Luke Ford

Australian actor (born 1981)

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Luke Ford

Ford in August 2011

Born|  (1981-03-26) 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

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Ford was born on 26 March 1981[1][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]

## Film career

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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 The Black Balloon with Toni Collette, a performance that won him an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008. In the film, Ford plays Charlie Mollison, a teenager with autism and ADD. Ford spent six months researching the role, including taking to the streets of Sydney in character to determine the effectiveness of his characterisation. The Black Balloon premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Crystal Bear award.

Immediately following The Black Balloon, Ford signed on to star in the third instalment of the Mummy series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor opposite Brendan Fraser and Maria Bello. In the film, Ford plays Alex O'Connell, son of Fraser's Rick O'Connell and Bello's 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

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### Films

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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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

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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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

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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

## References

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

## External links

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* 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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