Luke Arnold — Movies, TV Shows & Roles

Actor

1984-01-24 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia · Male

16 series in the catalog

Luke Arnold (born 1984) is an Australian actor and author, who is known for portraying John Silver in the Starz drama series Black Sails (2014–2017) and INXS singer Michael Hutchence in the miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart (2014).
Early life and education
Luke Arnold was born in 1984 in Adelaide, South Australia, and went to primary school there until his family moved to Sydney. He moved to Queensland for his last two years of high school at Sunshine Beach High School on the Sunshine Coast.
At the age of 18, he worked as an assistant swordmaster on the 2003 film Peter Pan. He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2006.
Acting
Arnold appeared on stage in Tim Conigrave's Like Stars in My Hands, directed by Robert Chuter at La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne in 2008.
In the 2000s, he appeared in television guest roles in City Homicide, McLeod's Daughters, and a recurring role in Winners & Losers in 2011.
In 2014, he appeared in two major television roles: playing INXS singer Michael Hutchence in INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, and as the pirate John Silver in the Starz drama series Black Sails. In 2017, he appeared in all six episodes of the second season of Australian paranormal drama Glitch. In 2018, he co-starred in the film Half Magic as Freedom.
2018 Arnold appeared in 7 episodes in the TV series of Salvation as Bass Shepherd.
In 2020, he took on a temporary role of Lewis Hayes in the TV soap opera Home and Away, playing a nurse with a grudge against a doctor.
In 2023, Arnold was named for the upcoming Stan production Scrublands. In 2024, Scrublands was renewed for a second season, with Arnold reprising the role.
In 2024, Arnold was announced for the second season of Last King of the Cross. On 4 September 2024, Arnold was named as part of the extended cast for SBS drama Four Years Later.
2024 Arnold appeared in 10 episodes of Nautilus as Captain Billy Millais
Writing
In January 2020, Hachette Australia published Arnold's first novel, The Last Smile in Sunder City.
Philanthropy
As of July 2022, Arnold is an ambassador for Save the Children Australia.
Bibliography
Arnold has a book series named The Fetch Phillips Archives, an urban fantasy story. It consists of:
The Last Smile in Sunder City (2020)
Dead Man in a Ditch (2020)
One Foot in the Fade (2022)
Whisper in the Wind (2025)