Biography
Who is Lucas Hedges?
Early Life and Education
Lucas Hedges was born on December 12, 1996, in Brooklyn, United States. He grew up in Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill as the second of two boys born to poet and actress Susan Bruce and filmmaker Peter Hedges. His paternal grandfather was an Episcopal minister, while his maternal grandparents worked in television and theatre respectively. As a child, he frequently visited his father's film sets and made an uncredited appearance as an extra in the 2007 film Dan in Real Life.
He attended Saint Ann's School in New York and later studied theatre at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts from 2015 to 2016. In addition, he graduated from the Cherubs Theatre Program at Northwestern University's National High School Institute. During a middle school play production, a casting director spotted him and secured his first major film role.
Breakthrough and Early Film Roles
Lucas began his professional acting career with a supporting role as Redford in Wes Anderson's 2012 comedy-drama Moonrise Kingdom. Following this debut, he appeared in small roles across several films, including Arthur Newman, Labor Day, and The Zero Theorem. In 2014, he played a minor part in The Grand Budapest Hotel and portrayed the son of Jeremy Renner's character in Kill the Messenger.
His major career breakthrough occurred in 2016 when he starred as Patrick Chandler in Kenneth Lonergan's independent drama Manchester by the Sea. Playing a sixteen-year-old coping with the death of his father alongside Casey Affleck, he earned widespread critical praise. This performance secured him a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Stage Career and Major Film Releases
Following his film success, Lucas made his stage debut in 2017 as the lead in the off-Broadway play Yen at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. His intense portrayal of an aggressive teenager earned him a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Debut Performance. That same year, he also took on supporting roles in two critically acclaimed films, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird and Martin McDonagh's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
In 2018, he starred in three distinct films. He played a bully in Jonah Hill's directorial debut Mid90s and took on the lead role in Boy Erased as a teenager forced into conversion therapy, earning a Golden Globe nomination. He also starred opposite Julia Roberts in Ben Is Back and made his Broadway debut in a revival of The Waverly Gallery. His later projects included roles in Honey Boy, Waves, French Exit, and a 2023 West End production of Brokeback Mountain.
Birthday and age
Lucas Hedges was born on December 12, 1996, which makes Lucas 29 years old today. That birthday falls under the Sagittarius sign. Lucas shares the date with 23 other famous people.
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