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Luke Farrell Kirby was born in Hamilton, Ontario to two American expatriates who had moved to Canada in 1974 after deciding to get out of New York City and buy a farm with the $500.00 they had saved. Kirby grew up in a rural Ontario setting but showed an interest in acting at a young age and attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montréal. Now based in New York City, Kirby costarred as lawyer Jon Stern in 30 episodes of Rectify between 2013 and 2016. It was SundanceTV’s first original series. No stranger to television, Kirby also played a regular role in The Movie Network’s TV series Slings and Arrows which starred Paul Gross. He plays the recurring role of famous comedian Lenny Bruce on the hit TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which brought him an Emmy Nomination in July 2023.
Also see: Canadians and The Emmy.
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Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Give Me Your Soul (2000)
Lost and Delirious (2001)
Haven (TV-2001)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Luck (2003)
Mambo Italiano (2003)
Shattered Glass (2003)
Window Theory (2004)
The Human Kazoo (2004)
Sex Traffic (TV-2004)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
The Stone Angel (2007)
All Hat (2007)
Labor Pains (2009)
Take This Waltz (2011)
The Samaritan (2012)
The Boston Post (2013, short)
Empire of Dirt (2013)
True Man (2014, short)
Touched with Fire (2015)
Sure Thing (2015, short)
A Dog’s Purpose (2017)
Someone Else’s Wedding (2017)
Little Woods (2018)
Glass (2018)
Percy (2020)
No Man of God (2021)
The Independent (2022)
Boston Strangler (2023)
TV Series – Cast:
Slings & Arrows (2003, mini-series)
Northern Town (2006)
Tell Me You Love Me (2007)
Cra$h & Burn (2009-2010)
Rectify (2013-2016)
Show Me a Hero (2015, mini-series)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017-2023)
The Deuce (2018-2019)
Gossip Girl (2021-2022)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
The Eleventh Hour (2005)
It’s Me Gerald (2005)
Flashpoint (2009)
Law & Order (2009)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2009)
Republic of Doyle (2012)
Elementary (2012)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2012, 2018)
Person of Interest (2013)
Blue Bloods (2013)
The Good Wife (2015)
The Good Fight (2017)
Bull (2017)
Blindspot (2018)
The Twilight Zone (2019)
Tales of the City (2019)
Little Voice (2020)
Panhandle (2022)
The Company You Keep (2023)
Dr. Death (2023)
Podcast Series:
Marvel’s Wastelanders: Doom (2022)
Supreme: The Battle for Roe (2023)
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