[Shadowhunter] Encyclopedia

♛ Luke Baines

Luke Baines is an actor born in Hyde, Greater Manchester, England, Baines grew up in the beach-side suburb of Cronulla, Sydney in Australia. He began acting lessons when he was five years old.

Baines attended the McDonald College of Performing Arts in North Strathfield, New South Wales where he studied drama, music and dance.

In 2008, Baines auditioned during a six-month nationwide casting search for the West End production of Spring Awakening the musical. In November of that year, he performed in the workshop at the Lyric Hammersmith in the role of Hanschen. Notably, he appeared as a serial killer in the Wes Craven-produced film The Girl In The Photographs, which premiered in Midnight Madness at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The performance received critical praise from outlets such as The Wrap, The Line Up and Press Pass LA, who singled him out as a breakout star.Luke has also appeared in Cold Circle Films' The Possession of Michael King, and Disney's Saving Mr. Banks. In 2013, he starred in Richard Zelniker's As Night Comes (originally titled Mischief Night). The film follows troubled 17-year-old Sean Holloway (Myko Olivier) who falls in with a group of teenage outcasts called 'The Misfits,' whose charismatic and deeply dysfunctional leader, Ricky Gladstone takes him under his wing. Luke also appears in Mark Webber and Teresa Palmer's The Ever After. The independent feature stars Palmer, Weber, Melissa Leo, Phoebe Tonkin and Tahyna Tozzi. It was filmed in Los Angeles and New York between July and August 2013. In 2016, Dealine Hollywood  announced that he would be joining Andrew Garfield and  in Riley Keogh in David Robert Mitchell's Under the Silver Lake. He then starred in Shadowhunters playing Johnathon Morgenstern, and was nominated for Teen Choice Award for Choice TV villain (2019). Luke co-wrote and starred in the upcoming horror comedy film Untitled Horror Movie. His stage highlights include Spring Awakening the Musical, Footloose the Musical and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

As a model, he has appeared in advertisements and editorials for American Eagle, American Rag, Roark Collective and Chapter.

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