
Luke Timothy Grimes (born January 21, 1984) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee in the film American Sniper. He played Christian Grey's older 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 television series Yellowstone (2018–2024) and in the CBS series Marshals (2026). Description above from the Wikipedia article Luke Grimes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 21, 1984 (42)
- Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Actor
- 24 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
What are Luke Grimes' films like?
Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 16
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 6 · Dark 9
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 2
Gentle 2 · Charged 11 · Intense 6
Steady 5 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1
Casual 7 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 6
Resolved 13 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 5 of 10 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Enoch in War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)
- Shadowas Marlon Piazza in Assassination of a High School President (2008)
- Shadowas Harvey West in Shit Year (2010)
- Shapeshifteras Charlie in Forever (2015)
- Heroas Max in Manhattan Undying (2016)
- Shadowas Jack Blueblood in Shangri-La Suite (2016)
- Heroas Eric Norris in El Camino Christmas (2017)
- Heroas Nick Brenner in Into the Ashes (2019)
- Allyas Jake in Happiness for Beginners (2023)
- Heroas Kayce Dutton in Marshals (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Luke Grimes' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) · actor · free
- Freeheld (2015) · actor · free
- Squatters (2014) · actor · free
- Shit Year (2010) · actor · free
- Shangri-La Suite (2016) · actor · free
- Forever (2015) · actor · free
- All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) · actor · free
- Manhattan Undying (2016) · actor · free
- Dark Around the Stars (2013) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Luke Grimes' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
27 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Marshals(2026)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Eddington(2025)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Happiness for Beginners(2023)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Into the Ashes(2019)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Yellowstone(2018)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Fifty Shades Freed(2018)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
El Camino Christmas(2017)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Fifty Shades Darker(2017)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Shangri-La Suite(2016)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Magnificent Seven(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Manhattan Undying(2016)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Forever(2015)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Freeheld(2015)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Fifty Shades of Grey(2015)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
American Sniper(2014)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Squatters(2014)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Dark Around the Stars(2013)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Wait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Taken 2(2012)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Outlaw Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Light in the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Shit Year(2010)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
True Blood(2008)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
War Eagle, Arkansas(2007)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Brothers & Sisters(2006)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 27 titles from 2006 to 2026; peak year 2016.
Film career
Peak 2016 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2006Screen debut· All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
- 2016First top-billed film· Manhattan Undying
- 2018Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Yellowstone
- 2019Career best· Into the Ashes
- 2026Best so far· Marshals
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
Awards
Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2022, Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Luke Grimes' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 38th percentile, the median of all 20; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th9
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 24 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser7
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 60/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Luke Grimes' work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Luke Grimes work with?
People who share at least 2 of Luke Grimes' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; E.L. James shares the most, 3.
Directors
- James FoleyShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017)See all 2 shared titles with James Foley

Writers
- E.L. JamesShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with E.L. James

- Niall LeonardShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Niall Leonard
Actors
- Dakota JohnsonShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Dakota Johnson

- Eloise MumfordShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Eloise Mumford

- Jamie DornanShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Jamie Dornan

- Max MartiniShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Max Martini

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Danny ElfmanShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Danny Elfman

- Debra Neil-FisherShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Debra Neil-Fisher

- John SchwartzmanShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017)See all 2 shared titles with John Schwartzman

- Richard Francis-BruceShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Richard Francis-Bruce

Producers
- Dana BrunettiShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Dana Brunetti

- Marcus ViscidiShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Marcus Viscidi

- Michael De LucaShared titles: Fifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Michael De Luca

- Lars KnudsenShared titles: Eddington (2025), Shit Year (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Lars Knudsen





