The Working Actor

LUKE TALKS ABOUT THE POLITICS INVOLVED IN A HOLLYWOOD AUDITION….

Age: 27

Luke is originally from Maryland, but has lived in LA for 5 ½ years. He has worked at NoBAR for 4 years.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HIM IN: “Manswers,” “Grounded For Life,” Mama’s Boy, Saved By The Bell: The Musical

UPCOMING: Weeding Out, Thrillseekers, Hardcore Hearts, You, Only Better.

FAVORITE CELEBRITY SIGHTING AT WORK: “Sean Penn came in a few months ago with a friend of a friend. It was a quiet Sunday night, he hung out at the bar for about 2 hours. It was rad because in LA you see Jessica Simpson and all these people who you kinda don’t care about. But Sean Penn is like one of my top 3 people of all time. So, to have him come in made my week.”

BEST MOMENT IN LA: “I was doing a show called The Playground about 8 homeless runaways. I played a 21 year-old meth addict. The show was about these kids and their struggle for survival on the streets, most of them had been abused. I remember at the end of one of the shows I walked out and this woman from the audience was bawling. She told me a relative’s daughter had been homeless for a few years and had been abused. She didn’t know the subject matter of the show, she just came up to me and was like, ‘you touched me.’ It was that moment of ‘wow’ what we are doing here matters and has the ability to touch peoples lives.”

DREAM ROLE: “To play Elliott Smith in his biopic.”

MOVED TO LA BECAUSE: “I always acted. But I went through a phase where I wanted to start a non-profit. I always felt if I moved out here I could start one and create change. I realized I don’t have to NOT act to do that. If I could use acting to create social change, that’s the goal.”

ADVICE FOR ACTORS MOVING TO LA: “Be persistent, never stop. The people who would rather work a day job and do what they love for the rest of their lives rather than settle for anything else are the people who will have success.”