Luke Kempner

Luke Garrod Kempner (born 5 June 1987) is an English impressionist, comedian and actor. After appearing in various films and musicals, he established a career in comedy, developing his own stand-up comedy show, and has since appeared as an impressionist on numerous sketch shows including Newzoids, Tracey Ullman's Show (2017), Murder in Successville (2017), Spitting Image (2020–2021), The Last Leg (2021) and Deep Fake Neighbour Wars (2023), as well as appearing regularly on Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2016–2018).

Early and personal life Luke Garrod Kempner was born on 5 June 1987 to Mark and Anna Kempner ( Schneider) in Smallfield, a settlement in Burstow, Surrey, England. He is the younger brother of comedian Sooz Kempner. Kempner attended Burstow Primary School and subsequently Oakwood School in Horley.

Kempner married Alana MacFarlane in 2016 and they have a daughter, born in 2021.

In 2012, he began posting videos of himself impersonating celebrities including Andy Murray and Tom Daley, however it wasn't until his comedy skit Downstairs at Downton, inspired by the characters of the ITV drama Downton Abbey, gained traction on social media and his career as a comedian and impressionist subsequently took off.

In December 2015, Kempner fronted his own ITV2 sketch show Luke Kempner's Impression of 2015, which featured Kempner's various impersonations of celebrities. In 2017, he appeared as various characters in Tracey Ullman's Show and Murder in Successville.

In 2019, he narrated the ITV2 dating series Singletown. In 2020, Kempner appeared as a contestant on the first series of Celebrity Karaoke Club, and finished in third place. Between 2020 and 2021, he provided the voices for the puppets on the revival series of Spitting Image and went on to star in the musical adaption. In 2021, he appeared as various characters in The Last Leg.

In 2022, Kempner toured his new show Macho Macho Man at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which was described as a "deep dive into the thorny issues of modern masculinity" and ranked four out of five stars by The Daily Telegraph. In 2023, Kempner impersonated various celebrities in the ITV2 comedy series Deep Fake Neighbour Wars, before it was announced he would be appearing in the West End production of Les Misérables as Thénardier. He later reprised the role in the 2025 World Arena Concert Tour of the show.

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