Luke Carroll

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Luke Carroll
Born
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1991–present

Luke Carroll is an Australian stage, television, and film actor. He is known for his role in the television drama The Alice (2005), and as a host of the children's program Play School .

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Early life and education

Luke Carroll was born in Sydney. [1] He is a Aboriginal Australian man of the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples. [2]

He attended Marcellin College Randwick. [3]

Career

Television and film

Carroll started out in guest roles in some Australian shows, including The Flying Doctors , Lift Off , The Man from Snowy River , Ocean Girl and Water Rats , but made a name for himself when he took the leading role in the film Australian Rules .[ citation needed ]

He then had regular roles in some Australian dramas, including The Alice (2005) and the mini-series RAN (2006).[ citation needed ] In 2007, he co-hosted (with Cathy Freeman) Going Bush, a travel show for SBS Television. Later that year he completed filming in The Tender Hook , and also filmed a seven-week stint in the soap opera, Home and Away .[ citation needed ]

In September 2009, he hosted The Deadlys for SBS. [4] Also in 2009, he co-starred in the film, Stone Bros. and appeared in Subdivision .[ citation needed ] In 2010 he starred in Needle .[ citation needed ]

He appeared in an Australian Government advertisement about being "Climate Clever",[ citation needed ] and has also been involved in the children's television show, Play School . [5] [6]

Carroll was a presenter on children's television series Play School over a 12-year period. He is also part the presenting team of Channel Seven's Sydney Weekender . [7]

Stage

Carroll has made many appearances in theatre. [8]

In 2013 Carroll appeared on stage in a Yirra Yaakin/ Belvoir production of Bob Merritt's 1975 play about Aboriginal life on a mission, The Cake Man . [9]

In 2018 and 2019 he toured with Nakkiah Lui's Black Is the New White. [8]

In 2022, Carroll played a lead role in the Belvoir production of Nathan Maynard's play At What Cost?. The play had its world premiere at the Belvoir in Sydney in February 2022 and toured to Adelaide in June, presented by the State Theatre Company of South Australia [10] [11] and staged at the Odeon Theatre, Norwood, before going on to Hobart, Tasmania. [12]

Awards and recognition

Other activities

As of April 2024, Carroll is ambassador for Education, Action & Change, a resource pack for schools, at Reconciliation SA. [2]

Personal life

Carroll is a supporter of rugby league club the South Sydney Rabbitohs. [16] [17]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleType
1994 Dallas Doll BoyFeature film
1998TearsVaughnShort film
2002 Australian Rules Dumby RedFeature film
2002FreeShort film
2004 The Alice Michael AndersonTV movie
2004The New BootsDe LisleShort film
2008 The Tender Hook Alby "Othello" O'SheaFeature film
2009 Stone Bros. EddieFeature film
2009 Subdivision Feature film
2010 Needle NelsonFeature film
2010The Biggest PortLukie SweetHeatShort film
2012WoolloChris OlsenTV movie
2015 Strangerland DarrellFeature film
2018 The Nightingale ArchieFeature film
2019Twelfth RoundShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleType
1991 The Flying Doctors CameronTV series, 1 episode
1992 Lift Off PaulTV series, 3 episodes
1992 Lift Off: The Story of E.C PaulTV special, 1 episode
1992 Six Pack FelixTV series, 1 episode
1994 G.P. Tony ThompsonTV series, 2 episodes
1994 Heartland Jason SuttonTV miniseries, 8 episodes
1994 Sky Trackers Simon TjapiljariTV series, 1 episode
1995 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Sam MurrayTV series, 1 episode
1996 Naked: Stories of Men BuddyTV series, 1 episode
1997 Ocean Girl BobbyTV series, 1 episode
1999 All Saints SebTV series, 1 episode
1999 Water Rats CourierTV series, 1 episode
1999 Heartbreak High MoTV series, 6 episodes
2003 Stingers Alan KellyTV series, 1 episode
2005 The Alice Michael AndersonTV series, 22 episodes
2006 RAN Paul GaibuiTV miniseries, 6 episodes
2007Going BushCo-host (with Cathy Freeman)TV series
1993-2007 Home and Away Lewis Rigg / Buyer No.1TV series, 12 episodes
2009 The Deadlys HostTV awards show [18]
2009 Heartbeat NevTV series, 2 episodes
2009–2022 Play School HostTV series, 56 episodes
2012 Redfern Now Lenny BrewsterTV series, 1 episode
2014 The Gods of Wheat Street WayneTV series, 3 episodes
2016–20 Black Comedy Uncle DaveTV series, 6 episodes
2019 Total Control RobTV series, season 1
2019 Upright Constable BrettTV series, season 1
2021 Preppers QuincyTV series, 1 episode
2022Grey NomadsYarran CharlesTV series, 6 episodes
2022 MaveriX Murray PetersonTV series, 6 episodes
2022 Significant Others IanTV miniseries, 1 episode
2023 The Artful Dodger Tim BilliberliaryTV series, 8 episodes

