On Sunday, the celebrity accompanied over a thousand Freemen of the City as they led their sheep down a storied trade route.
The actor, who is also a Freeman of the City and has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy, called the occasion “fabulous”.
It is a part of the commemorations of the medieval privilege to transport produce across the Thames for market without having to pay a toll, which started in 2013.
As Lewis led the animals across Southwark Bridge, he donned his grandfather’s wool coat and held a crook.
The 53-year-old claimed that the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, one of the oldest organizations, invited him to attend.
At the London Sheep Drive, Lewis was pictured controlling the animals before other freemen wearing crimson and fur cloaks and black helmets.
It was amazing. I was honoring an ancient custom where Freemen of the City of London could drive their sheep… toll-free, free of charge, across the bridge—London Bridge as it was in the day—into the City of London in order to sell their produce. I was down here on this quirky, very British day.
