Lucas Black
- Birthday
- Nov 29, 1982
- Birthplace
- Speake, Alabama, USA
Bio: Though he has proven to be a natural, allegedly Lucas Black's ambition is not to be an actor when he grows up. Born and raised in Alabama, Black became a professional actor when an open casting call landed him a bit part in Jon Avnet's The War (1994). After starring on TV's American Gothic (1995), Black definitively caught the audience's attention with his pivotal… More Bio: Though he has proven to be a natural, allegedly Lucas Black's ambition is not to be an actor when he grows up. Born and raised in Alabama, Black became a professional actor when an open casting call landed him a bit part in Jon Avnet's The War (1994). After starring on TV's American Gothic (1995), Black definitively caught the audience's attention with his pivotal role in Billy Bob Thornton's award-winning drama Sling Blade (1996). Resisting child actor treacle, Black turned in a genuinely charming and moving performance as the young boy who befriends Thornton's mentally challenged ex-con. Despite the acclaim, however, Black opted to stay home in Alabama rather than go Hollywood. Black continued to act throughout his high school years, playing supporting roles in the racial drama Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) and the big-screen version of The X-Files (1998), and starring in the TV movie Flash (1997) and as the politically aware Peejoe in Crazy in Alabama (1999). In Thornton's second directorial effort All the Pretty Horses (2000), Black's performance as the young drifter who gets Matt Damon into trouble once again revealed his ability to hold his own against -- indeed outshine -- Hollywood's best. Black, however, has asserted that his ultimate goal is to become a professional fisherman. High profile roles as everything from a piano savant in Killer Diller to a high school football star in Friday Night LIghts and a fresh-faced Marine in Jarhead proved without question that Black had the acting range needed to craft and impressive and enduring career, and in 2006 Black put the peddle to the metal as a troubled teen whose trip to Tokyo finds him mastering the art of the drift in the adrenaline-charged sequel The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Filmography
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42 (2013)
- Pee Wee Reese
- 77%
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Promised Land (2012)
- Paul Geary
- 51%
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Seven Days In Utopia (2011)
- Luke Chisolm
- 14%
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Get Low (2010)
- Buddy
- 85%
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Legion (2010)
- Jeep Hanson
- 20%
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Lucas Black Videos
Legion
3 minutes 33 seconds
The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift
2 minutes 4 seconds
Get Low
2 minutes 5 seconds
Friday Night Lights
1 minutes 32 seconds
Jarhead
2 minutes 8 seconds
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