Theatre

Carroll's stage roles include: [8]

YearTitleRoleVenue / Company
2001The Cherry Pickers Wharf 2 Theatre
2002 The Dreamers Belvoir Street Theatre
2003Conversations with the Dead Belvoir Street Theatre
2004Eora Crossing Museum of Sydney
2004 A Midsummer Night's Dream Belvoir Street Theatre
2006Capricornia York Theatre (Seymour Centre)
2013 Mother Courage and Her Children Eilif Playhouse Brisbane
2013 The Cake Man Sweet WilliamStudio Underground Perth, Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre with Yirra Yaakin
2014-15Black Diggers Sydney Opera House, Playhouse Brisbane, Heath Ledger Theatre Perth, Her Majesty's Theatre Adelaide
201420 Questions Belvoir Street Theatre
2015 The Wind in the Willows Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane
2015Battle of Waterloo Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2018The Hanging Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2017The Season Sydney Opera House, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Malthouse Theatre
2017-18Black is the New White Wharf 1 Theatre, Playhouse Brisbane, IMB Theatre Wollongong, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Heath Ledger Theatre Perth, Southbank Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse with Sydney Theatre Company
2020Black Cockatoo Ensemble Theatre
2021–23Sunshine Super Girl Sydney Town Hall, Whyalla, Northern Festival Centre Adelaide, Middleback Theatre Adelaide, Dunstan Playhouse
2021JackyFairfax Studio, Melbourne
2022At What Cost? Belvoir Street Theatre
2023 The Visitors Sydney Opera House

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References

  1. ↑ "Luke Carroll, Acting The Part". Deadly Vibe. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Education, Action & Change" (video + text). Reconciliation SA . 25 April 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Books in Homes at Bridge Road". Bridge Road School. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  4. ↑ The 2008 Deadlys Archived 6 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Play School Presenters|
  6. ↑ "2014's firstborn delivered on cue". January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Luke Carroll". Celebrity Speakers.
  8. 1 2 3 "Luke Carroll". AusStage. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Robert Merritt's The Cake Man makes WA debut" (Text, photos, audio.). Radio National . 8 November 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "At What Cost?". State Theatre Company. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "At What Cost? State Theatre Company SA". Australian Stage Online. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Meegan, Genevieve (9 June 2023). "At What Cost? is a play that pulls no punches". InReview . Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "2002 AFI Awards". Australian Television. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  14. ↑ "Screen Australia's Indigenous Department celebrates 25 years". Screen Australia . 4 June 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  15. ↑ "The Deadlys 2009 Finalists". Vibe Australia Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 19 October 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  16. ↑ "My Souths Story - Luke Carroll". 21 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "2014's firstborn delivered on cue". January 2014.
  18. ↑ The 2008 Deadlys Archived 6 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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