# Luke Carroll

Luke Carroll is an Australian stage, television, and film actor. He is known for his role in the television drama The Alice (2005), and as a host of the children's program Play School.

## Early life and education

Luke Carroll was born in Sydney. He is an Aboriginal Australian man of the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples.
He attended Marcellin College Randwick.

## Career
### Television and film

Carroll started out in guest roles in some Australian shows, including The Flying Doctors, Lift Off, The Man from Snowy River, Ocean Girl and Water Rats, but made a name for himself when he took the leading role in the film Australian Rules.
He then had regular roles in some Australian dramas, including The Alice (2005) and the mini-series RAN (2006). In 2007, he co-hosted (with Cathy Freeman) Going Bush, a travel show for SBS Television. Later that year he completed filming in The Tender Hook, and also filmed a seven-week stint in the soap opera, Home and Away.
In September 2009, he hosted The Deadlys for SBS. Also in 2009, he co-starred in the film, Stone Bros. and appeared in Subdivision. In 2010 he starred in Needle.
He appeared in an Australian Government advertisement about being "Climate Clever", and has also been involved in the children's television show, Play School.
Carroll was a presenter on children's television series Play School over a 12-year period. He is also part the presenting team of Channel Seven's Sydney Weekender.
Carroll was named as part of the cast for the second series of Scrublands.

### Stage

Carroll has made many appearances in theatre.
In 2013 Carroll appeared on stage in a Yirra Yaakin/ Belvoir production of Bob Merritt's 1975 play about Aboriginal life on a mission, The Cake Man.
In 2018 and 2019 he toured with Nakkiah Lui's Black Is the New White.
In 2022, Carroll played a lead role in the Belvoir production of Nathan Maynard's play At What Cost?. The play had its world premiere at the Belvoir in Sydney in February 2022 and toured to Adelaide in June, presented by the State Theatre Company of South Australia and staged at the Odeon Theatre, Norwood, before going on to Hobart, Tasmania.

## Awards and recognition

* 2002: Nominated in Best Actor in a Supporting Role at AFI Awards for his role in Australian Rules
* 2005: Nominated for Actor of the Year at The Deadlys for his role in The Alice
* 2006: Nominated in Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama at AFI Awards for his role in RAN
* 2008: Recipient of the Bob Maza Fellowship, which recognises emerging acting talent and support professional development for Indigenous actors
* 2009: Nominated for Actor of the Year at The Deadlys for his role in Stone Bros.

## Other activities

As of April 2024, Carroll is ambassador for Education, Action & Change, a resource pack for schools, at Reconciliation SA.

## Personal life

Carroll is a supporter of rugby league club the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1994 | Dallas Doll | Boy | Feature film |
| 1998 | Tears | Vaughn | Short film |
| 2002 | Australian Rules | Dumby Red | Feature film |
| 2002 | Free | | Short film |
| 2004 | The Alice | Michael Anderson | TV movie |
| 2004 | The New Boots | De Lisle | Short film |
| 2008 | The Tender Hook | Alby "Othello" O'Shea | Feature film |
| 2009 | Stone Bros. | Eddie | Feature film |
| 2009 | Subdivision | | Feature film |
| 2010 | Needle | Nelson | Feature film |
| 2010 | The Biggest Port | Lukie SweetHeat | Short film |
| 2012 | Woollo | Chris Olsen | TV movie |
| 2015 | Strangerland | Darrell | Feature film |
| 2018 | The Nightingale | Archie | Feature film |
| 2019 | Twelfth Round | | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1991 | The Flying Doctors | Cameron | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Lift Off | Paul | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1992 | Lift Off: The Story of E.C | Paul | TV special, 1 episode |
| 1992 | Six Pack | Felix | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | G.P. | Tony Thompson | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Heartland | Jason Sutton | TV miniseries, 8 episodes |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers | Simon Tjapiljari | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1995 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Sam Murray | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1996 | Naked: Stories of Men | Buddy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Ocean Girl | Bobby | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | All Saints | Seb | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | Water Rats | Courier | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | Heartbreak High | Mo | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2003 | Stingers | Alan Kelly | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | The Alice | Michael Anderson | TV series, 22 episodes |
| 2006 | RAN | Paul Gaibui | TV miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 2007 | Going Bush | Co-host (with Cathy Freeman) | TV series |
| 1993-2007 | Home and Away | Lewis Rigg / Buyer No.1 | TV series, 12 episodes |
| 2009 | The Deadlys | Host | TV awards show |
| 2009 | Heartbeat | Nev | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2009–2022 | Play School | Host | TV series, 56 episodes |
| 2012 | Redfern Now | Lenny Brewster | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | The Gods of Wheat Street | Wayne | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2016–20 | Black Comedy | Uncle Dave | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2019 | Total Control | Rob | TV series, season 1 |
| 2019 | Upright | Constable Brett | TV series, season 1 |
| 2021 | Preppers | Quincy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2022 | Grey Nomads | Yarran Charles | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2022 | MaveriX | Murray Peterson | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2022 | Significant Others | Ian | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2023 | The Artful Dodger | Tim Billiberliary | TV series, 8 episodes |
| 2025 | Scrublands: Silver | | TV series |

## Theatre

Carroll's stage roles include:
| Year | Title | Role | Venue / Company |
| 2001 | The Cherry Pickers | | Wharf 2 Theatre |
| 2002 | The Dreamers | | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2003 | Conversations with the Dead | | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2004 | Eora Crossing | | Museum of Sydney |
| 2004 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2006 | Capricornia | | York Theatre (Seymour Centre) |
| 2013 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Eilif | Playhouse Brisbane |
| 2013 | The Cake Man | Sweet William | Studio Underground Perth, Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre with Yirra Yaakin |
| 2014-15 | Black Diggers | | Sydney Opera House, Playhouse Brisbane, Heath Ledger Theatre Perth, Her Majesty's Theatre Adelaide |
| 2014 | 20 Questions | | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2015 | The Wind in the Willows | | Roundhouse Theatre, Brisbane |
| 2015 | Battle of Waterloo | | Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2018 | The Hanging | | Wharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2017 | The Season | | Sydney Opera House, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Malthouse Theatre |
| 2017-18 | Black is the New White | | Wharf 1 Theatre, Playhouse Brisbane, IMB Theatre Wollongong, Roslyn Packer Theatre, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Heath Ledger Theatre Perth, Southbank Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse with Sydney Theatre Company |
| 2020 | Black Cockatoo | | Ensemble Theatre |
| 2021–23 | Sunshine Super Girl | | Sydney Town Hall, Whyalla, Northern Festival Centre Adelaide, Middleback Theatre Adelaide, Dunstan Playhouse |
| 2021 | Jacky | | Fairfax Studio, Melbourne |
| 2022 | At What Cost? | | Belvoir Street Theatre |
| 2023 | The Visitors | | Sydney Opera House |