Tony Luke

Tony Luke
Born (1985-11-10) 10 November 1985
Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation
  • Model
  • film actor
Years active 2014 – present

Tony Luke (born 10 November 1985) is a fashion model and film actor from India. He started his career in the entertainment industry as a fashion model and was amongst the first Indian male models to find a representation by an international agency. Walking the Milan Fashion Week in 2005, he pioneered the way for Indian male models working globally.

Tony made his film debut in 2016 with the Malayalam film Oozham in a supporting role. He is also known for his antagonistic role in Sakhavu (2017).[1]

Early life

Tony was born to Luke Kocherry and Thresia Kocherry on 10 November 1985, at Kochi, Kerala in India. He is an IT engineering graduate from the PES University in Bangalore and a post-graduate in International Business Administration (IBA) from Regent's Business School London. He attended The Choice School, Ernakulam where he was active in sports, captaining his school's cricket team. He led an under-age rookies from his school to their maiden inter-school district cup in 1997.

Career

Modelling

He started modelling at the age of 19 in Bangalore while in college and was the only male model from South India to be selected for the Lakme Fashion Week held in New Delhi from a nationwide audition. In 2005, he debuted as an international model represented by Major Model Management in Milan, Italy.[2] He attained this representation from a few Polaroid clicked of himself, as during those days, there were no agencies or worldwide magazines such as GQ in India. In 2008, he became one of the only 3 Indian male models ever at that time to have walked a show for major Italian brand Krizia Uomo Menswear in Milan Fashion Week 2007 and the only one to be signed exclusively by the brand for the event.[3] He is also the only male model in India to have shot for GQ India consecutively for 3 months of June, July and August in 2010. He is considered amongst the top male models of India.[4] He is a veteran of TV and print ads, and has also featured in music videos.

From this experience, Tony Luke discovered that he enjoyed performing to a live audience. In 2014, he played a minor role in an experimental short film named Karma Cartel, which went on to win awards and honors in various film festivals across the globe.[5]

Film acting

He made his film debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film Oozham directed by Jeethu Joseph and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead.[6][7] He was chosen from 3000 actors. Tony's performance met with critical acclaim for his portrayal of the 25 year old character Andrew Wilfred-Marcus, in the reviews from The Times of India, Deccan Chronicle, and Malayala Manorama among others. After the success of Oozham, Tony played the role of the antagonist in the political thriller Sakhavu (2017) directed by Sidhartha Siva, starring Nivin Pauly in lead. Tony received positive reviews for his portrayal of the sadistic, cruel 40-year-old character of a manager who enslaves workers on the tea estates of pre-independent India.

In 2018, Luke starred in Naam, a campus story, where he played a 22-year-old.[8][9] In the same year, he went on to appear as a 30-year-old computer geek in Aadhi, directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Pranav Mohanlal in the lead.[10][11][12]

Filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
2016 Oozham Andrew Marcus Jeethu Joseph
2017 Sakhavu The Manager Sidhartha Siva
2017 Naam Aju Koshy Joshy Thomas Pallickal
2018 Aadhi Ebin Jeethu Joseph
2019 Badla (2019 film) Arjun Joseph Sujoy Ghosh

References

  1. ↑ Sreekumar, Priya (23 April 2017). "Tony Luke: Acting with his heart in it". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Chavda, Sanaya (5 September 2013). "Invest in absolute self-confidence: Model Tony Luke". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Khan, Bushra (19 January 2015). "Indian Models on International Ramps". louisphilippe.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  4. ↑ M Singh, L Romal (18 January 2012). "Supermodel Tony Luke's 10 rules of style". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "The perfect desi girl: Anu Sithara". explosivefashion.in.
  6. ↑ Prakash, Asha (6 October 2016). "I'm no Casanova or wastrel in real life:Tony Luke". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Sreekumar, Priya (24 July 2016). "Tony Luke's leap of faith". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Soman, Deepa (18 May 2017). "Tony Luke to drop his 'bad boy' image for a campus movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  9. ↑ Rehman, Seemi (19 May 2017). "Tony Luke To Play A Positive Role In His Next". Desimartini.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Soman, Deepa (29 November 2017). "Tony Luke has a cool beard in 'Aadhi'". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Panappuzha, Vipin (19 January 2018). "ആദിക്കൊപ്പം ടോണിയുമുണ്ട്!". Asianet News. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Vishnu, Anandha (25 January 2018). "'ആദി'യിൽ പ്രണവിനൊപ്പം താരമാകാൻ ടോണി ലൂക്ക്". Samayam Malayalam. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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