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Luijkx grew up in Oerle, near Veldhoven. In high school, he showed interest in theater, so he ended up at the Theatre Foundation Plan in Eindhoven, a project where professional theater directors to amateurs have a chance to gain experience. After high school, he went in 2004 to Maastricht Theatre Academy, where he graduated in 2008.
After a small role in the television series Battlestar Galactica in 2008 and a supporting role in the series S1NGLE, he was cast as one of the main characters in A'dam - EVA, a collaboration between the VARA, the NTR and VPRO. In May 2011, he played with Toneelgroep Maastricht together with Reinier Demeijer. This critically acclaimed musical theater production will end August 2011[needs update] in reprise during the Cultura Nova festival in Heerlen.