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21 Facts About Luke Treadaway

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Luke Antony Newman Treadaway was born on 10 September 1984 and is a British actor.

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Luke Treadaway won an Olivier Award for Best Leading Actor for his performance as Christopher in the National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2013.

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Luke Treadaway has been nominated for an Evening Standard Theatre Award.

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Luke Treadaway is the twin brother of actor Harry Treadaway.

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Luke Treadaway's father is an architect and his mother a primary school teacher.

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Luke Treadaway's first acting role was playing a daffodilin the village Christmas pantomime Little Red Riding Hood, while his father was the Big Bad Wolf in the same production.

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Luke Treadaway was in the ensemble for a production of Murder in the Cathedral.

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Luke Treadaway played Barry Howe, the band's singer, and his brother Harry played Tom Howe, the guitarist and songwriter.

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Luke Treadaway appeared as a 14-year-old Theo in the hard-hitting Channel 4 drama Clapham Junction.

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Luke Treadaway made his stage debut in Saint Joan at the Royal National Theatre, followed by playing Albert in the original production of War Horse at the same venue.

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Luke Treadaway played Allan in Amanda Dalton's adaptation of Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari on Radio 3 and Albert in John Tams' adaptation of War Horse for BBC Radio 2 on 8 November 2008.

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Luke Treadaway spent November 2009 in Romania filming The Whistleblower with Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave and Monica Bellucci.

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Luke Treadaway played Prokopion in the 2010 film Clash of the Titans.

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Luke Treadaway played Lee in Philip Ridley's Heartless, starring Jim Sturgess and Noel Clarke, released in May 2010.

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Luke Treadaway appeared in Killing Bono, starring Ben Barnes and Pete Postlethwaite.

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Luke Treadaway had a leading role in the independent Scottish film You Instead, which was filmed at T in the Park 2010.

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Luke Treadaway filmed Late Bloomers with William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini.

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Luke Treadaway starred in Attack the Block, a Film Four production, alongside John Boyega, Nick Frost and Jodie Whittaker.

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Luke Treadaway directed a music video for girl band Boxettes, whose lead singer Bellatrix comes from Sandford.

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On 28 April 2013 Luke Treadaway won the Laurence Olivier Award for best actor for his performance in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which by winning seven Oliviers equalled Matilda the Musical's record win in 2012.

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Luke Treadaway is the twin brother of the actor Harry Luke Treadaway.