Biografie

26. März 1981 · Kanada

1,89 m

In 2002 he graduated from The Actors Pulse in Sydney where he received the 'Student of the Year' award. He subsequently became an on-going teacher at the school between film and television work.

Luke put on 20kg to portray the role of Kerry Packer in the mini series "Power Games: The Packer Murdoch story".

Won an AACTA award for his performance in the Black Balloon.

Luke is a big ambassador and student of the world famous Sanford Meisner Technique.

For his role in the movie The Black Ballon, his role as an autistic boy, Luke stayed in character for 2 months, from the moment he woke up to the moment he went to sleep. His goal was to "Wake up autistic".

[on getting to know the real-life inspiration for the character of Charlie, a young adult adult with autism whom he portrayed in The Black Balloon (2008)] From Sean I learnt to communicate physically with my hands and not use eye contact. Spending so much time with him I was able to really see the personality and the boundaries of autism that I could use.

[on preparing for his role as a young adult with autism in the Australian film The Black Balloon (2008) by, among other things, strapping his legs to develop the rigid gait and stiffness that is a trait of some people with autism] I didn't research "What is autism," as it was not relevant to my character. I wanted to know more about the physical and mental elements that my character was and was not capable of; for instance the rigidness, the lack of eye contact and the lost world. I wanted to understand the general physical side of autism.