Tony was born to Luke Kocherry and Thresia Kocherry on 10 November 1985, at Kochi, Kerala in India. He is an IT engineering graduate from the PES University in Bangalore and a post-graduate in International Business Administration (IBA) from Regent's Business School London. He was active in Sports, winning Sportsman of the Year throughout his schooling years and captaining his school's cricket team in Kerala. He led an under-age rookies from his school, The Choice School, Ernakulam, to their maiden inter-school district cup in 1997.
He started modeling at the age of 19 in Bangalore while in college and was the only male model from South India to be selected for the Lakme Fashion Week held in New Delhi from a nationwide audition. In 2005, he debuted as an international model represented by Major Model Management in Milan, Italy. He attained this representation from a few Polaroid clicked of himself, as during those days, there were no agencies or worldwide magazines such as GQ in India. In 2008, he became one of the only 3 Indian male Models ever at that time to have walked a show for major Italian brand Krizia Uomo Menswear in Milan Fashion Week 2007 and the only one to be signed exclusively by the brand for the event. He is also the only male model in India to have shot for GQ India consecutively for 3 months of June, July and August in 2010. He is considered amongst the top male Models of India. He is a veteran of TV and print ads, and has also featured in music videos.
From this experience, Tony Luke discovered that he enjoyed performing to a live audience. In 2014, he played a minor role in an experimental short film named Karma Cartel, which went on to win awards and honors in various film festivals across the globe.
He made his film debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film Oozham directed by Jeethu Joseph and starring Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead. He was chosen from 3000 actors. Tony's performance met with critical acclaim for his portrayal of the 25 year old character Andrew Wilfred-Marcus, in the reviews from The Times of India, Deccan Chronicle, and Malayala Manorama among others. After the success of Oozham, Tony played the role of the antagonist in the political thriller Sakhavu (2017) directed by Sidhartha Siva, starring Nivin Pauly in lead. Tony received positive reviews for his portrayal of the sadistic, cruel 40-year-old character of a manager who enslaves workers on the tea estates of pre-independent India.
Tony made his film debut in 2016 with the Malayalam film Oozham in a supporting role. He is also known for his antagonistic role in Sakhavu (2017).
His upcoming releases are the 2017 film Naam, a campus story, where he plays a 22-year-old, and a 30-year-old computer geek in Aadhi (2018), directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Pranav Mohanlal in the lead.
