Luke Tonkin
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Luke Tonkin is an Australia
n actor, who made his professional musical theatre
debut in the Helpmann nominated children's musical My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch and toured the show nationally and playing the role of the Big Bopper in the Australian tour of Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
Luke Tonkin was born in Ballarat on the 4th of March, 1976. He is the second son of Ron and Val Tonkin. His much better looking older brother is Andrew. He also has a younger sister and brother, Kristyn and Dale.
Luke gave up a very promising football career to pursue acting, something greatly encouraged by his father. Beginning in primary school productions, Luke has barely been off the stage his whole life.
He has become a celebrity in his home town of Ballarat due to his work with the Sweet Mona Choir, Entertainers Anonymous and Sovereign Hill. But Luke's proudest moment is yet to be unveiled when he opens the Ron Tonkin Memorial School of the Theatrical Arts in early 2012.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n actor, who made his professional musical theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
debut in the Helpmann nominated children's musical My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch and toured the show nationally and playing the role of the Big Bopper in the Australian tour of Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is a jukebox musical in two acts with a book written by Alan Janes, and music and lyrics by a variety of songwriters. Based on the life and career of early rock and roller Buddy Holly, the musical hews closer to Holly's actual life story than the 1978 film version...
Luke Tonkin was born in Ballarat on the 4th of March, 1976. He is the second son of Ron and Val Tonkin. His much better looking older brother is Andrew. He also has a younger sister and brother, Kristyn and Dale.
Luke gave up a very promising football career to pursue acting, something greatly encouraged by his father. Beginning in primary school productions, Luke has barely been off the stage his whole life.
He has become a celebrity in his home town of Ballarat due to his work with the Sweet Mona Choir, Entertainers Anonymous and Sovereign Hill. But Luke's proudest moment is yet to be unveiled when he opens the Ron Tonkin Memorial School of the Theatrical Arts in early 2012.