# Luke Goss
**Luke Goss** (full name Luke Damon Goss) is an English actor, director, and musician who was the drummer of the 1980s British pop band [Bros](https://www.edgepedia.org/bros-british-band) and later became a film actor known for playing Jared Nomak in *Blade II* (2002) and Prince Nuada in *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* (2008).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) • [2](https://presshive.uk/features/luke-goss-actor-bros-drummer/) He was born in 1968 in Lewisham, London, to Carol (Read) and Alan Goss, and grew up in [South London](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-london) with his twin brother Matt.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) • [2](https://presshive.uk/features/luke-goss-actor-bros-drummer/) Most databases give his birthday as 1968, although the German film database filmportal.de lists 26 September 1968.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) • [3](https://www.filmportal.de/person/luke-goss_dbbdbb9994af4f7cbe8a771d47931f44)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name and birth | Luke Damon Goss, born 1968 in Lewisham, London[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) • [2](https://presshive.uk/features/luke-goss-actor-bros-drummer/) |
| Bros | Formed in 1986 with twin brother Matt Goss and schoolmate Craig Logan; Luke was the drummer[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/29440/luke-goss) |
| Peak of pop fame | Debut album *Push* (1988) went platinum seven times; the band played Wembley Stadium in August 1989 before about 68,000 fans[5](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/strictly-come-dancing-2022-matt-goss-bros-b2174579.html) • [6](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/signed-sealed-delivered-he-had-it-all-he-lost-it-all-all-that-stops-his-being-the-classic-pop-music-story-is-that-luke-goss-has-lived-to-tell-the-tale-jim-white-talks-to-the-drummer-who-was-bros-1458109.html) |
| End of the band | Bros broke up in 1993, after financial arrangements left the brothers with little from roughly £6 million generated[7](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2012/sep/14/luke-goss-self-image) • [6](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/signed-sealed-delivered-he-had-it-all-he-lost-it-all-all-that-stops-his-being-the-classic-pop-music-story-is-that-luke-goss-has-lived-to-tell-the-tale-jim-white-talks-to-the-drummer-who-was-bros-1458109.html) |
| Screen breakthrough | 2002, in David Goyer's drama *ZigZag* and Guillermo del Toro's *Blade II* as the villain Nomak[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) |
| Signature genre role | Prince Nuada, the antagonist of *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* (2008), which opened at number one at the US box office and earned him two MTV Movie Award nominations[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) |
| Work behind the camera | Directorial debut *Your Move*, a neo-noir he also wrote and produced[8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-your-move-directing-guillermo-del-toro/) |
## Bros and pop stardom
In 1986 Luke Goss teamed up with his twin brother Matt and schoolmate [Craig Logan](https://www.edgepedia.org/craig-logan) to form the British boy band Bros, with Luke on drums.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/29440/luke-goss) The group became a regular presence on British television, magazine covers, and the UK charts in the late 1980s.[9](https://www.cexuk.co.uk/luke-goss/) Their debut album *Push*, released in 1988, went platinum seven times.[5](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/strictly-come-dancing-2022-matt-goss-bros-b2174579.html) In August 1989 the band played [Wembley Stadium](https://www.edgepedia.org/wembley-stadium); Luke Goss later described the show, attended by about 68,000 people, as the moment he believed the band would keep rising, but press coverage of unsold tickets and a negative album review marked the beginning of the decline.[6](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/signed-sealed-delivered-he-had-it-all-he-lost-it-all-all-that-stops-his-being-the-classic-pop-music-story-is-that-luke-goss-has-lived-to-tell-the-tale-jim-white-talks-to-the-drummer-who-was-bros-1458109.html)
