Luke Newton Trivia | 25 facts about the Bridgerton actor

Luke Newton is an English actor mostly known for his role as Colin Bridgerton in the Netflix series Bridgerton.

Let’s find out more about him!

1. His full name is Luke Paul Anthony Newton.
2. He was born on 5 February 1993.
3. He’s an Aquarius.
4. He is an English actor.
5. He is known for playing Colin, the third Bridgerton child, in the Netflix series Bridgerton.
6. He also had roles in the BBC Two drama The Cut (2009) and the Disney Channel series The Lodge (2016–2017).
7. He is  from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex.
8. He has a younger sister, Lauren.
9. Their parents divorced, and their mother Michelle remarried in 2006.
10. Newton attended St Nicolas and St Mary’s Primary School.
11. He then went to Northbrook College Sussex.
12. He then formed the boy band South 4 with Oli Reynolds (then Evans), Joel Baylis, and Henry Tredinnick.
13. He went on to train at the London School of Musical Theatre.
14. Newton has dyslexia.
15. Newton’s grandfather Ken passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic.
16. His family raised over £3,000 for the Love Your Hospital charity in his name.
17. He made his professional stage debut as an Elder Price understudy in the West End run of The Book of Mormon in 2013.
18. The following year, he appeared in two episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Sam Hern.
19. It was announced in May 2022 that he and Nicola Coughlan would lead the third season.
20. This is a change from Julia Quinn’s Regency romance book series in which their characters lead the fourth novel Romancing Mr. Bridgerton.
21. Bridgerton’s third season is about to premiera on Netflix on May 16.
22. Newton returned to the stage opposite Amber Anderson in the 2023 revival of The Shape of Things at the Park Theatre.
23. Luke Newton is 1.83m tall or 6 feet.
24. Luke Newton appears to be single!
25. He was previously dating West End star Jade Davies until 2023. Before Jade Luke dated his former The Lodge co-star Sophie Simnett until 2018.