Born in 1991 in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Son of Clare Heath and Dave McGibbon and brother of Abbey Leigh McGibbon. Lewis got into acting when he joined a local casting and model agency and gained his first role as Troy Johnstone in episode 1 of Merseybeat (2001) at the age of 9. He then went on to appear in a breakfast cereal commercial and had a small role in an episode of Nice Guy Eddie (2002). In October 2002 he attended an audition for Milyonlar (2004) and 7 recalls later, he got the part of Anthony Cunningham. Filming started in May 2003 and Lewis celebrated his 12th birthday during the filming. Through "Millions" he has traveled to New York, Toronto and Emden in Germany appearing at film festivals and conducting interviews for TV, Radio and Newspapers along with Alex Etel (Damien Cunningham). By the time Milyonlar (2004) was released into the cinemas Lewis was nearly 14 years old and had changed quite considerably from the young boy he was during production. Lewis has a natural love of acting and also plays guitar.

Lewis has changed his name to Lewis Owen Heath and graduated from University of Cumbria with a 2:1 BA Honours in Dance and Drama Performance in June 2012. After University, Lewis began training at David Johnson Drama in Manchester.

In 2010, Lewis changed his name from Lewis McGibbon to Lewis Owen Heath.

Lewis took time out from his acting in order to gain his qualifications and now aims to continue pursuing his acting career.