Luke Newberry is an English actor. He is known for his leading role in the drama television series In the Flesh (2013–2014), which earned him a British Academy Television Award nomination.
Early life Newberry has two older sisters. He attended Exeter College, where he studied filmmaking, fine art, and English literature, and played the lead role in a college production of Hamlet. Aged 18, he attended the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School to study acting, graduating in 2011.
Career Newberry was first signed with an agent aged seven. At age 11, he played the role of Anthony in the film The Heart of Me. In 2010 Newberry was cast to play Teddy Lupin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 but was cut from the final film. He has acted on stage, playing Haemon in Sophocles' Antigone at the National Theatre. In 2015, Newberry played the lead role of Gabe in Teddy Ferrara at the Donmar Warehouse.
In 2013, Newberry starred in the leading role of the BBC Three supernatural drama In the Flesh. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for Series 1 in 2014, and Series 2 began airing on BBC Three in the same year. Newberry was also nominated for Best Actor at the RTS Awards 2014.
In 2013, Newberry was one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow. He starred in the film Dusty and Me.
Charity work Newberry is a supporter of the HeForShe feminism campaign.
Filmography Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1997AloneJason2002 The Heart of MeAnthony2008It's Better NowTom2011Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2Teddy LupinScenes cut2012All Men's DeadWilliam2012 8 Minutes IdleJonno2012EradicateYoungest son2012Anna KareninaVasily Lukich2012QuartetSimon2013Dance for MeRodney2013Frankenstein's ArmySacha2014Hercules: The Legend BeginsAgamemnon2018Dusty and MeDerek Springfield2018Dead BirdsSaint Sebastian2018FuturesTeddyShortTBALead HeadsFilming
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes2000Thin IceCharlieTelevision film2003–2004My Dad's the Prime MinisterLighthouse2007DoctorsLuke BrownEpisode: "Kiss and Tell"2012SherlockYoung policemanEpisode: "A Scandal in Belgravia"2013LightfieldsHarry Dunn2013Mrs BiggsGordon2013–2014In the FleshKieren Walker2014SuspectsNate Turner2 episodes2015BananaJosh2015From DarknessAnthony Boyce2016To Walk InvisibleGeorge Smith2017Death in ParadiseSteve Thomas2 episodes "Man Overboard"2020 The Singapore GripMonty Blackett6 episodes2022Gentleman JackJohn Harper2 episodes2026 The Hairdresser MysteriesSammy MarigoldEpisode: "The Immortal Mrs Marigold"
Stage +YearTitleVenue2001 The Secret GardenRSC2006God Save The TeenNational Youth Theatre2011The AliensTrafalgar Studios2012Finer Noble GasesTheatre Royal Haymarket2012AntigoneNational Theatre2013A Little Hotel on the SideTheatre Royal Bath2015Teddy FerraraDonmar Warehouse2016The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the ScripturesHampstead Theatre2018MacbethRSC2018The Merry Wives of WindsorRSC
Radio +YearTitleChannel1998 The Greengage SummerBBC Radio 42003Jennings and DarbyshireBBC Radio 42005 The Papers of AJ WentworthBBC Radio 42011Do You Like Banana Comrades?BBC Radio 42015John Gabriel BorkmanBBC Radio 42017Breaking up with BradfordBBC Radio 42017Roderick Hudson (title role)BBC Radio 42018Neil Gaiman’s Norse MythologyBBC Radio 4
Music videos +YearTitleArtist2015"Wherever I Go"Mark Knopfler
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2014 British Academy Television Awards Best Actor In the Flesh 2019 Ian Charleson Awards – Macbeth
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