Ned Luke

Ned Luke is proof that a single role can redefine a long career. He'd already logged 29 films and TV shows plus over a hundred commercials, the kind of steady working-actor resume most people never notice, and then Michael De Santa in Grand Theft Auto V made him iconic to a generation of gamers. I love that arc. Reprising the part in 2025 shows the character stuck. To me he's a reminder that voice and motion-capture work can outlast almost anything on screen, and that recognition sometimes arrives decades into the grind.

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Name (English)

Ned Luke

Name (Japanese)

ネッド・ルーク

Reading

ねっど・るーく

Born

October 4, 1958 (age 68)

Origin

Danville, Illinois, United States

Occupation

actor / voice actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

High school

Danville High School

University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Xhttps://x.com/ned_luke
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned%20Luke
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18361225

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• voice actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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