Luke Kleintank

Luke Kleintank
Born (1990-05-18) May 18, 1990
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 2009–present

Luke Kleintank (born May 18, 1990)[1] is an American actor. He is best known for playing Finn Abernathy on Bones, Travis in the 2015 movie, MAX, and Joe Blake in The Man in the High Castle. He recently filmed Goldfinch, a Warner Brothers film to be released in 2019. His character in this novel based drama is Platt Barbour alongside Nicole Kidman who also played the part of his mother. He will star in Crown Vic alongside Thomas Jane to be released in 2018.

Early life

Kleintank was born on May 18, 1990 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his family moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, when he was 2, where he resided for three years, learning to speak English and Spanish simultaneously.[1] He spent the rest of his formative years in Stevensville, Maryland, where he resided for 12 years.[1]

Acting

Kleintank's mother introduced him to acting when he was 5. "She threw me into my first play, Carnival. Made a part for me", he recounts. "That's when I knew I wanted to act." He started doing plays and community theater, and took part in a number of stage productions while in high school.[1]

Luke attended a ProScout Talent Symposium in Philadelphia when he was sixteen. There were 400 aspiring actors present and 26 talent agencies and managers. Luke was targeted by over half of them, and ultimately chose to sign up with Innovative Artists. Kleintank went to New York City to pursue his acting career, and made his television debut as Greg in a 2009 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[1] In 2010, he played a recurring role in Gossip Girl as Elliot Leichter, a bisexual love interest for Eric van der Woodsen.[1] After relocating to LA, Kleintank landed his first daytime role that same year, debuting as Noah Newman in The Young and the Restless on September 21, 2010;[1] however, he left the role after less than six months to play Chris on No Ordinary Family.

In 2011, Kleintank joined the recurring cast of the Fox series Bones, playing Finn Abernathy. From 2013 to 2014, Kleintank portrayed the recurring character of Travis in the ABC Family teen drama series Pretty Little Liars. In 2015, Kleintank was cast as Joe Blake in the Amazon series The Man in the High Castle.

Personal life

Kleintank enjoys whitewater rafting, singing, dancing, and writing music, and geocaching.[1] When not acting, Luke travels and spends time with his parents, three brothers and two sisters, and his ten nieces and nephews.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Haunted Nick Di Santo
2014 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story Brendan "Pops" Trelease Direct-to-video
2014 Sacrifice Hank
2014 Phantom Halo Beckett Emerson
2015 Max Tyler Harne
2019 The Goldfinch Platt Barbour In post-production
2019 Midway Filming
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Greg Episode: "Snatched"
2009 The Good Wife Brian Keller Episode: "Home" (uncredited)
2009 Mercy Josh Episode: "I'm Not That Kind of Girl"
2010–11 Gossip Girl Elliot Leichter 10 episodes (3 uncredited)
2010–11 The Young and the Restless Noah Newman Role held: September 21, 2010 – April 8, 2011
2010 Parenthood Howard 2 episodes
2011 No Ordinary Family Chris Minor 7 episodes
2011 Greek Rylan Episode: "Agents for Change"
2011 Law & Order: LA Jesse Beckman Episode: "Runyon Canyon"
2011–14 Bones Finn Abernathy Recurring role, 9 episodes
2011 CSI: Miami Tom Granger Episode: "Long Gone"
2012 The Good Wife Connor Episode: "Here Comes the Judge"
2013, 2015 Person of Interest Caleb Phipps 3 episodes
2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jake / Usher 2 episodes
2013–14 Pretty Little Liars Travis Hobbs 9 episodes
2015–present The Man in the High Castle Joe Blake Main role

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Luke Kleintank". Soap Opera Digest. Archived from the original on October 2, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
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