Luke Thompson Bio, Bridgerton, Height, Age, Family, Spouse, Net Worth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Transatlantic, Movies, and TV Shows

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Luke Thompson Spouse and Children |Does Luke Thompson Have A Girlfriend?

Thompson manages to keep his marital and relationship status private. He avoids social media because it ruins his attention span and feels sinister, focusing on craft over fame. In 2023, he shared that the more one shares pieces of themselves publicly influences how audiences view and interpret the characters one plays. Instead, he opts to remain an “empty vessel” for roles so that his audience can only see the character, not the celebrity behind it.

Luke Thompson Education

Thompson studied at the Lycée International François-Ier in Fontainebleau, a French school with an Anglophone section, from 1997 to 2005. When he returned to England in 2006, he worked with the Year Out Drama Company in Stratford-upon-Avon for a year. He then studied Drama and English at the University of Bristol. Further, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he graduated in 2013.

Professional Life

Luke Thompson Net Worth

Thompson has garnered a net worth ranging from $1 million to $6 million during his successful career as an actor.

Luke Thompson Career

Thompson became a native French speaker while studying in Fontainebleau. He is also an expert in Italian. He launched his professional theatre career at the Globe Theatre, where he played the role of Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His performance in the play earned him nominations for an Evening Standard Theatre Award and an Ian Charleson Award.

Thompson starred as Will Bennett in the Globe production of Blue Stockings. Further, he played the roles of Mark Antony and Ithocles in the Globe productions of Julius Caesar and The Broken Heart, respectively. He played the role of James in Tiger Country at the Hampstead Theatre, Orestes in Oresteia at the Almeida Theatre, and Laertes in the 2017 production of Hamlet. In 2018, he replaced Jonathan Bailey as Edgar in the West End production of King Lear after Jonathan opted to do the musical Company instead.

Thompson starred as Simon in BBC One’s In the Club from 2014 to 2016. He also served as the narrator for an adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novella The Shepherd for BBC Radio 3. He appeared in his first feature film in 2017, starring as a warrant officer in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk. Further, he played the role of  Peter Hain in Misbehaviour.

2019 to present;

Thompson joined the cast of Netflix’s Bridgerton in 2019. In 2023, he starred as Willem Ragnarsson in the English stage adaptation of A Little Life, starting at the Richmond Theatre in March 2023 before transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre and then the Savoy Theatre. His performance earned him a WhatsOnStage Award and nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award. He also starred as Hiram Bingham IV in Netflix’s Transatlantic.

A January 2024 announcement revealed that Thompson would portray Berowne in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. He appeared in the play between April 11th and May 18, 2024. It was revealed that he would be one of the leads in Bridgerton Season four, reprising his role as Benedict opposite Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek. He appeared in Tim Crouch’s cold-read play “An Oak Tree” at the Young Vic Theatre in London from May 6 to May 17, 2025. He is scheduled to appear in Elsinore, a biographical drama film about Scottish actor Ian Charleson.

Luke Thompson Harriet Cains

Thompson is rumored to be dating Harriet Cains, who plays Philippa Featherington in Bridgerton. Speculations of them dating grew significantly after Bridgerton Season 3, where they were photographed together at events like the BAFTAs. Neither Thompson nor Harriet has officially confirmed or denied the rumors, despite online speculation and paparazzi sightings suggesting they are a couple.

Movies and TV Shows

Luke Thompson Bridgerton

Thompson has played the role of Benedict in Netflix’s Bridgerton since 2020. He joined the cast in 2019 as Benedict, the second-oldest of the 8 Bridgerton siblings. The Bridgerton series is set against the backdrop of the Regency era and narrated by the mysterious gossip columnist, Lady Whistledown. It follows the 8 siblings of the influential Bridgerton family as they navigate London high society in search of love during the highly competitive social season, amidst balls, scandals, and societal pressures.

Benedict has seven siblings: Anthony, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory, and Hyacinth. The fourth season follows Benedict and Sophia Baek(played by Yerin Ha) as the leading protagonists. He meets Sophia at his mother’s masquerade ball and forms an instant connection. After sharing a magical dance with her, Sophia flees at the stroke of midnight, leaving only her glove behind. Captivated by the mysterious “Lady in Silver,” he vows to her. Unbeknownst to him, Sophia works as a servant at her stepmother’s orders after her father died.

Luke Thompson Transatlantic

Thompson played the role of Hiram ‘Harry’ Bingham IV in 6 episodes of Transatlantic. Hiram is the American Vice Consul in Marseille, France, during World War II. He goes against the U.S. State Department policy to help Varian Fry’s Emergency Rescue Committee. In this capacity, he distributes illegal visas, improved internment camps, and hides refugees in his home, helping over 2,500 mostly Jewish intellectuals flee from Nazi-occupied Europe.

Luke Thompson A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Thompson played the role of Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe. Lysander is a young man from Athens who is in love with Hermia, Egeus’s daughter. Egeus disapproves of him, preferring that Hermia marry a man called Demetrius. Lysander and Hermia elope after she is forced to pick between dying, becoming a nun, or marrying Demetrius by the next full moon. However, he falls in love with Helena, Hermia’s friend, when he is put under Puck’s spell after he is mistaken for Demetrius, whom Helena loves.

Luke Thompson Other Films and TV Shows

During his career, Thompson has starred in several movies and TV shows, such as