mental health concerns amongst men alongside Rodger Corser, Human Nature, Alex Cubis and Lincoln Younes.

[20][21] The following year, Lewis began filming romantic comedy feature He Loves Me Not opposite Rhiannon Fish on K'gari and Hervey Bay, Queensland.