- Luke Ford was born on March 26, 1981 in Canada. He is an actor, known for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), Animal Kingdom (2010) and The Black Balloon (2008).
- In 2002 he graduated from The Actors Pulse in Sydney where he received the 'Student of the Year' award. He subsequently became an on-going teacher at the school between film and television work.
- Luke put on 20kg to portray the role of Kerry Packer in the mini series "Power Games: The Packer Murdoch story".
- Won an AACTA award for his performance in the Black Balloon.
- Luke is a big ambassador and student of the world famous Sanford Meisner Technique.
- For his role in the movie The Black Ballon, his role as an autistic boy, Luke stayed in character for 2 months, from the moment he woke up to the moment he went to sleep. His goal was to "Wake up autistic".
- [on getting to know the real-life inspiration for the character of Charlie, a young adult adult with autism whom he portrayed in The Black Balloon (2008)] From Sean I learnt to communicate physically with my hands and not use eye contact. Spending so much time with him I was able to really see the personality and the boundaries of autism that I could use.
- [on preparing for his role as a young adult with autism in the Australian film The Black Balloon (2008) by, among other things, strapping his legs to develop the rigid gait and stiffness that is a trait of some people with autism] I didn't research "What is autism," as it was not relevant to my character. I wanted to know more about the physical and mental elements that my character was and was not capable of; for instance the rigidness, the lack of eye contact and the lost world. I wanted to understand the general physical side of autism.
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