Luka Jones

{{Infobox person

| name = Luka Jones

| birthname = Luka Yovetich

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|8|18}}{{cite web|url=http://stevemorse.org/birthday/birthday2.html |title=Obtaining Birthdays in One Step |publisher=Stevemorse.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-09}}

| birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

| education = University of Kansas (BA)
California State University, Los Angeles (MA)
University of Southern California (DPhil)

| occupation = Actor, comedian

}}

Luka Yovetich (born August 18, 1975),{{Cite web |title=Luka Jones |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4678005/ |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} known professionally as Luka Jones,{{cite web|url=http://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/1125/breakout-act/ |title=Breakout Act > News > USC Dornsife |publisher=Dornsife.usc.edu |date= 3 April 2012|accessdate=2012-07-09}} is an American actor and comedian, best known for co-starring in the NBC sitcoms Best Friends Forever and Up All Night.

Early life and education

Jones was born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in the Chicago and Denver metro areas. He graduated from the University of Kansas. He later earned his master's degree in philosophy from California State University, Los Angeles and his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Southern California.{{Cite web|last=Yovetich|first=Luka|date=2013|title=Merely verbal disputes in philosophy|url=http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll3/id/253608|access-date=2020-09-14|website=University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses}} Jones studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He studied improv and has been a regular performer at both I.O. West and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles.

Career

In 2012, Jones co-starred as Joe, one of the lead characters on the short-lived NBC comedy series Best Friends Forever, alongside Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham. Afterwards he joined the cast of NBC's Up All Night as a series regular in its second season, playing the role of Scott, Reagan's (Christina Applegate) younger brother.

Jones joined the ensemble cast of People of Earth in 2016 as Gerry Johnson, "an amiable social dropout, tollbooth worker and enthusiastic expert on all things alien".{{Cite web|last=Patten|first=Dominic|date=2012-07-06|title='Up All Night' Adds Luka Jones|url=https://deadline.com/2012/07/up-all-night-adds-luka-jones-296894/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830012627/http://deadline.com/2012/07/up-all-night-adds-luka-jones-296894/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2014|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Poniewozik|first=James|date=2017-07-23|title=Review: 'People of Earth' Returns for Affectingly Close Encounters|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/23/arts/television/people-of-earth-review.html|access-date=2021-07-24|issn=0362-4331}}