Luke Newberry
Luke Newberry | |
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Born | Exeter, Devon, England |
19 February 1990
Education | Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1997–present |
Luke Newberry (born 19 February 1990) is a BAFTA nominated English actor whose most notable role is that of Kieren Walker, the protagonist in the BBC Three drama In the Flesh, which first aired in 2013.
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Career
Newberry was first signed with an agent aged 7 and at age 11 he played the role of Colin Craven in the stage version of The Secret Garden, and also appeared in the film The Heart of Me with Helena Bonham Carter and Paul Bettany.
In 2010 Newberry was cast to play Teddy Lupin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 but was cut from the final film.[1] He has acted on stage as well in films playing Haemon in Sophocles' Antigone at the National Theatre.[2] In 2015, Newberry played the lead role of Gabe in 'Teddy Ferrara' at the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Dominic Cooke.
In 2013 Newberry starred in the leading role of the BBC Three supernatural drama In the Flesh.[3] He was nominated for BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for the series 1 in 2014 and the series 2 began airing on BBC Three in the same year.[4] Newberry was also nominated for Best Actor at the RTS Awards 2014.
In 2013, Newberry was one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow.
He stars in the upcoming film Dusty and Me with Genevieve Gaunt, Iain Glen and Lesley Sharp.
Personal life
Newberry was born in Exeter, Devon. He attended Exeter College, where he studied Film-making, Fine Art and English Literature, and played the lead role in a college production of Hamlet.[5] Aged 18, he attended the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School to study acting, graduating in 2011.[6]
Newberry has two older sisters.[2] He is a supporter of the HeForShe feminism campaign[7]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Alone | Jason | |
2000 | Thin Ice | Charlie | Television Movie |
2002 | The Heart of Me | Anthony | |
2008 | It's Better Now | Tom | |
2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 | Teddy Lupin | Scenes Cut |
2012 | All Men's Dead | William | |
2012 | 8 Minutes Idle | Jonno | |
2012 | Eradicate | Youngest Son | |
2012 | Anna Karenina | Vasily Lukich | |
2012 | Quartet | Simon | |
2013 | Frankenstein's Army | Sacha | |
2014 | Hercules: The Legend Begins | Agamemnon | |
2015 | Dusty and Me | Derek Springfield | Post-Production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003-2004 | My Dad's the Prime Minister | Lighthouse | |
2012 | Sherlock | Young Policeman | Episode: A Scandal in Belgravia |
2013 | Lightfields | Harry Dunn | |
2013 | Mrs Biggs | Gordon | |
2013-2014 | In the Flesh | Kieren Walker | |
2014 | Suspects | Nate Turner | Season 2; Episodes 1;2 |
2015 | Banana | Josh | |
2015 | From Darkness | DS Anthony Boyce |
Stage
Year | Title | Revenue |
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2001 | The Secret Garden | RSC |
2006 | God Save The Teen | National Youth Theatre |
2011 | The Aliens | Trafalgar Studios |
2012 | Finer Noble Gases | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
2012 | Antigone | National Theatre |
2013 | A Little Hotel on the Side | Theatre Royal Bath |
2015 | Teddy Ferrara | Donmar Warehouse |
Radio
Year | Title | Radio |
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1998 | The Greengage Summer | BBC Radio 4 |
2003 | Jennings and Darbyshire | BBC Radio 4 |
2005 | The Papers of AJ Wentworth | BBC Radio 4 |
2011 | Do You Like Banana Comrades? | BBC Radio 4 |
2015 | John Gabriel Borkman | BBC Radio 4 |
Awards and Nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2014 | BAFTA Awards | Best Actor | In the Flesh | Nominated |
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External links
- Luke Newberry at the Internet Movie Database
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- Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from Exeter
- English male child actors
- English male television actors
- English male film actors
- English male stage actors
- Male actors from Devon
- National Youth Theatre members
- Male feminists
- British feminists