
Luke Grimes
Biography
Luke Timothy Grimes (born January 21, 1984) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as real-life Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee in the acclaimed film American Sniper. He played Christian Grey's brother, Elliot, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), and its sequels, Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). He starred as Kayce Dutton in the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone (2018–2024).
Grimes was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of a Pentecostal pastor. Grimes graduated from Dayton Christian High School in 2002. He moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Grimes has appeared in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, War Eagle, Arkansas, and Assassination of a High School President, which received a limited release in March 2009. He also appeared in the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters as Ryan Lafferty, the illegitimate son of William Walker, patriarch of the show's family. Beginning with Season 4, he became a series regular.
He starred in the 2010 FX movie pilot, Outlaw Country, with Haley Bennett and Mary Steenburgen. Grimes played a cowboy named Eli Larkin. The series was not picked up by FX, but the pilot aired on August 23, 2012, as a television movie. In 2012, he appeared in the Liam Neeson thriller Taken 2 as Neeson's daughter's boyfriend.
Grimes portrayed vampire James Kent in True Blood for six episodes during the show's sixth season but later left the show and was replaced by Nathan Parsons. Reports, confirmed by BuzzFeed, indicated that he quit because he refused to participate in same-sex kissing or sex scenes or to play a character that was attracted to men. Grimes's publicist stated that he departed to pursue other opportunities.
Grimes played United States Navy SEAL Marc Lee, who was killed in action in 2006, in American Sniper (2014). He played Christian Grey's brother, Elliot, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and its sequels, Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). Grimes played Todd Belkin in Freeheld (2015). Since 2018, he has starred alongside Kevin Costner in the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone in the role of Kayce Dutton.
Grimes married Brazilian model Bianca Rodrigues Grimes in November 2018, and the couple had their first child, a son, in 2024. He moved with his family to the Bitterroot Valley of southwestern Montana in 2020.
In January 2024, Grimes released “Burn—Live From Nashville” on Spotify.
On March 8, 2024, Grimes released his self-titled debut album, Luke Grimes.
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Acting History
2026
Y: Marshals as Kayce Dutton
2025Made in Eddington as Self
2025Eddington as Guy Tooley
2023Happiness for Beginners as Jake
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Into the Ashes as Nick Brenner
2018Yellowstone as Kayce Dutton
2018Fifty Shades Freed as Elliot Grey
2017El Camino Christmas as Eric Roth
2017Fifty Shades Darker as Elliot Grey
2016Shangri-La Suite as Jack Blueblood
2016The Magnificent Seven as Teddy
2016Manhattan Undying as Max Garman
2015Forever as Charlie
2015Freeheld as Todd Belkin
2015Fifty Shades of Grey as Elliot Grey
2014American Sniper as Marc Lee
2014Squatters as Michael Silverman
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013Dark Around the Stars as Evan
2013The Wait as Ben
2012Taken 2 as Jamie
2012Outlaw Country as Eli Larken
2011The Light in the Night as Boy
2010Shit Year as Harvey West
2008True Blood as James
2008Assassination of a High School President as Marlon Piazza
2007War Eagle, Arkansas as Enoch
2006Brothers and Sisters as Ryan Lafferty
2006All the Boys Love Mandy Lane as Jake
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1984MTV Video Music Awards as Self









