Robert Dukes

**NEW HEADSHOTS** Whenever I get new headshots the one thing I want is that they are a true representation of me. Well we achieved that in spades @yellowbellyphoto , thanks for a super relaxed but engaging shoot with Sam, who really put me at ease as we chatted our way through these looks. Cheers guys, now to put these to good use… #actor #headshots #yellowbelly #me

It’s a great day when you get footage back from projects you had loads of fun on! No Warhol yet as that’s still on its festival run (next at @londoniff on 26th April!) but soon! For now though here’s a short snippet of what I’ve been up to recently… Clip 1: Higgins - Frankenstein Legacy - dir: @paul_dudbridge Clip 2: Dad - Tackling - dir: @gillian.harker Clip 3: Nolan Bushnell - The Toys That Built America - dir #nickwhite Clip 4: Captain Phillips - The Sikh Soldier - dir @_joseph_archer_ & @skycheema Clip 5: Damien - KIN - dir: @jameswaterhouse Thank you to everyone who helped bring these projects to life. It’s a joy to be part of every single one of them. #actor #work #period #ww1 #postapocalyptic #rugby #atari

We just found out that not only did Windswept win Best Short Drama at @folkestonefilmfest but @mrrobertdukes and I jointly won Best Performance! What a way to end the week! Thank you so much to the jury and to our fabulous director @lukemorduefilm #filmfestival #awardwinning #bestperformance

“The one that got away” Sometimes everyone can do everything right and things still don’t go the way you expect. Onwards and upwards. No Way Back was a hell of a story, I’ve had part of it in my reel previously and I’m proud of the work we all created. #film #british #american

After our win of 'Best Drama' last week at the @londonfilmclubuk , I've just been informed we will now also be screening at the @bedfordindependentfilmfestival in April. It feels good to be making films again, and I'm so glad people are enjoying them. Written, Produced, & Directed by @lukemorduefilm Starring @aislinndeath & @mrrobertdukes Cinematography by @aj_esq Sound by @omarihomework Music by @billy.jupp BTS photography by @rakelle.jpg Sound Design by @ef.stavropoulos Script Supervisor @sophie.teakle #shortfilm #filmfestival #drama #filmmaking

And that’s @bansko.official for this year. What an incredible place!! So proud of my brother, @mrrobertdukes for keeping at it and having it click!! :D you’ll be soaring down in no time! Definitely returning! Next up, Japan ;)

Throwback to the other month shooting a commercial for the Women’s Super League Football. Shout out if you’ve seen it! Had loads of fun working alongside the actress playing my daughter for the day. #onset #actor #commercial

Constantly practising accents and this one is no exception! Thank you to the people I’ve studied with @csteg and @ljvoicecoach on several accents, they are both brilliant! Also huge thank you to my buddy @cedricgegel who regularly gets calls and notes from me wanting to check pronunciations for American and of course my wife @aislinndeath who has a superb US accent, so good in fact that when she did her native accent in a game people thought THAT was the fake accent. Thank you all! Constant work in progress and loads of fun to boot! #accentwork #generalamerican #actor

A wonderful, playful evening playing the Ghost of Niccolò Paganini as part of the @white_horse_festival at @wickbottombarn last week. Thank you for having me! It was an honour to open the evening for @seonghyeon.leem before she took to the keys and mesmerised everyone with her beautiful performance. #theatre #actor #classicalpiano #music

A little insight into some recent tapes :) enjoyment in every single one. As someone once said to me “my job is to go in and present what I do and leave. It’s not my job to get a job…” thanks to everyone who helped with these or others! It’s really appreciated! @pip.maguire @cedricgegel @aislinndeath @themrpalma 😅#selftapes #castings #actor

A clip from my proof-of-concept short film ‘Windswept’. In lockdown, I wrote a feature-length screenplay. With its genre being drama, it was a whole new task for me, but I thoroughly enjoyed creating these two complex characters as they balanced their toxic relationship. In the final scene, the characters finally unpack everything, scattering around the house in a 20-minute intense scene that would require careful blocking and powerful performance. I knew deep down this film would likely never get made, but I found the whole process so cathartic that I took that final scene, cut about 10 pages of it (with unneeded context that would only make sense at the end of a feature film), gathered some friends, and we spent a long Saturday shooting this trimmed scene back in February. Amongst these were the incredible, real-life couple, @aislinndeath & @mrrobertdukes who brought so much to the characters, delving into what they recognised and knew, and unpacking a relationship that did not hold the strength and teamwork they had managed to maintain. @aj_esq came on as our DoP, and although he was given an extremely difficult task in an extremely short period of time (ended up being a 15-minute short shot in 9 hours), he did an absolutely great job of making it look beautiful, but also raw and real. Then there are those who came to help, covering several tasks at once, and being an absolute dream, each of whom contributed to the intense, but ultimately extremely enjoyable day. @rakelle.jpg @sophie.teakle @omarihomework @lu_sz @jaysweeneyetc It was one of my favourite days of the year, and I can’t wait to do it again. For now though, enjoy this 2-minute clip from the film. Written & Directed by Me.

Some BTS from a great shoot with great people this week. A few tagged here but so many more that I’m not connected with yet. #commercial #france #familyman