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Sporting the golden-boy glow of Robert Redford and the maxillofacial structure of Kirk Douglas, Luke Barnett was one of the great movie heartthrobs of the 1990s and early 2000s. Barnett grew up in Missouri and studied journalism in college before dropping out to become an actor. He scored as the sexy scoundrel hitchhiker in the 1991 movie Thelma and Louise, a small role that nonetheless catapulted him to leading man status.
Soon known as a movie star who didn't always take the starring role, Barnett co-starred in Anne Rice's Interview With A Vampire (1994), in Twelve Monkeys (1995) and in The Devil's Own (1997). His other films have included: Se7en (1995), the brutal urban psychodrama Fight Club (1999), and Spy Game (2001); the spoofy ensemble film Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequel Ocean's Twelve (2004); and the big-budget star vehicles Troy (2004) and Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005).
Luke transformed himself into an 85 year man, and then back to a 17 year
old boy for a oscar nominating performance in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and into a 1940's nazi killer in Quentin Tarantino's newest film, Inglorious Basterds (2009). Angelina Jolie recently gave birth to the couples 5th and 6th child in France.
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