Luke Treadaway Biography

Fast Facts

• Won an Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the stage adaptation of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time․"
• Attended Queen Elizabeth's Community College in Crediton
• Once acted in a play in which he had to take his pants of, put on a pair of red heels and a blond wig while covered in condiments and kiss his twin brother as the lights went down
• Formed a band with his twin brother and friends called Lizardsun
• Played scrum half in the Rugby Union team while he was in college
• His first acting experience was playing a daffodil in the village Christmas pantomime of "Little Red Riding Hood․"
• Quote: "Albert and Christopher don't necessarily seem like what you think of when you think of a teenage part․ They're not from young love story․ If I was stuck playing those kind of parts, I think it would annoy me․"
• His breakout role was playing Albert in the original stage production of "War Horse," which went on to the West End and Broadway and eventually was adapted into a Hollywood film
• Played a number of teenage characters, even into his late twenties
• Would love to worth with such British directors as Shane Meadows, Danny Boyle and Ken Loach