Luke Grimes

Luke Grimes

Luke Timothy Grimes (born January 21, 1984) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as real-life Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee in the acclaimed film American Sniper. He played Christian Grey's brother, Elliot, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), and its sequels, Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). He starred as Kayce Dutton in the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone (2018–2024). Grimes was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of a Pentecostal pastor. Grimes graduated from Dayton Christian High School in 2002. He moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Grimes has appeared in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, War Eagle, Arkansas, and Assassination of a High School President, which received a limited release in March 2009. He also appeared in the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters as Ryan Lafferty, the illegitimate son of William Walker, patriarch of the show's family. Beginning with Season 4, he became a series regular. He starred in the 2010 FX movie pilot, Outlaw Country, with Haley Bennett and Mary Steenburgen. Grimes played a cowboy named Eli Larkin. The series was not picked up by FX, but the pilot aired on August 23, 2012, as a television movie. In 2012, he appeared in the Liam Neeson thriller Taken 2 as Neeson's daughter's boyfriend. Grimes portrayed vampire James Kent in True Blood for six episodes during the show's sixth season but later left the show and was replaced by Nathan Parsons. Reports, confirmed by BuzzFeed, indicated that he quit because he refused to participate in same-sex kissing or sex scenes or to play a character that was attracted to men. Grimes's publicist stated that he departed to pursue other opportunities. Grimes played United States Navy SEAL Marc Lee, who was killed in action in 2006, in American Sniper (2014). He played Christian Grey's brother, Elliot, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and its sequels, Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). Grimes played Todd Belkin in Freeheld (2015). Since 2018, he has starred alongside Kevin Costner in the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone in the role of Kayce Dutton. Grimes married Brazilian model Bianca Rodrigues Grimes in November 2018, and the couple had their first child, a son, in 2024. He moved with his family to the Bitterroot Valley of southwestern Montana in 2020. In January 2024, Grimes released “Burn—Live From Nashville” on Spotify. On March 8, 2024, Grimes released his self-titled debut album, Luke Grimes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luke Grimes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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TV Series

True Blood

True Blood

7.617
Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters

7.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.5
Yellowstone

Yellowstone

8.25
The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.422
LIVE with Kelly and Mark

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

5.5
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.853
Honest Trailers

Honest Trailers

6.5
Y: Marshals

Y: Marshals

0

Movies

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

5.562
Happiness for Beginners

Happiness for Beginners

6.146
War Eagle, Arkansas

War Eagle, Arkansas

8
Taken 2

Taken 2

6.361
Outlaw Country

Outlaw Country

6
Shit Year

Shit Year

4.7
The Wait

The Wait

4.325
Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades of Grey

5.9
Squatters

Squatters

6
American Sniper

American Sniper

7.42
Freeheld

Freeheld

7.2
Shangri-La Suite

Shangri-La Suite

5.8
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

6.462
Dark Around the Stars

Dark Around the Stars

5.5
Forever

Forever

5.864
Fifty Shades Darker

Fifty Shades Darker

6.483
Fifty Shades Freed

Fifty Shades Freed

6.694
Manhattan Undying

Manhattan Undying

4.71
Assassination of a High School President

Assassination of a High School President

5.7
El Camino Christmas

El Camino Christmas

5.566
The Light in the Night

The Light in the Night

0
Into the Ashes

Into the Ashes

5.013
Eddington

Eddington

0