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Luke Kirby
Kirby in 2016
Born
Luke Farrell Kirby

(1978-06-29) June 29, 1978 (age 46)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
EducationNational Theatre School of Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2000–present

Luke Farrell Kirby (born June 29, 1978) is an American-Canadian screen and stage actor.[1] In 2019, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Lenny Bruce on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Early life

Kirby was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to American parents. His mother is from Brooklyn, New York, and his father grew up "along the eastern seaboard."[2] His parents moved from New York City, New York, to Canada in 1974. Kirby studied drama at the National Theatre School of Canada, a theatre conservatory which focuses on classical works, and graduated in 2000.[3]

Career

Kirby has been performing since his teens after he was accepted at The National Theatre School of Canada. He graduated in May 2000 and after two auditions he began working on two separate projects: the CBS/Alliance mini-series Haven and director Léa Pool's feature Lost and Delirious.

Soon after, Kirby performed the role of Morgan in the Factory Theatre's production of Geometry in Venice in Toronto, a performance that garnered him a Best Actor nomination at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards. This was quickly followed by the role of Patroclus in Theatre for a New Audience's production of Troilus and Cressida directed by Peter Hall in New York City. In 2006, he performed in the Women's Project Theater production of Jump/Cut.[4] Other theatre credits include Judith Thompson's premiere of Habitat at Canadian Stage followed by Daniel Brooks premiere of The Good Life at the Tarragon Theatre (both in Toronto). His latest theatre venture was in NYC where he performed the lead role in Defender of the Faith (Irish Repertory Theatre).[5][6]

Kirby's first feature film was the role of Jim in Halloween: Resurrection.[7] Other film credits include lead roles in Peter Wellington's feature Luck and Mambo Italiano[8] directed by Émile Gaudreault. Mambo Italiano received a gala presentation at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival to a standing ovation and earned Kirby a Canadian Comedy Award Nomination. Kirby then performed in a part written for him in the feature film Shattered Glass produced by Cruise/Wagner. In 2007, he played the lead role of Ray Dokes opposite Rachael Leigh Cook and Keith Carradine in the Canadian feature All Hat.[9] A 2009 film role had him opposite Lindsay Lohan in a feature titled Labor Pains.

In television, one of Kirby's favourite roles was the TMN/Showcase mini-series Slings and Arrows, featuring Canadian actors and directed by his friend Peter Wellington. Sex Traffic, a mini-series for Channel 4 and CBC that aired in the fall of 2004, had him working with British director David Yates, for which he received a Gemini nomination. That same year he received a second Gemini nomination for his guest starring role in the dramatic series The Eleventh Hour. In the fall of 2005, Kirby appeared as a series regular in HBO's Tell Me You Love Me, directed by Patricia Rozema. The first season aired in HBO in September 2007. He starred as Jimmy Burns in the 2009–2010 Canwest Global television series Cra$h & Burn.

In 2017, Kirby joined the cast of the Golden Globe winner The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, an original series from Amazon, as the comedian Lenny Bruce, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

From December 2019 through January 2020, Kirby starred in the Off-Broadway play "Judgment Day" at New York's Park Avenue Armory.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Lost and Delirious Jake Hollander
2002 Halloween: Resurrection Jim
2003 Mambo Italiano Angelo Barberini
2003 Shattered Glass Rob Gruen
2003 Luck Shane Bradley
2004 Window Theory Brad
2004 The Human Kazoo Zacharia Short film
2004 The Greatest Game Ever Played Frank Hoyt
2007 All Hat Ray Dokes
2007 The Stone Angel Leo
2009 Labor Pains Nick Steinwald
2011 Take This Waltz Daniel
2012 Fury Ethan
2013 Empire of Dirt Russell
2015 Mania Days[10] Marco Also titled Touched with Fire
2017 A Dog's Purpose Jim Montgomery
2017 Another Kind of Wedding Misha
2018 Little Woods Bill
2019 Glass Pierce
TBA Percy Peter Schmeiser Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Give Me Your Soul... Narrator Television documentary
2001 Haven Daniel Weinzweig Television mini-series
2002 Halloween: Resurrected Himself Television short
2003–05 Slings & Arrows Jack Crew 7 episodes
2004 Sex Traffic Callum Tate Television mini-series
2005 Bury the Lead Josh Casey Episode: "Hit Delete"
2005 It's Me...Gerald Dr. Dan Episode: "How Do You Know You've Hit Bottom?"
2006 Northern Town Brian
2007 Tell Me You Love Me Hugo 8 episodes
2009 Labor Pains Nick Steinwald Television film
2009 Flashpoint Evan Hewson Episode: "Last Dance"
2009 Law & Order Bobby Amato Episode: "The Drowned and the Saved"
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Andre Haslum Episode: "Folie a Deux"
2009–10 Cra$h & Burn Jimmy Burn 13 episodes
2012 Elementary Aaron Ward Episode: "The Rat Race"
2012–18 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Braden Leddy / Andrew Leibowitz 2 episodes
2012–14 Republic of Doyle Clyde Cowley 2 episodes
2013 Person of Interest Chris Beckner Episode: "2 Pi R"
2013–16 Rectify Jon Stern 26 episodes
2013 Blue Bloods Detective Wolf Landsman Episode: "Men in Black"
2015 Show Me a Hero Edwin E. McAmis Episode #1.2
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Max Kaplan 10 episodes
2015 The Good Wife Harry McGrath Episode: "Cooked"
2017–present The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Lenny Bruce 9 episodes
2017 The Good Fight Harry McGrath Episode: "Self Condemned"
2017 Bull Harry Kemp Episode: "Dirty Little Secrets"
2018 Blindspot Christophe Bruyere aka Junior 2 episodes
2018–19 The Deuce Gene Goldman 10 episodes
2018 Sorry for Your Loss Tripp Episode: "Welcome To Palm Springs"
2019 The Twilight Zone Dylan Episode: "Not All Men"
2019 Tales of the City Tommy 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ "Luke Kirby". Northernstars.ca. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Interview with Luke Kirby by Vittorio Carli". reelmoviecritic.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Alumni, Acting: 2000-2009". National Theatre School of Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-05-12.
  4. ^ "Jump/Cut (New York Premiere)". womensproject.org. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  5. ^ David Finkle. "Defender of the Faith review". theatremania.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. ^ Paricia Jameson-Sammartano. "An IRA Family Unravels In 'Defender of the Faith'". thewildgeese.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  7. ^ "The Movie Spoiler - Halloween: Resurrection". themoviespoiler.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Canada's BiG Gay Italian Fat Wedding Comedy Strikes Universal Chord". femail.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Straight Shooter: The horse opera All Hat talks tough but fails to deliver". cbc.ca. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  10. ^ "Mania Days (2014)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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