Luke Grimes has been in the industry for years but he has come even more into the spot after landing the role of Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone.
The 38-year-old Ohio native has impressed fans of the cowboy drama as the youngest son of John Dutton (played by Kevin Costner) on the Paramount series since its 2018 premiere.
“Kayce Dutton, in Yellowstone is a dream. I couldn’t have imagined it better myself than if I sat down and asked, ‘What would be the perfect character to play?’” the actor told As If Magazine in the fall of 2018. “I’m literally playing it.”
“When you’re a little boy and you want to be an actor, what are some things you want to play? A cowboy, a soldier,” the star told Entertainment Tonight about his role in the popular show.
So, who is Luke Grimes and where do you know him from?
Luke Grimes’ Education
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After Luke Grimes graduated from Dayton Christian High School in Dayton, Ohio, in 2002, he moved to New York City to pursue acting. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with the support of his parents.
“My initial plan was to move to L.A., but once my family understood how serious I was about acting, they did what they could to send me to acting school in New York. My parents sacrificed a lot to send me there, and I think that changed my trajectory,” he told As If magazine during an interview for its Fall/Winter 2018 issue. “My training provided me with a good sense of the kind of actor I wanted to be, and the kind of projects I wanted to do.”
Luke Grimes Appeared In Oscar-Nominated Movies And This Raunchy Franchise
Luke Grimes landed his first movie role in 2006 as Jake in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. In 2012, he appeared in the Liam Neeson thriller Taken 2 as Neeson’s daughter’s boyfriend.
He played real-life Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee in the acclaimed film American Sniper. He also played Christian Grey’s brother, Elliot, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey and its sequels, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed.
Luke Grimes’ Other TV Shows
His first TV role was playing Ryan Lafferty on Brothers & Sisters from 2009 to 2010.
He starred in the 2010 FX movie pilot, Outlaw Country, alongside Haley Bennett and Mary Steenburgen. The series was not picked up by FX, but the pilot aired on August 23, 2012, as a television movie. It may not have been a long-lasting role, but it did give him a taste of cowboy life.
The Controversial Reason Luke Grimes Left True Blood
Luke Grimes portrayed James in True Blood for six episodes during the show’s sixth season, but later left the show. Some rumors suggested he quit because he refused to film same-sex kissing or sex scenes. Grimes’s publicist stated that he left “due to the creative direction of the character.”
A source close to the show confirmed to Buzzfeed that Grimes asked the writers to change the storyline so that his relationship with Lafayette would be one-sided. The actor Nelsan Ellis (who played Lafayette) spoke to Vulture about his thoughts, saying “I’m over him. You quit your job because you don’t want to play a gay part? […] you make a statement, a big statement, when you go, ‘I don’t want to play this part because it’s gay.'”
Ellis felt Grimes’ on-set behavior was offensive to the show’s creator, “I’m supposed to do what my boss tells me to do, as an actor. I can’t approach a character with judgment. I certainly can’t tell my boss, ‘I can act what I want to act, but not what you tell me to act.'”
Luke Grimes Was A Guitarist
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Luke Grimes recently revealed that after he moved from Ohio to New York City to study, he got a guitar and started teaching himself how to play.
“It’s been a part of my life ever since. If I have an acting gig, I always have a guitar. And not just because I’m working on an album. It’s always been a little buddy that I can take around anywhere. It’s somewhere to put some of that energy when you’re in a new place and don’t know what else to do.”
Luke Grimes Is A Country Musician
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Before finding success playing Kayce Dutton in Yellowstone, Luke Grimes was a drummer in an LA-based country band. In December 2022, he launched his debut single “No Horse To Ride” and has officially signed with Universal Music Group Nashville with a debut album in the works.
“I hate this word, but the ‘secular’ music that I was allowed to listen to as a kid was Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash,” Grimes told Rolling Stone, explaining his musical influences growing up as a pastor’s son. “That’s the stuff my dad grew up on in the Appalachian Mountains. When he didn’t have to be a pastor, he was playing that sort of folk and country-rock.”
Luke Grimes Is Married To A Model
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Luke Grimes married Brazilian model Bianca Rodrigues in November 2018. They started dating around 2016, according to her social media. While Luke and Bianca do not currently have any children, they have two adorable Bengal cats named Buck and Zelda.
He previously dated Gillian Zinser, who played Ivy Sullivan on 90210 and recently appeared in horror movie Smile. In 2013, he was spotted with Charlize Theron, but any rumors of romance were debunked.
Luke Grimes Owns An Airstream
After living in L.A. for 16 years, Luke Grimes and his wife, Bianca, moved to Austin during the pandemic before taking off on a two-month adventure in a 2013 Airstream to assorted national parks.
“I told my wife, ‘If you see a place you like, we can think about moving there,’” Grimes revealed. “As soon as we parked in Montana, she said, ‘This place, obviously.’”
The one thing he misses about city living? “You can’t get anything delivered. There’s no Postmates out here.”