Luke Goss

Luke Goss

Goss at the Blood Out premiere in 2011
Born Luke Damon Goss
(1968-09-29) 29 September 1968
Lewisham, London, England
Occupation Actor, producer, director
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Shirley Lewis (1994–present, 1 child)
Website Official Site

Luke Damon Goss (born 29 September 1968) is an English actor and former drummer in late 1980s band Bros. He has appeared in numerous films including Blade II (2002) as Jared Nomak, One Night with the King (2006) as King Xerxes, Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) as Prince Nuada, Tekken (2010) as Steve Fox and Interview with a Hitman (2012) as Viktor.

Career

Luke Goss, along with twin brother Matt Goss, started his career with the 1980s boy band Bros. In total he has charted with thirteen hit singles in the UK.

When Bros broke up in the early 1990s, Goss worked with the Band of Thieves. His autobiography, "I Owe You Nothing," was a top 10 best seller book and went on to have three subsequent printings. He also began to appear in stage musicals including Grease and What a Feeling, and has turned to acting in films full-time, with his first most notable role being the villain Jared Nomak in Blade II. He also appeared as The Creature in the Hallmark Channel's Frankenstein. Goss can be seen in the 2004 crime drama, Charlie in which he plays real-life gangster Charlie Richardson. Again, in the 2005 comedy, The Man he stars as another villain, Joey/Kane.

He has since had roles in One Night with the King, as King Xerxes. He appeared in Bone Dry, as Eddie and in the thriller Unearthed, as Kale. Goss received a CAMIE (Character and Morality in Entertainment) Award for his work in One Night with the King on 12 May 2007 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Both One Night with the King and Bone Dry were viewed at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Bone Dry premiered in Los Angeles on 9 January 2008.

In the autumn of 2008, Goss returned from filming Hellboy II: The Golden Army in Budapest, Hungary, in which he plays Prince Nuada.[1] The sequel was released in North America on 11 July 2008.

In February 2008 he signed to play the role of Steve Fox in Tekken, which was filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was seen in a commercial for the new Cadillac Escalade Hybrid. In January 2010, Goss won the role as Frankenstein in Death Race 2[2] under the direction from Roel Reiné, which began shooting on location in Eastern Europe in February 2010.[3] Goss also played the lead role in Syfy's dark tale television film Witchville.[4] In May 2010, he won the Ultimate Badass Award at the PollyGrind Film Festival for his role in the zombie-vampire film The Dead Undead.

Personal life

Since 1994, he has been married to backing singer Shirley Lewis (who has worked with singers Elton John, George Michael, Luther Vandross, and many others), and has one stepdaughter, Carli. In January 2007, he and wife Shirley moved permanently to Los Angeles, but still maintain a residence in London.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2000 The Stretch Warwick Locke
Two Days, Nine Lives Saul
2001 Love Life Christian
2002 Blade II Jared Nomak
ZigZag Cadillac Tom
Nine-Tenths Jon Laker
2004 Frankenstein (TV miniseries) The Creature TV miniseries
Charlie Charlie Richardson
Silver Hawk Alexander Wolfe
2005 The Man Joey Kane
Private Moments Lucien
Cold & Dark John Dark
2006 One Night with the King King Xerxes
Something in the Clearing Randy
Mercenary for Justice John Dresham
13 Graves Anton
2007 Bone Dry Eddie
Shanghai Baby Mark
Unearthed Kane
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Prince Nuada
Deep Winter Stephen Weaks
2009 Fringe Lloyd Parr/Shapeshifter TV series
Annihilation Earth David Television film
2010 Witchville Malachy Made for television film
Tekken Steve Fox Martial arts film
The Dead Undead Jack
El Dorado Col. Sam Grissom
Death Race 2 Carl "Luke" Lucas / Frankenstein Straight-to-video film
2011
Seven Below Issac
Pressed Brian Parker
Blood Out Michael Savion
Inside Miles Barrett
2012 Interview with a Hitman Viktor
2013 Death Race 3: Inferno Carl "Luke" Lucas/Frankenstein Straight-to-video film
Red Widow Luther TV series
2014 Dead Drop Michael Shaughnessy Straight-to-video film
Lost Time Carter
2015 War Pigs Captain Jack Wosick
AWOL72 Conrad Miller
2015 Operator Jeremy MilleMiller
2016 Killing Salazar DEA Agent Tom Jensen

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