Luke Ford

Luke Ford
Luke Ford
	Ford in August 2011
Born	26 March 1981 (age 43); Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian · Australian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Luke Ford (born 26 March 1981) is a Canadian-Australian actor. His career began in television in 2000 and his first film role was in 2006 before being cast in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008. Ford's regular television roles include those in the Australian series Underbelly in 2013, Cleverman in 2017, and Amazing Grace in 2021.

Early life

Ford was born on 26 March 1981

better source needed] in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but raised in Sydney, Australia. He attended Parramatta Marist High School in Westmead, Sydney, and once worked at the Winston Hills Hotel, and a short stint at Universal Magazines in North Ryde. Ford studied acting at The Actor's Pulse in Sydney, becoming one of the school's earliest graduates. He later returned to teach the Meisner technique when he was between film roles.^{[citation needed}

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Film career

Ford began acting professionally with a string of performances on Australian television, starting with a guest-starring role on Water Rats, followed by roles on McLeod's Daughters, Home and Away, Stingers, Breakers and All Saints. He appeared in the TV movie Junction Boys alongside Tom Berenger, as Iphicles in the NBC miniseries Hercules, and in the short-lived Australian series Headland.

Ford was short listed for a 'Best New Talent' Logie Award for his recurring role of Craig Woodland on McLeod's Daughters.^[2]

Ford's film career began with the release of the Australian film Kokoda in 2006, delivering a performance as Burke, a slain soldier on the Kokoda Trail.

Next came

Crystal Bear

award.
Immediately following The Black Balloon, Ford signed on to star in the third instalment of the Mummy series,
Evelyn O'Connell. The film was released in the US on 1 August 2008 and grossed $403 million worldwide.^[3]^[4]

In 2009, he had roles in 3 Acts of Murder and Ghost Machine.
In 2010 and 2011, he had roles in several Australian films, including Animal Kingdom, Red Dog and Face to Face.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes

2002 Junction Boys Perch TV movie

2005 Hercules
Iphicles TV movie

2006 Kokoda Burke

2008 The Black Balloon Charlie Mollison AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Alex O'Connell Replacing Freddie Boath from The Mummy Returns

2009 Ghost Machine Vic

3 Acts of Murder Snowy Rowles TV movie

2010 Animal Kingdom Darren Cody

2011 Red Dog Thomas

Face to Face Wayne Travers

2012 The King is Dead
Shrek

2013 Charlie's Country Luke

2015 Infini
Chester Huntington

2016 The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One Bill

2017 What If It Works? Adrian McKinnon

2018 A Suburban Love Story Brett

Television

Year Title Role Notes

2000 Water Rats Harley Strachan 1 episode (Family Ties)

Home and Away
JT Hanson
5 episodes

2001 Stingers Craig Williams 1 episode (Just Another Day)

McLeod's Daughters Craig Woodland 22 episodes (2001–2004)

2002 All Saints Leon Fahey 1 episode (Overload)

2004 All Saints Ray Branal 1 episode (Bad Seed)

2005 headLand Seth Baxter 5 episodes

2010 Nomads Zack TV movie

2012 Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms Snowy

2013 Underbelly: Squizzy Albert "Tankbuster" McDonald 7 episodes

2017 Cleverman Tim Dolan 6 episodes

The Other Guy Henry 2 episodes

2020 Halifax: Retribution Neil 1 episode

2021 Amazing Grace Paul 8 episodes

Fires Panicked Man on Phone 1 episode

Video games

Year Title Role Notes

2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (video game) Alex O'Connell Voice

References

^ "Luke Ford". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

^ "Faculty". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2008. Actor's Pulse profile

^ Michael Fleming, "Ford to star in third 'Mummy': Shooting will begin in Montreal 27 July", Variety, 30 April 2007

^ "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)". Box Office Mojo. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2010.

