WASHINGTON — It’s one of the perks of being president: You can get the star of one of your favorite TV shows to come by for dinner.

British actor Damian Lewis says he’s on the guest list for Wednesday’s state dinner at the White House honoring British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Lewis stars in “Homeland,” a psychological thriller on cable TV’s Showtime. President Barack Obama has said it’s one of his favorite shows.

Lewis told the BBC that he and his wife, actress Helen McCrory, were planning to “fly to Washington, have dinner, fly back.”

On Tuesday, Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron are having a little dinner before the dinner.

The two first ladies will share a private dinner while their husbands catch an NCAA men’s basketball tournament game in Ohio.

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《國土安全》（Homeland）男主角戴米恩·路易斯（Damien Lewis）受邀參加本周三舉行的白宮宴會，同受邀的還有在電影《藝術(shù)家》中表演亮眼的小狗烏吉（Uggie）。

此次宴會的主要目的是迎接英國首相大衛(wèi)·卡梅?。―avid Cameron），劉易斯之所以受邀是因為他也是英國人，而且他出演的劇集《國土安全》是美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬最愛的劇集之一，此前有報道稱奧巴馬還收藏了該劇的DVD。