Ned Luke
Ned Luke (born October 4, 1958 in Danville , Illinois ) is an American actor and voice actor . Luke was an actor in minor supporting roles for a long time until he gained international fame for his role as Michael De Santa in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.
Private life
Ned Luke has four siblings. His grandfather Paul Birch was also an actor. In 1977 he graduated from Danville High School. He later studied at the University of Illinois at Champaign .
Since November 12, 1997, Luke has been married to Amy Sax, a yoga teacher and actress. He has a son who was born in 2002. He lives with his family in Westchester County , New York .
Career
Ned Luke had his first major role as a voice actor in the cartoon Rover Dangerfield . In the 1990s and 2000s he played small supporting roles in several television programs and films, often as a police officer.
In 2007, Luke decided to take time off from acting to devote himself to raising his son. He and his family moved back from Los Angeles to his hometown of Danville, where he opened a restaurant with his brother. After two years, he decided to return to acting and moved to New York City with his family . There his agent suggested that he audition as one of the protagonists for the video game Grand Theft Auto V , but this was initially rejected by Luke. Still, Luke took the time to read the script, which he was ultimately convinced of.
So Luke took on the role of Michael De Santa , a former bank robber with marital problems. His role as Michael De Santa helped him gain international fame as the game sold very well.
In 2017 Luke got a leading role in a movie for the first time in his career, in the horror film American Gothic he played Bill Milner .
Trivia
- In a hidden camera action, Luke posed as the owner of a supposedly newly opened gun shop in New York. There he "advised" potential buyers and offered them used weapons for sale. The used weapons were all passed off as weapons that killed people. Shocked by this knowledge, the prospective buyers backed away from a possible purchase of a weapon and changed their opinion about the US American gun laws during the later questioning.
- Luke is almost entirely deaf in his right ear.
Filmography
Feature films
- 1984: The Bear (The Bear)
- 1991: Rover Dangerfield
- 1996: The Nutty Professor (The Nutty Professor)
- 1997: On the Line
- 1997: Citation of Merit
- 2017: American Gothic
TV Shows
- 1992: Angel Street (episode 1x03)
- 1994: Springfield Story ( Guiding Light , episodes 2062, 2064)
- 1995: New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue , episode 3x08)
- 1996: Murder One (episode 1x11)
- 1996: Renegade - Merciless Hunt ( Renegade , episode 5x07)
- 1997: Burning Zone - Expedition Killervirus ( The Burning Zone , episode 1x12)
- 1999: General Hospital (episodes 9231-9232)
- 2000: JAG - On behalf of honor ( JAG , episode 5x20)
- 2000: Diagnosis: Murder ( Diagnosis: Murderer , episode 8x05)
- 2000: Pretender ( The Pretender , episode 4x15)
- 2002, 2005: All My Children (3 episodes)
- 2002–2009, 2013: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (3 episodes)
- 2004: Third Watch - Use at the limit ( Third Watch , episode 6x06)
- 2005: As the World Turns
- 2005: Law & Order (episode 16x08)
- 2009: Katana (episode 1x01)
- 2013: Boardwalk Empire (episode 4x04)
- 2015: Unfiltered
Video games
- 2013: Grand Theft Auto V
Web links
- Ned Luke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Gaudiosi: Grand Theft Auto V actors think Their game is violent, and that's okay . In: TechHive . October 3, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
- ↑ Interview: Crime pays for 'Grand Theft Auto V' actors at usatoday.com
- ↑ He starred in Grand Theft Auto. Now, he's in an anti-gun ad. Let the bickering begin. at washingtonpost.com (English)
- ↑ Gaming Trivia # 33: Grand Theft Auto V . Trueachievements.com. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luke, Ned |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actor and voice actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danville , Illinois |