The Prince & Me

Background:

“I want my acting career to continue the way it has been going! I'd like to play many different kinds of characters. I want to do good work that challenges me as an actor. This is the nicest character that I have ever played. (Edvard in 'The Prince and Me') In the past I have only played thugs, bad boys and psychopathic criminals. But there is still a lot more I want to do.” Luke Mably

Blue-eyed, naturally light brown-headed British actor Luke Mably is probably best known to moviegoers as Prince Edward in the comedy/romance film “The Prince and Me” (2004), a role he recreated for the direct-to-video sequel “Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding” (2006). He has also acted in such movies as “28 Days Later...” (2002), “Spirit Trap” (2005), “Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story” (also 2005) and “Save Angel Hope” (2007). As a television actor, Mably had a regular role as Scott Lucas on the British series “Dream Team” (1999-2001, 2002), and acted in such programs as the miniseries “In the Beginning” (2000) and the TV films “Uprising” (2001), “Deceit” (2006) and “Who Gets the Dog?” (2007). He has also done a few theatrical productions.

Mably enjoys the music of Stevie Wonder and cites “10 Rillington Place” as his favorite movie and football as his favorite sport. One of his hobbies include mask making.

“There are a lot of actors that I really admire such as, Robert Deniro, Daniel Day Lewis, Sean Penn and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, to name a few. They are the kind of actors that really excite me and think that they are wonderful in what they do. “ Luke Mably

Londoner

Childhood and Family:

“I grew up in London. I have been acting professionally for 5 years. I went to drama school in England when I was younger and started to take acting more seriously after college.” Luke Mably

Thomas Luke Mably was born on March 1, 1976, in London, England, to Colin Mably, an English teacher, and Lynne Benton, a librarian. He has an older brother and an older sister. He was fascinated with film as a child, an interest he showed by making home video horror films with his friends. He graduated from Birmingham School of Speech & Drama (now Birmingham School of Acting) in 1998.

Dream Team

Career:

“My first interest (in film), I suppose, was when I was about eight or nine and I had a good friend whose father brought home the first version of a video camera and we were let loose with it for a weekend. We were eight or nine year old kids so we started making these terrible horror films with tomato sauce and white sheets to pretend to be ghosts. I just remember really enjoying that and the whole creative side of it. I took drama school after that and the whole time, it was just fun and I remember just enjoying doing it - being different people or dressing up in costumes. But I started taking it really seriously when I got into drama school in London and it was a three-year training. From there, I've been on a mission I guess.” Luke Mably

A year after completing his studies, Luke Mably made his television debut as Paul Ripley on three episodes of the long-running BBC drama “Holby City.” Shortly thereafter, he gained some notice for playing the regular role of Scott Lucas on the British sport-themed series “Dream Team,” a role he played from 1999 to 2001, and then in 2002. His miniseries debut was in “In the Beginning” (2000), an adventure/drama directed by Kevin Connor and starring Martin Landau, Jacqueline Bisset and Bill Campbell. It marked Mably's American debut.

After his Hollywood debut, Mably was featured along side such stars as David Schwimmer, Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, and Donald Sutherland in the Emmy-nominated war/drama telepic “Uprising” (2001), which was directed by Jon Avnet and jointly written by Avnet and Paul Brickman. The following ear, following a guest starring role as Ryan on the well-liked daytime drama “EastEnders,” he broke into the big screen as Private Clifton on the Danny Boyle-helmed “28 Days Later...” (2002). the sci-fi/horror flick starred Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Brendan Gleeson and Megan Burns.

Mably shot a short film called “4:37” in 2003, but it was his next film role that brought the actor an actual prominence. He starred as Eddie/Prince Edvard in the blockbuster comedy/romance “The Prince & Me” (2004), opposite Julia Stiles as Paige Morgan and Miranda Richardson as Queen Rosalind. Telling about his new experience during the set of the film, he said, “I learned many new skills, like how to ride a horse. I had never done it before in my life. I had 3-hour intense lessons and had to learn how in 2 weeks, and not just ride a horse, but how to ride like a Prince sitting up quite straight and all. I also learned about table manners, how to shake hands properly and how to get out of a car correctly.”

Next up for Mably, he costarred with Billie Piper on the British horror film “Spirit Trap” (2005), by David Smith, appeared with Tom Allen, Scott Baker and Linda Bassett in the drama/comedy film “Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story” (also 2005) and reprised his role of Prince Edward on the sequel “Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding” (2006), which unfortunately went straight to video release. He also portrayed Brian on the made-for-TV film “Deceit” (2006), opposite Emmanuelle Chriqui, Matt Long and Joe Pantoliano.

In 2007, Mably could be seen costarring with Billy Boyd on the comedy film “Save Angel Hope,” which screened at the Cologne International Comedy Film Festival in October, and playing Hugo Delaney-Jones on the TV film “Who Gets the Dog?.” He also appeared as Mark Larsen on an episode of the TV series “Kingdom” and was cast as Shaun on the London stage production of “Two Storm Wood,” by Edward Bennett-Coles.

The 32-year-old actor will play Alex Pierce on the upcoming drama/family movie “Star Crossed” (2008). The project is directed by Mark Heller and co-penned by Neil Jackson and Tiago Santos.

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