External links

Luke Ford at
IMDb

Interview – Web Wombat Movie Channel

Awards for Luke Ford

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AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1974–2000

Barry Humphries (1974)

Reg Lye (1975)

Drew Forsythe (1976)

John Ewart (1977)

Ray Barrett (1978)

Alwyn Kurts (1979)

Bryan Brown (1980)

Bill Hunter (1981)

Warren Mitchell (1982)

John Hargreaves (1983)

Steve Bisley (1984)

Nique Needles (1985)

John Hargreaves (1986)

Ben Mendelsohn (1987)

Kym Gyngell (1988)

Chris Haywood (1989)

Steve Bisley (1990)

Russell Crowe (1991)

Barry Otto (1992)

David Ngoombujarra (1993)

Max Cullen (1994)

Ray Barrett (1995)

Armin Mueller-Stahl (1996)

Andrew S. Gilbert (1997)

John Polson (1998)

Bryan Brown (1999)

Simon Lyndon (2000)

2001–present

Vince Colosimo (2001)

Nathaniel Dean (2002)

David Ngoombujarra (2003)

Erik Thomson (2004)

Anthony Hayes (2005)

Anthony Hayes (2006)

Marton Csokas (2007)

Luke Ford (2008)

Oscar Isaac (2009)

Joel Edgerton (2010)

Hugo Weaving (2011)

Antony Starr (2012)

Joel Edgerton (2013)

Yılmaz Erdoğan (2014)

Hugo Weaving (2015)

Hugo Weaving (2016)

Dev Patel (2017)

Simon Baker (2018)

Joel Edgerton (2019)

Ben Mendelsohn (2020)

Anthony LaPaglia (2021)

Sean Harris (2022)

Hugo Weaving (2023)

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AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama

Chris Haywood (2000) (a)

Gary Day (2001) (a)

Clayton Watson (2002)

John Clayton (2003) (b)

Matthew Le Nevez (2004) (b)

Max Cullen (2005)

Marcus Graham (2006)

David Ngoombujarra (2007)

Damian Walshe-Howling (2008)

Damian de Montemas (2009)

Damien Garvey (2010)

Richard Cawthorne (2011)

Aaron Jeffery (2012)

Luke Ford (2013)

Eamon Farren (2014)

Ky Baldwin (2015)

Damon Herriman (2016)

Ewen Leslie (2017)

Wayne Blair (2018)

Richard Roxburgh (2019)

Darren Gilshenan (2020)

William McInnes (2021)

Thomas Weatherall (2022)

Key: (a)= Winner of Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series
(b)= Best Actor in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

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Equity Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Rake, series 1 (2010): Box; Brazier; Carter; Cormack; Day; Dykstra; Joyce; Le Marquand; Morrell; Pickering; Roxburgh

East West 101, series 3 (2011): Farinacci; Fa'aoso; Hany; Lim; Nable; Porter; Roc

Redfern Now, series 1 (2012): Blair; Flanagan; Mailman; McGrath; Pell; Purcell; Rose; Sebbens; Yovich

Redfern Now, series 2 (2013): Blair; Clarkson Jones; Dingo; Flanagan; Hazlehurst; Madden; Page; Pistorius; Williscroft; Wyatt; Yovich

Rake, series 3 (2014): Allsop; Box; Brazier; Cormack; Day; Dykstra; Garvey; Joyce; Kaczmarek; Le Marquand; Lemon; Malcolm; Pickering; Roxburgh; Sacks

The Principal (2015): Adams; Coco; De Nawi; Denkha; Demitriades; Dimitriades; Foulkes; Hanna; Lekwape; Matangi; Romahn; Xanthis; Young; Zahalka

Cleverman, series 1 (2016): Briggs; Collins; Corr; Dawson; Glen; Hick; Mailman; O'Connor; Page-Lochard; Towney; Walton

Cleverman, series 2 (2017): Alberts; Briggs; Collins; Corr; Dawson; Ford; Glen; Hick; Mailman; O'Connor; Page-Lochard; Ryan; Walton

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[1] "Luke Ford". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2] "Faculty". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2008. Actor's Pulse profile

[3] Michael Fleming, "Ford to star in third 'Mummy': Shooting will begin in Montreal 27 July", Variety, 30 April 2007

[BOM-4] "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)". Box Office Mojo. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2010.

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