Luke Farrell Kirby was born on June 21, 1978 in Hamilton, Ontario to his mother who is from Brooklyn, New York and his father who is from eastern seacoast. Kirby’s parents moved from New York City, New York, to Canada in 1974 where Kirby was born and spent most of her childhood.

Kirby went on to attend Chatham South School and then studied drama at the National Theatre School of Canada, which focuses mostly on classical work. He then graduated in May 2000. Kirby was very interested in acting thus he went on to pursue his acting career. Kirby began receiving roles as teens after he was accepted at The National Theatre School of Canada. Kirby only gave two auditions and then began working on two separate projects, the CBS/Alliance mini-series titled Haven and Lost and Delirious, in both of which he was given a major role. He has been seen in movies like Mambo Italiano, Shattered Glass, The Greatest Game Ever Played, All Hat, The Stone Angel, Take This Waltz, Labour Pains, Fury, Empire of Dirt and very recently, Mania Days.  Kirby has also been seen as character Jack Crew in seven episodes of Sling and Arrows, eight episodes of Tell Me You Love Me as character Hugo and thirteen episodes of Crash and Burn as Jimmy Burn. He has also acted in an episode of TV series such as Sex Traffic, The Eleventh Hour; It’s Me…Gerald, Flash Point, Law & Order, Law & order: Criminal Intent, Elementary, Rectify, Blue Bloods. More recently he has been seen in the miniseries Show Me A Hero as Edwin E. McAmis.

Luke married actress Alison Elliot in 27 October 2012. Elliot is 8 years older than Kirby. The couple however broke up and had a divorce. Luke then began dating fashion designer girlfriend Andrea Sarrubi. The couple dated for a long time and then had a break up. Luke is currently said to be having an affair with co-star Katie Holmes. The couple had been working together on Mania Days. Luke has not confirmed nor denied to the rumor. Katie and Luke were seen having dinner in Big Apple and they are often seen holding hands in public.

Luke is currently 37 years old and stands tall at the height of 6 feet 4 inches. Luke is currently represented by Kishwar Iqbal of Gary Goddard Agency based in Canada and Gene Parseghian at Parseghian Planco and The Gersh Agency based in NYC. His net worth is estimated to be $10 million which explains his huge salary. Till date he has been nominated for many awards like Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny Performance and Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series.