Director Guillermo Del Toro cast Brtish actor Luke Gross, 40, to play Prince Nuada, the villian in the new movie Hellboy II. The film, to be released on Friday July 11 is the second time Del Toro cast Luke Gross in the role of villian. The first time this occured was in his 2002 film Blade II.
Luke Gross began his performing career as part of the 80s boy band, Bros. Bros found success in Britain but quickly lost public appeal. Luke Gross then began his acting career, appearing in stage versions of Grease and Plan 9 from Outer Space. Since then, Gross has appeared in the major motion pictures ZigZag, Bone Dry and Blade II.
Sources: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20211395,00.html?iid=top25-20080710-‘Hellboy+II’+Q%26A%3A+Meet+the+new+nemesis, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331577/