Michael Luke
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 38 - 48
- Height
- 6' 3" (1m 91cm)
- Weight
- 12st. 12lb. (82kg)
- Hair Colour
- Brown
- Eye Colour
- Hazel
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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About me
Based in Newcastle and Manchester.Skills
Languages Spoken | English |
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Accents/Dialects | English - London |
Additional Skills | Acting |
Highlights
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- April 2013 - Played lead role in Francis Durbridge's "House Guest" production for Durham Dramatic Society at The City Theatre. The role won me the Best Actor Award for 2013.
- June 2013 - Played Claudio in Durham Shakespeare Group's production of "Much Ado About Nothing".
- July 2013 - Played a speaking role in a commercial for a company called Vanarama. The advertisement had a three month run on Sky Sports and Sky Sports News.
- August 2013 - Speaking role in independent film "Faith".
- August 2013 - Extra in major ITV detective series "Vera".
- September 2013 - Lead role in C.B. Gilford's "Bull In A China Shop", a contemporary comedy set in Irish/American New York. Once again, a Durham Dramatic Society production.
- March 2014 - Two episode speaking role “Craig” in children’s BAFTA award winning CBBC drama Wolfblood.
- March 2014 - Walk on part in BBC drama Harriet's War.
- March 2014- Awarded Best Actor 2013 at the Durham Dramatic Society annual awards for my role in "House Guest".
- April 2014 - Lead role in "Arsenic and Old Lace". A theatrical production of the 1943 film by Frank Capra.
- July 2014 - Major role in the production of "Up Pompeii" at Sunderland Royalty Theatre.
- October 2014 - Leading role in a special production of Lee Hall's "Pitman Painters" performed at The Miner's Hall at the request of Durham Miners Association.
- October 2014 - Supporting role, alongside Martin Shaw, in "Inspector George Gently" for the BBC.
- November 2014 - Major role in the production of "Our House" by John Godber at the The City Theatre in Durham.
- March 2015 - Won Best Supporting Actor for my role in "Arsenic and Old Lace" at The Durham City Theatre annual awards.
- May 2015 - Played the lead in Alan Ayckbourn's "How the Other Half Loves" at The Royalty Theatre in Sunderland.
- September 2015 - Lead role in "The Ladykillers". A modern reworking of the classic Ealing comedy written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted, The IT Crowd).
- November 2015 - Featured in TV advert for Nexen, Manchester City Football Club's new sponsor. Shown on Eurosport in over sixty countries worldwide.
- November/December 2015 - Recurring supporting role in Coronation Street.
- November/December 2015 - Supporting artist in four episodes of Emmerdale.
- February 2016 - Lead role in the stage version of George Orwell's 1984 at The Royalty theatre in Sunderland.
- April 2016 to date - Recurring "Bistro regular" in Coronation Street.
- October 2016 - Speaking part as “Steve Bradshaw” in major ITV mini-series "Little Boy Blue" alongside Stephen Graham.
- November 2016 - Walk on part in BBC drama "King Charles III".
- January 2017 - Commercial for Bet365.
- March 2017 - Lead role in a stage production of "The Odd Couple" at The Royalty Theatre in Sunderland.
- April 2017 - Two episode speaking character role in Emmerdale.
- July 2017 - Walk on part in Netflix Original series "Safe" playing opposite Marc Warren.
- October to December 2017 - Eight separate performances of Murder Mystery evenings at various venues across the North East for Tall Tales Mysteries.
- October 2017 - Lead role in independent short film “Organic Animals”. To be entered into film festivals across Europe.
- November 2017 - Supporting role in short horror film “Happy Birthday”.
- January 2018 - Leading role in independent short film “The Foley Artist”.
- January 2018 - Lead role in independent feature film “Be Present”.
- February 2018 - Major Role in short film “The Porcelain Cradle”.
- March 2018 - Leading role in Independent feature film “I Need Help” alongside 2006 Big Brother winner Pete Bennett.
- July 2018 - Performed lead role in a stage production “There’s Someone Coming Through” at The Royalty Theatre in Sunderland.
- September 2018 - Played a supporting role as Dr Henley in two episodes of Coronation Street as part of a major storyline alongside Kym Marsh.
- December 2018 - Lead role “Nicky” in British gangster film “Stake Out”.
- March 2019 to May 2020 - Produced and played lead role in new play “There’s Someone Coming Through”. Over this period the play was taken from an amateur stage to a professional production including a north east tour and successful run at Northern Stage, one of the most prestigious theatres in Newcastle.
September 2020 - Produced, wrote and acted in “Tim”. A short film featuring Craig Conway and Pete Bennett.