Lucas York Black is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the CBS television series American Gothic as well as roles in films such as Sling Blade, Jarhead, Friday Night Lights, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Legion, Get Low, All the Pret...
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Breakout Star - Male
Movies
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Furious 7, Sling Blade, Friday Night Lights, Jarhead, Legion, All the Pretty Horses, Crazy in Alabama, Seven Days in Utopia, Cold Mountain, The War, Ghosts of Mississippi, Get Low, The X-Files, Killer Diller, The Miracle Worker, 42, Promised Land, Our Friend, M...
TV Shows
American Gothic, NCIS: New Orleans
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Strong Alabama accent
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Quote
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[on golfing skills in 'Utopia' film] I'm a real golfer. I've had experience playing competitively, and I think it helped tremendously for the role, because there are certain things--the way a golfer carries himself, his demeanor--that it would be hard for an actor to fake.
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If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself. [About turning down a part in The Horse Whisperer (1998) because he was required to change his accent]
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Daughter, Sophie Jo, was born in June 2011.
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Son was born in August 2013.
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Bought a house in Columbia, Missouri after having a role in the indie film Killer Diller (2004) which was filmed 45 minutes outside of Columbia in Fayette. [July 2003]
Acted with Christopher Fennell in three movies: The War (1994), The X Files (1998), and Cold Mountain (2003); both had their acting debuts in The War (1994) with Kevin Costner. In The War (1994), they played the two youngest brothers in a family of bullies, and in The X Files (1998), they played two of the three boys who discovered the black oil. in North Texas; Lucas Black was the one who fell down into the hole.
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