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09/05/2019 – Kirby – HBO Presents “The Deuce” Season 3 Premiere – Arrivals – Metrograph – New York City, NY, USA – Photo Credit: Michael Sherer / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Luke Farrell Kirby
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: June 29, 1978
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Irish, possibly other
Luke Kirby is a Canadian-American actor. His roles include the films Lost and Delirious , Halloween: Resurrection , Mambo Italiano , Shattered Glass , Luck (2003), The Greatest Game Ever Played , All Hat , The Stone Angel , Labor Pains , Take This Waltz , The Samaritan , Touched With Fire , A Dog’s Purpose , Another Kind of Wedding , Little Woods , Glass (2019), Boston Strangler (2023), Dark Harvest , Out of My Mind , and Turn Me On ; and the series Slings & Arrows , Tell Me You Love Me , Cra$h & Burn , Rectify , The Astronaut Wives Club , The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel , The Deuce , Little Voice , Gossip Girl , Panhandle , Dr. Death , and Étoile .
He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to parents from New York City, New York, U.S. His mother is from Brooklyn.
Luke’s paternal grandfather was Frederick George Kirby (the son of Hubert Frederick George Distin Kirby and Flora Morry Le Messurier). Frederick was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Hubert was the son of William Kirby, of England, and of Ellen Stevens Shears, who was from Newfoundland. Flora was the daughter of John Henry Le Messurier and Margaret Jane Campbell.
Luke’s paternal grandmother was Stella Evelyn Carter (the daughter of James Reginald Carter and Sarah Burgess). Stella was born on Newell’s Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. James was the son of Saul Carter and Lucy Burry. Sarah was the daughter of James Burgess and Ellen.
Source: Genealogy of Luke’s paternal grandfather, Frederick George Kirby – https://avalonia-hibernia.ca