**The money problem.** The band's finances collapsed after the split from manager Tom Watkins, whose contract guaranteed him 20 percent of gross earnings. The brothers' 1988 British tour grossed £1,623,600 and cost £1,332,596 to stage; after Watkins's commission of £286,143, £4,860 remained to be split among Luke, Matt, and Craig Logan. Luke Goss said the band generated about £6 million in total and that he and Matt ended up with nothing.[6](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/signed-sealed-delivered-he-had-it-all-he-lost-it-all-all-that-stops-his-being-the-classic-pop-music-story-is-that-luke-goss-has-lived-to-tell-the-tale-jim-white-talks-to-the-drummer-who-was-bros-1458109.html) In a 1997 interview he said he had left the band because he no longer wanted to make music in a pop context, and described a period of free fall afterward in which he recorded a solo album he ultimately chose not to release.[10](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/revelations-i-realised-i-couldn-t-do-acting-on-the-side-1253121.html) The band broke up in 1993.[7](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2012/sep/14/luke-goss-self-image)
## Move into acting
Goss began performing on stage, first in the musical *Plan 9 from Outer Space*, based on [Ed Wood](https://www.edgepedia.org/ed-wood)'s cult film, and then as Danny Zuko in *Grease* on London's West End, later touring with the production around the United Kingdom.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) • [11](https://awsprxdam.crownmediadev.com.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/highRes/648792.pdf) His screen debut came in 2000 as Warwick Locke in the TV movie *The Stretch*.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/29440/luke-goss)
2002 established him as a screen actor with two contrasting roles: Cadillac Tom in David Goyer's independent drama *ZigZag*, alongside [John Leguizamo](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-leguizamo), Wesley Snipes, and others, and the mutant vampire Jared Nomak in [Guillermo del Toro](https://www.edgepedia.org/guillermo-del-toro)'s *Blade II*, opposite [Wesley Snipes](https://www.edgepedia.org/wesley-snipes) and Ron Perlman.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) The following year he took the title role of the British gangster film *Charlie* and played the monster in the Emmy Award-winning Hallmark miniseries *Frankenstein*, with Donald Sutherland and William Hurt.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) In 2005 he traveled to India to play King Xerxes in the biblical epic *One Night with the King*, opposite Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole, and also appeared in *The Man* with Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/)
## Genre films and the del Toro roles
Goss's best-known characters are both villains he played for Guillermo del Toro. In *Blade II* his Nomak is a new form of hybrid vampire called a Reaper who threatens both vampires and humans.[12](https://www.gamesradar.com/best-vampire-movies/) Reviewers noted the unlikely casting of a former boy-band drummer as a tortured antagonist, with one review calling his performance surprisingly strong.[13](https://www.avforums.com/reviews/blade-ii-movie-review.5586/) In 2008 he rejoined del Toro as Prince Nuada, the elven prince and main antagonist of *Hellboy II: The Golden Army*, a role that required prosthetics and physical action work.[14](https://www.superherohype.com/features/95683-luke-goss-is-hellboy-iis-prince-nuada) • [15](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-blade-hellboy-and-death-race-sequels-the-hobbit-and-becoming-a-geek/) The sequel opened at number one at the US box office, and the role brought Goss two MTV Movie Award nominations.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) On Metacritic, *Hellboy II* is his highest-scored film at 78, against a career average of 49 across the eleven films scored on the site.[16](https://www.metacritic.com/person/luke-goss/)
**Franchise and direct-to-video work.** Goss became a regular in action and genre cinema, starring in *Tekken*, based on the video game, and taking over Universal's *Death Race* franchise with *[Death Race 2](https://www.edgepedia.org/death-race-2)* (2010) and later installments.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) • [9](https://www.cexuk.co.uk/luke-goss/) In a 2012 interview he described reaching a point where he could choose his projects, and in a later interview said he had paused filmmaking for about a year and a half after more than fifty movies because he felt producers were using him to fill low-budget slots; he said he then began selecting scripts more carefully.