Luke O'Loughlin (born 23 December 1985) is an Australian musician and former actor.
O'Loughlin was born in
Adelaide, South Australia
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, to former model Tanya Powell of Tanya Powell Model Agency, and is a graduate of
University Senior College.
O'Loughlin is best known as the star of the ABC children's TV show,
Chuck Finn, where he played a Canadian child who moved to Australia where he discovers a paddle steamer occupied by ghosts.
In 2002, O'Loughlin won an
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Cinema of Australia, Australian film indu ...
Best Young Actor nomination for
Escape of the Artful Dodger.
Currently O'Loughlin is the lead vocalist and keyboardist in the Australian band
I Know Leopard,.
["I Know Leopard's Luke O'Loughlin finds inspiration in explosive internal love"](_blank)
/ref> He was formerly the lead vocalist of New Navy, and the drummer of the Sydney punk outfit These New South Whales.
O'Loughlin has also co-written with other artists, such as Foster The People
Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. Its members include founder and frontman Mark Foster (musician), Mark Foster and keyboardist Isom Innis.
Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending ...
and electronic duo The Knocks
The Knocks is an American electronic music duo consisting of Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson. They have released 3 full length albums (''HISTORY, New York Narcotic, 55'') and 5 EPs (''Melody & Silence, Summer Series: 2019, TESTI ...
on their 2020 single ‘All About You’.
Growing up O'Loughlin listened to his parents’ ELO, 10cc
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and Alan Parsons Project
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records on repeat, which has inspired some of his work with I Know Leopard.
O'Loughlin was previously in a relationship with Rosie Fizgerald, the bassist from I Know Leopard.
Filmography
Film
* ''Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien
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'' (1999)
* ''The Road Ahead'' (2005)
*Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (2007)
* The Boys are Back (2009)
*Broken Hill
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(2009)
Television
* '' Chuck Finn'' (1999–2000) - ''Chuck''
*'' Escape of the Artful Dodger'' (2001) - ''Jack Dawkins / The Artful Dodger''
* Scooter:Secret Agent (2005)
Theatre
* '' Equus'' (August 2003) - Alan Strang, performed at the Little Theatre, Adelaide
Music
* '' I Know Leopard''
* ''New Navy''
* ''These New South Whales''
References
External links
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1985 births
Australian people of Irish descent
Australian male film actors
Australian male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Adelaide
Musicians from Adelaide
Australian male child actors