Luke O'Loughlin
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Luke O'Loughlin (born 23 December 1985) is an Australian musician and former actor.
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Born | (1985-12-23) 23 December 1985 (age 38) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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O'Loughlin was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to former model Tanya Powell of Tanya Powell Model Agency,[1] and is a graduate of University Senior College.[2]
O'Loughlin is best known as the star of the ABC children's TV show, Chuck Finn, where he played a Canadian child who moved to Australia where he discovers a paddle steamer occupied by ghosts.[2][3]
In 2002, O'Loughlin won an Australian Film Institute Best Young Actor nomination for Escape of the Artful Dodger.[2]
Currently O'Loughlin is the lead vocalist and keyboardist in the Australian band I Know Leopard,[4]. He was formerly the lead vocalist of New Navy, and the drummer of the Sydney punk outfit These New South Whales.
O'Loughlin has also co-written with other artists, such as Foster The People and electronic duo The Knocks on their 2020 single ‘All About You’.[5]
Growing up O'Loughlin listened to his parents’ ELO, 10cc and Alan Parsons Project records on repeat, which has inspired some of his work with I Know Leopard.[6]
O'Loughlin was previously in a relationship with Rosie Fizgerald, the bassist from I Know Leopard.[4]