Luke Treadaway
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Luke Treadaway (born 10th September 1984) is an English actor, best known for appearing in the film Brothers of the Head.
[edit] Personal life
Treadaway was raised in Sandford, near Exeter, Devon with his father, an architect, his mother, a primary school teacher, and two brothers - his twin Harry Treadaway and their older brother Sam, an artist. He attended Queen Elizabeth's Community College in Crediton. As a young teenager he played the guitar in a band called Lizardsun which he formed with Harry, as well as Matt Conyngham and Seth Campbell.
As a child, he was a member of the National Youth Theatre, for whom he played Prince Ivan in The Firebird. He was also in the ensemble for a production of Murder in the Cathedral.
[edit] Career
While still at drama school, he and his twin brother recorded roles in their first feature film: Brothers of the Head, in which they played conjoined twins.
After graduating from the London Academy of Music and Drama in 2006, he appeared in The Innocence Project for BBC television. In the same year he had a small part in a short film called God's Wounds. He recently finished filming Dogging: A Love Story directed by Simon Ellis, and also appeared as a 14 year old Theo in the hard-hitting Channel 4 drama Clapham Junction.
He made his stage debut in Saint Joan at the Royal National Theatre, followed by War Horse at the same venue. He is currently appearing in Philip Ridley's Piranha Heights at the Soho Theatre in London.
