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Josh Lucas
Actor, Producer
Born June 20, 1971 (51 years)
Over his career, Josh Lucas has worked with many of the film community's greatest talents. He has starred alongside Jon Voight in Jerry Bruckheimer's Glory Road (2006), for which Lucas added 40 pounds to transform himself into legendary basketball coach Don Haskins. Lucas also starred with Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss in Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006). He starred with Morgan Freeman and Robert Redford in Lasse Hallström's An Unfinished Life (2005). He also starred opposite Jamie Bell in David Gordon Green's Undertow (2004), which was also produced by Terrence Malick. Additionally, Lucas worked alongside Christopher Walken in Around the Bend (2004).
He performed with Jennifer Connelly and Eric Bana in Ang Lee's Hulk (2003). He was in Ron Howard's Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind (2001) with Russell Crowe. Plus, he starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the Walt Disney Company's smash hit Sweet Home Alabama (2002). Other credits include Wonderland (2003), The Deep End (2001), American Psycho (2000), Session 9 (2001), and You Can Count on Me (2000).
Lucas' theater credits include the recent off-Broadway run of "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell"; Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie," which appeared on Broadway in 2005; Terrence McNally's "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theater Club; Christopher Shinn's "What Didn't Happen"; and "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
Lucas recently completed his second collaboration with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns on "The War" (2007). Lucas' other documentary work includes the upcoming Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007), Trumbo (2007), and Resolved (2007). Lucas recently completed his first venture into production with Stolen Lives (2009), in which he plays the single father of a mentally challenged boy. This film is the first project to be produced through Lucas' production company, Two Bridges.
Lucas resides in New York City.
Filmography
| 2022 | Benjamin Franklin (2022) (TV Series) · as William Franklin (voice) |
| 2022 | Long Slow Exhale (TV Series) · as Hilman Ford |
| 2021 | The Forever Purge · as Dylan Tucker |
| 2021 | Hemingway (TV Series) · as The New Republic (voice) |
| 2020 | The Secret: Dare to Dream · as Bray Johnson |
| 2020 | She Dies Tomorrow · as Doc |
| 2019 | Ford v Ferrari · as Leo Beebe |
| 2019 | Breakthrough · as Brian Smith |
| 2018 | Murderous Trance · as Bjørn Schouw Nielsen |
| 2018 | What They Had · as Eddie |
| 2018 | All Square · as Matt |
| 2018 | Yellowstone (2018) (TV Series) · as Young John Dutton |
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America · as David Waters |
| 2017 | Ken Burns: America's Storyteller · as Eugene Sledge |
| 2017 | The Vietnam War (2017) (TV Series) · as Pete Hunting |
| 2017 | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House · as Charlie Bates |
| 2016 | Dear Eleanor · as Frank Morris |
| 2016 | Youth in Oregon · as Danny Engersol |
| 2014 | Little Accidents · as Bill Doyle |
| 2014 | The Mend · as Mat |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Bridge Inspector |
| 2014 | The Mysteries of Laura (TV Series) · as Jake Broderick |
| 2014 | Boychoir · as Gerard |
| 2014 | Against the Odds (TV Series) · as Voice of Eugene Sledge |
| 2013 | Big Sur · as Neal Cassady |
| 2013 | Space Warriors · as Col. Roy Manley |
| 2013 | Wish You Well · as Cotton Longfellow |
| 2012 | Stolen · as Vincent Kinsey |
| 2012 | The Firm (TV Series) · as Mitch McDeere |
| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer · as Ted Minton |
| 2011 | Red Dog · as John |
| 2011 | Ghost of New Orleans · as Ben Chaney |
| 2011 | Hide Away · as Young Mariner |
| 2011 | Prohibition (TV Series) · as Voice (voice) |
| 2011 | J. Edgar · as Charles Lindbergh |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It · as Dr. Sam Nelson |
| 2010 | Shadows & Lies · as Boss |
| 2010 | Peacock · as Officer Tom McGonigle |
| 2010 | Daydream Nation · as Barry Anderson |
| 2009 | Tell Tale · as Terry |
| 2009 | Stolen · as Matthew Wakefield |
| 2009 | The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV Series) · as Reader |
| 2009 | WWII in HD (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | Death in Love · as Elder Son |
| 2008 | Management · as Barry |
| 2007 | The War (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2006 | Poseidon · as Dylan Johns |
| 2006 | Glory Road · as Don Haskins |
| 2005 | An Unfinished Life · as Crane Curtis |
| 2005 | Stealth · as Ben Gannon |
| 2005 | Empire Falls (TV Series) · as Young Max |
| 2004 | Undertow · as Deel Munn |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2004 | Around the Bend · as Jason Lair |
| 2003 | Hulk · as Glenn Talbot |
| 2003 | Secondhand Lions · as Adult Walter |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Wonderland · as Ron Launius |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama · as Jake Perry |
| 2002 | Coastlines · as Eddie Vance |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind · as Martin Hansen |
| 2001 | The Deep End · as Darby Reese |
| 2001 | When Strangers Appear · as Peter |
| 2001 | Session 9 · as Hank |
| 2000 | American Psycho · as Craig McDermott |
| 2000 | The Weight of Water · as Rich Janes |
| 2000 | You Can Count on Me · as Rudy (Kolinski) Sr. |
| 2000 | The Dancer · as Stéphane |
| 1998 | Harvest · as Clay Upton |
| 1997 | Minotaur · as G.R. |
| 1997 | Cracker (US) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | True Blue · as Dan Warren |
| 1996 | Thinner · as Male Nurse |
| 1994 | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (TV Series) · as Luke McGregor |
| 1993 | Class of '61 · as George Armstrong Custer |
| 1993 | Alive · as Felipe Restano |
| 1993 | Father Hood · as Andy |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Child of Darkness, Child of Light · as John L. Jordan III |
| 1990 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) · as Evan |
| 1990 | True Colors (TV Series) · as Jonathan |
| 1989 | Life Goes On (TV Series) · as Dylan |
| 1988 | In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) · as Unknown |