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Luke Ford
Born	March 26, 1981 (1981-03-26) (age 28) Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Luke Ford (born March 26, 1981)^[1] is an AFI Award-winning Australian actor.

Contents 1 Early career 2 Film career 3 Biography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Early 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 The 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]

[edit] Film career

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

Next came The Black Balloon with Toni Collette, a tour de force performance that won him an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2008. In the film, Ford plays Charlie Mollison, a boy with severe autism and ADHD. 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 installment 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 Evy O’Connell. The film was released in the US on August 1, 2008.^[3]

Upcoming roles include 3 Acts of Murder, Ghost Machine and Animal Kingdom with Guy Pearce. He has also signed on to appear in another Mummy sequel.

[edit] Biography

Ford was born in Canada and grew up in Sydney, Australia, where he attended Parramatta Marist High School in Westmead, Sydney, and once worked at the Winston Hills Hotel. He also played Junior Basketball for the Parramatta Wildcats.^{[citation needed]}

Ford has 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]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Luke Ford at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview - Web Wombat Movie Channel