Luke Carroll

Luke Carroll (born 1982) is an Australian television and film actor.

Luke Carroll
Born1982 (age 38–39)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present

Education

Luke Carroll attended Marcellin College Randwick and graduated in 1996.

Television and film

Carroll started out in guest roles in some Australian shows, including The Flying Doctors, Lift Off, The Man from Snowy River, Ocean Girl and Water Rats. He shot to fame in 2002, where he had a leading role in the film Australian Rules. This led to Carroll having regular roles in some Australian dramas, including The Alice (2005) and the mini-series RAN (2006). In 2007, Carroll had a busy year. First up, he co-hosted (with Cathy Freeman) Going Bush, a travel show for SBS. In mid-2007, he had finished filming in the film The Tender Hook, and also filmed a seven-week stint in the soap, Home and Away. In September 2009, he hosted The Deadlys for SBS.[1] In 2009, he co-starred in the film, Stone Bros. and appeared in Subdivision. In 2010 he starred in Needle. He has also appeared in an Australian government advertisement about being "Climate Clever". Luke has also been involved in the children's television show, Play School [2] [3]

Personal life

Carroll is a supporter of rugby league club the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[4][5]

Awards
  • 2002: Nominated in Best Actor in a Supporting Role at AFI Awards for his role in Australian Rules[6]
  • 2005: Nominated for Actor of the Year at The Deadlys for his role in The Alice
  • 2006: Nominated in Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama at AFI Awards for his role in RAN
  • 2009: Nominated for Actor of the Year at The Deadlys for his role in Stone Bros.[7]

References
  1. The 2008 Deadlys Archived 6 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Play School Presenters|
  3. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/enzo-the-son-of-actor-and-play-school-presenter-luke-carroll-is-sydneys-first-baby-of-2014/news-story/789f61ef1daa934ab87a631e0141eb7f
  4. https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2018/11/22/my-souths-story-luke-carroll/
  5. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/enzo-the-son-of-actor-and-play-school-presenter-luke-carroll-is-sydneys-first-baby-of-2014/news-story/789f61ef1daa934ab87a631e0141eb7f
  6. "2002 AFI Awards". Australian Television. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  7. "The Deadlys 2009 Finalists". Vibe Australia Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
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