Lucas Hedges

Lucas Hedges

  • Birthday: 1996-12-12
  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Biography

Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor. A son of filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Hedges began his acting career with a supporting role in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama Moonrise Kingdom (2012). He had his breakthrough in 2016 playing a sardonic teenager in Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hedges then starred as an aggressive youth in an off-Broadway production of Yen and had supporting roles in the coming-of-age film Lady Bird and the drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in 2017. In 2018, Hedges played the lead role of a teenager forced into a gay conversion therapy program in Boy Erased, which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. He also made his Broadway debut in a revival of Lonergan's drama The Waverly Gallery in the same year. In 2023, he starred in a West End theatre production of Brokeback Mountain. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucas Hedges, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Boy Erased

2018

As Jared Eamons

Pigeonhearts

2017

As Eli

Manchester by the Sea

2016

As Patrick Chandler

Ben Is Back

2018

As Ben Burns

Honey Boy

2019

As Otis Lort (22 years old)

French Exit

2021

As Malcolm Price

Let Them All Talk

2020

As Tyler Hughes

This Is Our Youth

2020

As Warren Straub

Arthur Newman

2012

As Kevin Avery

mid90s

2018

As Ian

The Zero Theorem

2013

As Bob

Shirley

2024

As Robert Gottlieb

Lady Bird

2017

As Danny O'Neill

Waves

2019

As Luke

Moonrise Kingdom

2012

As Redford

Labor Day

2013

As Richard

Kill the Messenger

2014

As Ian Webb

Dan in Real Life

2007

As Lilly's Dance Partner

Anesthesia

2016

As Greg

The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

As Pump Attendant

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