Luke Arnold is an

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actor and author, best known for playing John Silver in the

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drama series '' Black Sails''.

Early life

Arnold was born in

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and went to primary school there until his family moved to Sydney. He moved to

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for his last two years of high school at

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High School on the Sunshine Coast. At the age of 18, he worked as an assistant swordmaster on the 2003 film ''

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''.Brown, Emma
Discovery: Luke Arnold
''Interview'', January 2014. He graduated from the

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in 2006,The actors playing INXS band members in Never Tear Us Apart speak about their roles
''The Daily Telegraph'', 10 February 2014. and made his film debut as the lead in ''

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'' in 2009.

Career

On stage he appeared in Tim Conigrave's ''Like Stars in My Hands'', directed by Robert Chuter at La Mama Courthouse,

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in 2008. He appeared in television guest roles in ''

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'', ''

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'', and a recurring role in ''

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Luke Arnold a new sensation
''TV Tonight'', 2 February 2014. In 2014, he appeared in two major television roles: playing

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singer

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in '' INXS: Never Tear Us Apart'', and as the pirate John Silver in the

drama series '' Black Sails''. In 2017 he appeared in all six episodes of the second season of Australian

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drama ''

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''. In 2018 he co-starred in the movie '' Half Magic'' as Freedom. In January 2020, Hachette Australia published Arnold's first novel, ''The Last Smile in Sunder City''.

Other roles

Arnold is an Ambassador for

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Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

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