Luke Bracey is an Australian actor whose career began with a role in the popular Australian soap opera Home and Away. He later moved to the United States, where he managed to build a successful career not only in television, but in cinema. He also served as a model for an advertising campaign for Ralph Lauren perfumes.
Biography
Luke Bracey was born on April 26, 1989 in the Australian city of Sydney. Despite the publicity of his profession, the actor usually does not talk about parents, childhood, education. He prefers to attract people's interest with his work, rather than his personal life.
Downtown Sydney Photo: Adam. J. W. C. / Wikimedia Commons
Nevertheless, it is known that before becoming famous, Luke was actively involved in sports, loved surfing and dreamed of becoming a rugby player. Later, he planned to go to university and study the design and construction of buildings. But, having received an invitation to audition in the series "Home and Away", he abandoned his plans.
Career and creativity
Luke Bracey's acting career began in 2009 when he was cast as Tray Palmer in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. The series aired on the Seven Network. The character, which went to the novice actor, was described as a guy with an "angelic face" and "devilish character."
Indiana Evans, Mark Furz and the crew while working on Home and Away. Photo: Cls14 / Wikimedia Commons
Everything was complicated by the fact that in a short period of time Luke had to show a worthy acting game that could attract the attention of viewers and film critics. And he managed to do it. Although later the actor, who at that time was 2 years old, admitted that it was quite difficult for him to play this role.
In 2010, after filming Home and Away, Luke Bracey moved to Los Angeles. His "American" film debut began with a role in the adventure melodrama "Monte Carlo" (2011). He got the role of an Australian tourist and former rugby player named Riley. The key characters in the film were played by Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester.
American actress and singer Selena Gomez Photo: Lunchbox LP / Wikimedia Commons
Several years later, he starred as Scott in the short film American Dream, which was released in 2012. The next character that the actor played in 2013 was the Cobra Commander, the leader of a terrorist organization and the main antagonist in the military sci-fi action movie G. I. Joe: Cobra Throw 2. Luke replaced Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who portrayed this hero in the previous part of the film. And the actor's partners on the set were popular Hollywood actors Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum and others.
In March 2013, Luke Bracey landed the lead role in the ABC pilot West Side. However, soon the channel's management decided not to continue filming the picture. Then the actor appeared in the spy thriller "The Man of November" (2014) as a young operative David Mason. The film is an adaptation of one of the books by American writer Bill Granger, which is part of the No Spy series.
In 2014, he played the younger years of Dawson Cole's The Best of Me character. The plot of the film was based on the novel of the same name by the world famous American writer Nicholas Sparks.
In 2015, the actor appeared as Brendan Erlik in the comedy Me, He, She, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival. In the same year, Luke Bracey starred in a remake of the 1991 film of the same name "On the Crest of a Wave". He played one of the main roles of the FBI agent Johnny Utah. In the first version of the film, this character was played by Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves. However, unlike the original picture, in the 2015 version, Johnny Utah is not a former footballer.
Luke Bracey, Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson with a fan, 2016 Photo: Greg2600 / Wikimedia Commons
In the military drama For reasons of conscience (2016), Luke played Private Smitty Riker, an associate of the American pacifist combat doctor and World War II veteran Desmond Doss. The film was directed by renowned American actor, screenwriter and producer Mel Gibson.
In 2018, Bracey landed the lead role in Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home. A year later, he played Sergeant Bob Buick in the Australian war drama Dangerous Proximity: The Battle of Longtan. The film is dedicated to the famous battle for Longtan, which took place in 1966 during the Vietnam War.
Luke Bracey continues to act in films. In the coming years, it is planned to release several films at once with the participation of the actor. These include "Holidate," "American Dream," "Violet," and the short film by screenwriter, director and Academy Award winner Roger Avery, "Happy Day."
Personal life
Unlike many Hollywood stars, Luke Bracey is quite secretive about his personal life. However, according to a number of sources, in 2015 he was in a romantic relationship with American actress and singer Dianna Agronon. The actors themselves have never confirmed or denied these rumors. It is only known for certain that Agron is now the wife of British musician Winston Marshall.
Elliphant perform at the Flow Festival in Helsinki Photo: Kim Metso / Wikimedia Commons
As for Bracey, the actor is currently credited with a relationship with the Swedish singer Ellinor Miranda Salome Olofsdotter, who is better known under the pseudonym Elliphant. There is no information on when the couple started dating. But fans of this beautiful creative couple hope that they will manage to build a strong relationship.
