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Luke was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to two American expatriates. His mother is from Brooklyn, New York, and his father grew up "along the eastern seaboard".[2] His parents moved from New York City, New York, to Canada in 1974. Kirby studied drama at the National Theatre School of Canada, a theatre conservatory which focuses on classical works, and graduated in 2000.[3]
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| Career | 2>
Luke has been performing since his teens after he was accepted at The National Theatre School of Canada. He graduated in May 2000 and after two auditions found himself working on two separate projects in major roles; the CBS/Alliance mini-series Haven and director Léa Pool's feature Lost and Delirious.
Soon after, Luke performed the role of 'Morgan' in the Factory Theatre's production of Geometry in Venice in Toronto, a performance that garnered him a Best Actor nomination at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards. This was quickly followed by the role of 'Patroclus' in Theatre for a New Audience's production of Troilus and Cressida directed by Sir Peter Hall in New York City. In 2006, he gave a critically acclaimed performance in The Women's Project production of Jump/Cut.[4] Other theatre credits include Judith Thompson's premiere of Habitat at Canadian Stage followed by Daniel Brooks premiere of The Good Life at the Tarragon Theatre (both in Toronto). His latest theatre venture was in NYC where he performed the lead role in Defender of the Faith (Irish Repertory Theatre).[5][6]
Luke's first feature film was the role of Jim in Halloween: Resurrection.[7] Other film credits include lead roles in Peter Wellington's feature Luck and Mambo Italiano[8] directed by Émile Gaudreault. Mambo Italiano received a gala presentation at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival to a standing ovation and earned Luke a Canadian Comedy Award Nomination. Following on the success of Luck and Mambo Italiano, Luke ended up with a part that was written for him in the feature film Shattered Glass produced by Cruise/Wagner. In 2007, he played the lead role of Ray Dokes opposite Rachel Leigh Cook and Keith Carradine in the Canadian feature All Hat.[9] His latest film role is opposite Lindsay Lohan in a feature titled Labor Pains.
In television, one of Luke's favourite roles was the critically acclaimed TMN/Showcase mini-series, Slings and Arrows, featuring some of Canada's top actors and directed by his friend Peter Wellington. Sex Traffic, a mini-series for Channel 4 and CBC that aired in the fall of 2004, had him working with one of Britain's top directors, David Yates, and earned him a Gemini nomination. That same year he received a second Gemini nomination for his guest starring role in the dramatic series The Eleventh Hour. In the fall of 2005, Luke landed a role as a series regular in HBO's Tell Me You Love Me, directed by Patricia Rozema. The first season aired in HBO in September 2007. Most recently, he can be seen starring as Jimmy Burns in the critically acclaimed Canwest Global television series Cra$h & Burn.
He is represented by Kishwar Iqbal of Gary Goddard Agency in Canada[10] and Gene Parseghian at Parseghian Planco and The Gersh Agency in NYC.
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Film
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2001
Lost and Delirious
Jake Hollander
2002
Halloween: Resurrection
Jim
2003
Mambo Italiano
Angelo Barberini
Nominated—Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny Performance
2003
Shattered Glass
Rob Gruen
2003
Luck
Shane Bradley
2004
Window Theory
Brad
2004
The Human Kazoo
Zacharia
short
2004
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Frank Hoyt
2007
All Hat
Ray Dokes
2007
The Stone Angel
Leo
2009
Labor Pains
Nick Steinwald
2011
Take This Waltz
Daniel
2012
The Samaritan
Ethan
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
2000
Give Me Your Soul...
Narrator
documentary
2002
Halloween: Resurrected
Himself
video short
2001
Haven
Daniel Weinzweig
mini-series
2003–2005
Slings and Arrows
Jack Crew
7 episodes
2004
Sex Traffic
Callum Tate
mini-series
Nominated—Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
2005
The Eleventh Hour
Josh Casey
1 episode - Hit Delete
Nominated—Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series
2005
It's Me...Gerald
Dr. Dan
1 episode - How Do You Know You've Hit Bottom?
2006
Northern Town
Brian
2007
Tell Me You Love Me
Hugo
8 episodes
2009
Flashpoint
Evan Hewson
1 episode - Last Dance
2009
Law & Order
Bobby Amato
1 episode - The Drowned and the Saved
2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Andre Haslum
1 episode - Folie a Deux
2009–2010
Cra$h & Burn
Jimmy Burn
13 episodes
[edit] | Tags: References | 2>
^ "Luke Kirby Filmography". northernstars.ca. http://www.northernstars.ca/actorjkl/kirby_luke.html. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "Interview with Luke Kirby by Vittorio Carli". reelmoviecritic.com. http://www.reelmoviecritic.com/20038q/id1955.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "Alumni, Acting: 2000-2009". National Theatre School of Canada. http://www.ent-nts.ca/en/alumni/all/acting/2000.aspx.
^ "Jump/Cut (New York Premiere)". womensproject.org. http://www.womensproject.org/jump_cut.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ David Finkle"Defender of the Faith review". theatremania.com. http://theatremania.com/off-broadway/news.03-2007/defender-of-the-faith_10285.html. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ Paricia Jameson-Sammartano"An IRA Family Unravels In 'Defender of the Faith'". thewildgeese.com. http://www.thewildgeese.com/pages/def_fai.html. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "The Movie Spoiler - Halloween: Resurrection". themoviespoiler.com. http://www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/halloweenresurrestion.html. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "Canada's BiG Gay Italian Fat Wedding Comedy Strikes Universal Chord". femail.com.au. http://femail.com.au/luke_kirby_peter_miller_mambo_italiano.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "Straight Shooter: The horse opera All Hat talks tough but fails to deliver". cbc.ca. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/allhat.html. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "Luke Kirby - Bio". garygoddardagency.com. http://garygoddardagency.com/clients/luke-kirby/biography. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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Luke Kirby at the Internet Movie Database
Luke Kirby at AllRovi
Luke Kirby at Yahoo! Movies
Luke Kirby at Flixter
Luke Kirby at Rotten Tomatoes
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