[17](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-interview-with-a-hitman-death-race-inferno-red-widow-and-inside/) • [8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-your-move-directing-guillermo-del-toro/)
## Directing and later career
Goss made his directorial debut with *Your Move*, a slow-burn neo-noir in which he also starred, wrote, and produced, playing a man investigating the disappearance of his wife and daughter in Mexico.[8](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-your-move-directing-guillermo-del-toro/) He has also worked as a producer, including on the 2018 documentary *After the Screaming Stops*, which follows him and Matt through the Bros reunion.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) The documentary won a Bafta and, according to press coverage, was credited with giving the band a renaissance.[5](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/strictly-come-dancing-2022-matt-goss-bros-b2174579.html)
After establishing his acting career, Goss moved to Los Angeles around 2016, taking three or four auditions a day, and in 2020 played the lead in the British Christmas film *The Loss Adjuster*, alongside [Kym Marsh](https://www.edgepedia.org/kym-marsh), Martin Kemp, and Dame Joan Collins.[18](https://news.sky.com/story/luke-goss-on-rebuilding-his-life-kissing-joan-collins-and-feeling-proud-about-bros-again-12147060) His television work includes a role in J.J. Abrams's *Fringe* and the ABC series *Red Widow*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/) • [19](https://spotlightreport.net/featured/on-the-spot-luke-goss-exclusive-interview)
## References
1. [Luke Goss, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/)
2. [Luke Goss: Actor, Bros Drummer, Family and Net Worth, Press Hive](https://presshive.uk/features/luke-goss-actor-bros-drummer/)
3. [Luke Goss, filmportal.de](https://www.filmportal.de/person/luke-goss_dbbdbb9994af4f7cbe8a771d47931f44)
4. [Luke Goss, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/29440/luke-goss)
5. [Matt Goss: Who is the Strictly Come Dancing 2022 contestant and what group was he in?, The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/strictly-come-dancing-2022-matt-goss-bros-b2174579.html)
6. [Signed, sealed, delivered: Jim White talks to the drummer who was Bros, The Independent (1993)](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/signed-sealed-delivered-he-had-it-all-he-lost-it-all-all-that-stops-his-being-the-classic-pop-music-story-is-that-luke-goss-has-lived-to-tell-the-tale-jim-white-talks-to-the-drummer-who-was-bros-1458109.html)
7. [What I see in the mirror: Luke Goss, The Guardian (2012)](https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2012/sep/14/luke-goss-self-image)
8. [Luke Goss interview: Your Move, directing, Guillermo del Toro, Den of Geek (2018)](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-your-move-directing-guillermo-del-toro/)
9. [Luke Goss: Movies, TV Shows, Bros Career, Family, CeX UK](https://www.cexuk.co.uk/luke-goss/)
10. [Revelations; I realised I couldn't do acting on the side, The Independent (1997)](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/revelations-i-realised-i-couldn-t-do-acting-on-the-side-1253121.html)
11. [Luke Goss cast bio (The Creature), Hallmark Media](https://awsprxdam.crownmediadev.com.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/highRes/648792.pdf)
12. [The 25 best vampire movies, GamesRadar](https://www.gamesradar.com/best-vampire-movies/)
13. [Blade II Movie Review, AVForums](https://www.avforums.com/reviews/blade-ii-movie-review.5586/)
14. [Luke Goss is Hellboy II's Prince Nuada, SuperHeroHype (2008)](https://www.superherohype.com/features/95683-luke-goss-is-hellboy-iis-prince-nuada)
15. [Luke Goss interview: Blade, Hellboy and Death Race sequels, Den of Geek (2010)](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-blade-hellboy-and-death-race-sequels-the-hobbit-and-becoming-a-geek/)
16. [Luke Goss, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/luke-goss/)
17. [Luke Goss interview: Interview With A Hitman, Death Race: Inferno, Red Widow and Inside, Den of Geek (2012)](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/luke-goss-interview-interview-with-a-hitman-death-race-inferno-red-widow-and-inside/)
18. [Luke Goss on rebuilding his life, kissing Joan Collins, and feeling proud about Bros again, Sky News (2020)](https://news.sky.com/story/luke-goss-on-rebuilding-his-life-kissing-joan-collins-and-feeling-proud-about-bros-again-12147060)
19. [On The Spot - Luke Goss Exclusive Interview, Spotlight Report](https://spotlightreport.net/featured/on-the-spot-luke-goss-exclusive-interview)
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