Luke Arnold
Luke Arnold’s first taste of being on a film set came when he was 18. His sword fighting experience led to him acquiring a job on the set of PJ Hogan’s Peter Pan in the action department. Luke taught the cast how to swordfight and helped to choreograph scenes. When the film was wrapped he immediately set about training himself for a professional career in acting, and was accepted into one of Australia’s leading performance training institutions, WAAPA (The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts). WAAPA accepts only 9 male and 9 female students from around the country and lists Hugh Jackman as a former student.
Once he graduated he had his first television roles in The Elephant Princess, Channel 9’s McLeod’s Daughters and The Strip, and Steven Spielberg’s Band of Brothers: Pacific, one of the most expensive mini series ever made.
Luke continued working in theatre securing the lead role in the production Like Stars in my Hand. In early 2008 Luke was offered the chance to audition for Tommy McAlpine in the Australian film Broken Hill and landed the role a week later.
Broken Hill was filmed in South Australia and offered Luke the chance to act beside American stars Alexa Vega and Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton, and along with fellow Australian Rhys Wakefield.
He then returned to his own projects, writing and directing his first short film Chicken ‘n’ Chipps. In February 2009 he played the lead role in Colm O’Murchu’s A Day in the Life and scored a guest role in Channel 9’s upcoming series Rescue: Special Ops.
Luke is now preparing for the upcoming release of both films, and a trip to LA to further his career.
