Luke Carroll

Australian television and film actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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OccupationActor
Yearsactive1991–present
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Years active1991–present
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Early life and education

Luke Carroll was born in Sydney.[1] He is an Aboriginal Australian man of the Wiradjuri and Ngunnawal peoples.[2]

He attended Marcellin College Randwick.[3]

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).[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

In September 2009, he hosted The Deadlys for SBS.[4] Also in 2009, he co-starred in the film, Stone Bros. and appeared in Subdivision.[citation needed] In 2010 he starred in Needle.[citation needed]

He appeared in an Australian Government advertisement about being "Climate Clever",[citation needed] and has also been involved in the children's television show, Play School.[5][6]

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.[7]

Carroll was named as part of the cast for the second series of Scrublands.[8] On 27 June 2025, Carroll was named in the cast for ABC drama Goolagong.[9]

Stage

Carroll has made many appearances in theatre.[10]

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.[11]

In 2018 and 2019 he toured with Nakkiah Lui's Black Is the New White.[10]

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[12][13] and staged at the Odeon Theatre, Norwood, before going on to Hobart, Tasmania.[14]

Awards and recognition

Other activities

As of April 2024, Carroll is ambassador for Education, Action & Change, a resource pack for schools, at Reconciliation SA.[2]

Personal life

Carroll is a supporter of rugby league club the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[18][19]

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Type
1994Dallas DollBoyFeature film
1998TearsVaughnShort film
2002Australian RulesDumby RedFeature film
2002FreeShort film
2004The AliceMichael AndersonTV movie
2004The New BootsDe LisleShort film
2008The Tender HookAlby "Othello" O'SheaFeature film
2009Stone Bros.EddieFeature film
2009SubdivisionFeature film
2010NeedleNelsonFeature film
2010The Biggest PortLukie SweetHeatShort film
2012WoolloChris OlsenTV movie
2015StrangerlandDarrellFeature film
2018The NightingaleArchieFeature film
2019Twelfth RoundShort film
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Television

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Year Title Role Type
1991The Flying DoctorsCameronTV series, 1 episode
1992Lift OffPaulTV series, 3 episodes
1992Lift Off: The Story of E.CPaulTV special, 1 episode
1992Six PackFelixTV series, 1 episode
1994G.P.Tony ThompsonTV series, 2 episodes
1994HeartlandJason SuttonTV miniseries, 8 episodes
1994Sky TrackersSimon TjapiljariTV series, 1 episode
1995Snowy River: The McGregor SagaSam Murray TV series, 1 episode
1996Naked: Stories of MenBuddyTV series, 1 episode
1997Ocean GirlBobbyTV series, 1 episode
1999All SaintsSebTV series, 1 episode
1999Water RatsCourierTV series, 1 episode
1999Heartbreak HighMoTV series, 6 episodes
2003StingersAlan KellyTV series, 1 episode
2005The AliceMichael AndersonTV series, 22 episodes
2006RANPaul GaibuiTV miniseries, 6 episodes
2007Going BushCo-host (with Cathy Freeman)TV series
1993-2007Home and AwayLewis Rigg / Buyer No.1TV series, 12 episodes
2009The DeadlysHostTV awards show[20]
2009HeartbeatNevTV series, 2 episodes
2009–2022Play SchoolHostTV series, 56 episodes
2012Redfern NowLenny BrewsterTV series, 1 episode
2014The Gods of Wheat StreetWayneTV series, 3 episodes
2016–20Black ComedyUncle DaveTV series, 6 episodes
2019Total ControlRobTV series, season 1
UprightConstable BrettTV series, season 1
2021PreppersQuincyTV series, 1 episode
2022Grey NomadsYarran CharlesTV series, 6 episodes
MaveriXMurray PetersonTV series, 6 episodes
Significant OthersIanTV miniseries, 1 episode
2023The Artful DodgerTim BilliberliaryTV series, 8 episodes
2025 Scrublands: Silver Scotty Waaliti TV series: 4 episodes
2026 Goolagong Kenny Goolagong TV miniseries: 3 episodes
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Theatre

Carroll's stage roles include:[10]

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Year Title Role Venue / Company
2001The Cherry PickersWharf 2 Theatre
2002The DreamersBelvoir Street Theatre
2003Conversations with the DeadBelvoir Street Theatre
2004Eora CrossingMuseum of Sydney
2004A Midsummer Night's DreamBelvoir Street Theatre
2006CapricorniaYork Theatre (Seymour Centre)
2013Mother Courage and Her ChildrenEilifPlayhouse Brisbane
2013The Cake ManSweet WilliamStudio Underground Perth, Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre with Yirra Yaakin
2014-15Black DiggersSydney Opera House, Playhouse Brisbane, Heath Ledger Theatre Perth, Her Majesty's Theatre Adelaide
201420 QuestionsBelvoir Street Theatre
2015The Wind in the WillowsRoundhouse Theatre, Brisbane
2015Battle of WaterlooWharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2018The HangingWharf 1 Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2017The SeasonSydney Opera House, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Malthouse Theatre
2017-18Black is the New WhiteWharf 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
2020Black CockatooEnsemble Theatre
2021–23Sunshine Super GirlSydney Town Hall, Whyalla, Northern Festival Centre Adelaide, Middleback Theatre Adelaide, Dunstan Playhouse
2021JackyFairfax Studio, Melbourne
2022At What Cost?Belvoir Street Theatre
2023The VisitorsSydney Opera House
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