Luke Goss

Luke Goss
Goss at the Blood Out premiere in 2011
Born	Luke Damon Goss (1968-09-29) 29 September 1968 (age 55) Lewisham, London, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, drummer, director, producer, author
Years active	1986–present
Musical career
Instruments	Drums, percussion, keyboards, keytar, programming, bass

Luke Damon Goss (born 29 September 1968) is an English actor, and drummer of the 1980s band Bros. He has appeared in numerous films including Blade II (2002) as Jared Nomak, One Night with the King (2006) as King Xerxes, Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) as Prince Nuada, Tekken (2009) as Steve Fox, Interview with a Hitman (2012) as Viktor, and Traffik (2018) as Red.

Career

Goss pictured in 1993

Goss, along with twin brother Matt Goss, started his career with the 1980s boy band Bros. In total he has charted with thirteen hit singles in the UK.^[1][2]

When Bros broke up in the early 1990s, Goss worked with the Band of Thieves where he released two singles "Sweeter Than The Midnight Rain" and "Give Me One More Chance",^[3] he then released "L.I.F.E." under the band's name change Thieves Like Us due to a change in lineup.^[4] His autobiography "I Owe You Nothing" was a top 10 best seller and went on to have three subsequent printings. He also began to appear in stage musicals including Grease and What a Feeling, and has turned to acting in films full-time, with his first most notable role being the villain in Blade II. He also appeared as The Creature in the Hallmark Channel's Frankenstein. Goss can be seen in the 2004 crime drama, Charlie in which he plays real-life gangster Charlie Richardson. In the 2005 comedy The Man, he starred as another villain, Joey/Kane, alongside Eugene Levy and Samuel L. Jackson.

He has since had roles in One Night with the King, as King Xerxes. He appeared in Bone Dry, as Eddie and in the thriller Unearthed, as Kale. Goss received a CAMIE (Character and Morality in Entertainment) Award for his work in One Night with the King on 12 May 2007 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. Both One Night with the King and Bone Dry were viewed at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Bone Dry premiered in Los Angeles on 9 January 2008.

In the autumn of 2008, Goss returned from filming Hellboy II: The Golden Army in Budapest, Hungary, in which he plays Prince Nuada.^[5] The sequel was released in North America on 11 July 2008.

In February 2008 he signed to play the role of Steve Fox in Tekken, which was filmed in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was seen in a commercial for the new Cadillac Escalade Hybrid. In January 2010, Goss won the role as Frankenstein in Death Race 2^[6] which was originally played by Jason Statham in the first film, under the direction from Roel Reiné, which began shooting on location in Eastern Europe in February 2010.^[7] Goss also played the lead role in Syfy's dark tale television film Witchville.^[8] In May 2010, he won the Ultimate Badass Award at the PollyGrind Film Festival for his role in the zombie-vampire film The Dead Undead. In February 2018, Goss released his directorial debut Your Move.^[9]

Personal life

Goss was born in Lewisham, London, the son of Alan Goss and his wife Carol (nee Read).^[10] His twin brother is Matt Goss.

Both Goss siblings studied at Collingwood College, Surrey.^[11]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	The Stretch	Warwick Locke
	Two Days, Nine Lives	Saul
2002	Blade II	Jared Nomak
	ZigZag	Cadillac Tom
	Nine-Tenths	Jon Laker
2004	Frankenstein	The Creature	TV miniseries
	Charlie	Charlie Richardson
	Silver Hawk	Alexander Wolfe
2005	The Man	Joey / Kane
	Private Moments	Lucien
	Cold & Dark	John Dark	Direct-to-DVD
2006	One Night with the King	King Xerxes
	Something in the Clearing	Randy
	Mercenary for Justice	John Dresham	Direct-to-DVD
	13 Graves	Anton
2007	Bone Dry	Eddie	Direct-to-DVD
	Shanghai Baby [it]	Mark
	Unearthed	Kale
2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Prince Nuada
	Deep Winter	Stephen Weaks	Direct-to-DVD
2009	Fringe	Lloyd Parr / Shapeshifter	TV series
	Annihilation Earth	David	TV movie
	Tekken	Steve Fox
2010	Witchville	Malachy	TV movie
	The Dead Undead	Jack	Direct-to-DVD
	El Dorado	Col. Sam Grissom	TV miniseries
	Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright	Damon
	Death Race 2	Carl "Luke" Lucas / Frankenstein	Direct-to-DVD
2011	Seven Below	Issac	Direct-to-DVD
	Pressed	Brian Parker	Direct-to-DVD
	Blood Out	Michael Savion	Direct-to-DVD
	Inside	Miles Barrett
2012	Interview with a Hitman	Viktor
2013	Death Race 3: Inferno	Carl "Luke" Lucas / Frankenstein	Direct-to-DVD
	Red Widow	Luther	TV series
2014	Dead Drop	Michael Shaughnessy	Direct-to-DVD
	Lost Time	Carter	Direct-to-DVD
2015	War Pigs	Captain Jack Wosick	Direct-to-DVD
	AWOL72	Conrad Miller	Direct-to-DVD
	The Night Crew	Wade	Direct-to-DVD
	Operator	Jeremy Miller	Direct-to-DVD
2016	Killing Salazar	DEA Agent Tom Jensen	Direct-to-DVD
	Crossing Point	Decker
2017	Mississippi Murder	Mavredes	Direct-to-DVD
2018	Your Move	David	Also director, writer, and producer
	Extracurricular	Alan Gordon	Direct-to-DVD
	Traffik	Red
	Bros: After the Screaming Stops	Himself	Selected cinemas
2019	The Last Boy	Jay	Direct-to-DVD
	The Hard Way	Mason	Netflix
	Hollow Point	Hank Carmac
2020	Legacy	Agent Gray
	Paydirt	Damien Brooks	Direct-to-DVD
	The Loss Adjuster	Martin Dyer
2021	R.I.A.	David

References

1. "Bros full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
2. "LUKE GOSS & THE BAND OF THIEVES full Official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
3. "Luke Goss & The Band Of Thieves official Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
4. "One Little Indian Artists". One Little Indian Records. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
5. "Behold the New Face of Frankenstein – Death Race: Frankenstein Lives". DreadCentral. 7 July 2012.
6. "Luke Goss Becomes the Original Frankenstein in 'Death Race 2'". BloodyDisgusting. 6 January 2010.
7. "Exclusive: Death Race 2 Goss". MovieHole.
8. "Get Your Medieval on With Syfy's Witchville". DreadCentral. 18 September 2012.
9. "Luke Goss Interview: Your Move, Directing, Guillermo del Toro". Den of Geek. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
10. Goss, Matt (9 January 2014). More Than You Know. HarperCollins UK. ISBN 9780007564828 – via Google Books.
11. https://www.collingwoodcollege.com/page/?title=Alumni&pid=502

External links

• Luke Goss Official Website
• Luke Goss at IMDb
• Telegraph.co.uk Interview with Luke Goss