| Luke O'Loughlin | |
| Birth Date: | 1985 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Luke O'Loughlin (born 23 December 1985) is an Australian musician and former actor.
O'Loughlin was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to former model Tanya Powell of Tanya Powell Model Agency,[1] and is a graduate of University Senior College.[2]
O'Loughlin is best known as the star of the ABC children's TV show, Chuck Finn, where he played a Canadian child who moved to Australia where he discovers a paddle steamer occupied by ghosts.[3]
In 2002, O'Loughlin won an Australian Film Institute Best Young Actor nomination for Escape of the Artful Dodger.
Currently O'Loughlin is the lead vocalist and keyboardist in the Australian band I Know Leopard,.[4] He was formerly the lead vocalist of New Navy, and the drummer of the Sydney punk outfit These New South Whales.
O'Loughlin has also co-written with other artists, such as Foster The People and electronic duo The Knocks on their 2020 single ‘All About You’.[5]
Growing up O'Loughlin listened to his parents’ ELO, 10cc and Alan Parsons Project records on repeat, which has inspired some of his work with I Know Leopard.[6]
O'Loughlin was previously in a relationship with Rosie Fizgerald, the bassist from I Know Leopard.