Luke Grimes

Luke Grimes Biography

Luke Timothy Grimes (born January 21, 1984) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the films American Sniper, and the Fifty Shades of Grey series.

Life and career

Grimes was born in Dayton, Ohio, the youngest of four children of Angie (Barker) and the Rev. Randy Grimes. Grimes graduated from Dayton Christian High School in 2002. He moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Grimes has appeared in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, War Eagle, Arkansas, and Assassination of a High School President, which received a limited release in March 2009. He also appeared in the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, as Ryan Lafferty, the illegitimate son of William Walker, patriarch of the show's family. Beginning with Season 4, he became a series regular.

He starred in the 2010 FX movie pilot, "Outlaw Country", with Haley Bennett and Mary Steenburgen. Grimes played a cowboy named Eli Larkin. The series was not picked up by FX, but the pilot aired on August 23, 2012 as a television movie. In 2012, he appeared in the Liam Neeson thriller Taken 2 as Neeson's daughter's boyfriend.

Grimes played United States Navy SEAL Marc Lee, who was killed in action in 2006, in American Sniper (2014). He played Christian Grey's brother, Elliot, in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).

Grimes played Todd Belkin in Freeheld opposite Julianne Moore, Steve Carell, Ellen Page and Michael Shannon. Peter Sollett directed this independent feature film, which is based on a true story.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	All the Boys Love Mandy Lane	Jake
2007	War Eagle, Arkansas	Enoch
2008	Assassination of a High School President	Marlon Piazza
2010	Shit Year	Harvey West
2011	The Wait	Ben
2011	The Light in the Night	Boy	short film
2012	Outlaw Country	Eli Larken	TV movie
2012	Taken 2	Jamie
2013	Stars	Evan
2013	Squatters	Michael Silverman
2014	American Sniper	Marc Lee
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Elliott Grey
	Freeheld	Todd Belkin
	Forever	Charlie
2016	The Magnificent Seven	Teddy Q
2016	Shangri-La Suite	Jack
2016	Shangri-La Suite	Jack
2016	Manhattan Undying	Max Garman
2017	Fifty Shades Darker	Elliott Grey
2018	Fifty Shades Freed	Elliott Grey	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009-2010	Brothers & Sisters	Ryan Lafferty	35 episodes
2013	True Blood	James	6 episodes

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