Luke John Roberts (born 1977) is a British/Canadian actor from

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. After his early roles in the ITV soap opera ''

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'' (2003) and the

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series ''

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'' (2004–2005), he became known for starring as Joseph Byrne in the

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series ''

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'' (2006–2022) and

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in the

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series '' Black Sails'' (2016–2017). He played Ser Arthur Dayne in the sixth season of the

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series ''

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'' (2016) and led the

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series ''

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'' (2017–2019). Roberts played James Sunderland in the video game ''Silent Hill 2'' (2024), a remake of the 2001 game of the same name. For his performance, he was nominated at the Golden Joystick and

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, and for the

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Early life and education

Roberts was born in

. He was educated at

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and

Swansea University Swansea University () is a public university, public research university located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It was chartered as University College of Swansea in 1920, as the fourth college of the University of Wales. In 1996, it chang ...

, where he read American Studies. Afterwards, he graduated from the

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in 2000.

Career

In 2001, Roberts made his television debut in the war drama miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' in the episode "Crossroads". From 2004 to 2005, he appeared on the second episode of

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's ''

''. In 2005, Roberts made his film debut in the thriller movie by Nicolas Forzy titled ''Ambition''. He portrayed Doctor Joseph Byrne in the

's medical drama series ''

''. In 2011, he appeared in the fantasy swashbuckler film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides''. Roberts starred in the 2013 fantasy horror film by Pearry Reginald Teo titled '' Dracula: The Dark Prince'' alongside

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and

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, in which he played the lead role of

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. He bagged a recurring role in the first season of

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's historical romantic drama series ''

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''. In 2014, he appeared in the epic historical action film '' 300: Rise of an Empire''. On the same year, he took on a supporting role in the action comedy police procedural series '' Taxi Brooklyn'' and appeared on the first season of the

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'', which is based on the book of the same name about 1500s England. In 2016, Roberts joined the cast of

's '' Black Sails'' as Governor

, a formidable foe to the pirates of Nassau. He also appeared as the legendary knight Ser Arthur Dayne in sixth season of

's ''

''. In 2017, Roberts was cast to play the lead role in the crime suspense drama series ''

'' where he played the lead character named Eric Beaumont. The series ran for 1 January 2017, to 25 May 2019. In 2019, he had a recurring role in the drama miniseries '' The Rook'' as Marcus Kevler. In 2022, Roberts appeared in the superhero film '' The Batman'' and had a supporting role in the fantasy horror film '' Dampyr''. In 2023, Roberts starred Ally Maki in the drama film ''

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''. In 2024, Roberts starred as protagonist James Sunderland in the horror video game ''Silent Hill 2'', a remake of the 2001 game of the same name. For his performance, he was nominated for Best Lead Performer at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024 and Best Performance at

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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