Luke Hawker

Luke Hawker has been working as an Actor, Creature performer, Stunt performer and Special Creature Effects artist for over 25 years.

Luke's movement background spans 3 decades starting as an elite level gymnast and professional dancer in his early years, before focusing towards acting and movement for theater and film. Drawing on these years of performance, martial arts, stunts and movement experience, Luke has performed a multitude of creatures for film and TV including the titular creatures for films KRAMPUS and Netflix's I AM MOTHER.

Working extensively with Weta FX as a Motion capture creature/Stunt performer Luke has worked on a multitude of Hollywood films including The Last of US, Godzilla X KONG, ALIEN ROMULUS, MINECRAFT, and multiple outings in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Luke has also spent years behind the camera with sister company Weta Workshop as senior Effects Artist/Creature and Movement specialist for the multi award winning company.

In recent years Luke has been working as a movement coach, on high level projects such as M3GAN, Kingdom of the PLanet of the Apes, ALIEN EARTH and the just released M3GAN 2.0 where he was also a member of the core stunt team and Martial Arts consultant.

Luke's undying passion and extensive skill base for movement, performance, stunts and specifically creatures, has seen him working and collaborating with some of the biggest names in international filmmaking. Luke's deep passion, years spent onset as an Actor/Stunt Performer as well as a Specialty Costumer, gives him an added edge with the technical and artistic challenges of creating iconic creatures and performances for the screen.

You can catch up with him on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, or find out more about him at https://gcm.co.nz/artists/luke-hawker.

Interview recorded on 2025-11-16.