Name |
Josh Lucas |
Height |
5' 11½" |
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
20 June 1971 |
Place of Birth |
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA |
Famous for |
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Over his career, Lucas has worked with many of the film community's greatest talents. In the last number of years, he has starred alongside Jon Voight in Jerry Bruckheimer's "Glory Road," 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 Wolfang Petersen's "Poseidon," with Morgan Freeman and Robert Redford in Lasse Hallström's "An Unfinished Life," and opposite Jamie Bell in David Gordon Green's "Undertow," produced by Terrence Malick. Additionally, he starred alongside Christopher Walken in "Around the Bend," with Jennifer Connelly and Eric Bana in Ang Lee's "Hulk," with Russell Crowe in Ron Howard's Oscar-winning "A Beautiful Mind," and opposite Reese Witherspoon in Disney's smash hit "Sweet Home Alabama ." Other credits include "Wonderland," "The Deep End," "American Psycho," "Session 9" and "You Can Count On Me."
Lucas' theatre 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 Theatre Club, Christopher Shinn's "What Didn't Happen," and "The Picture of Dorian Grey."
Lucas recently completed his second collaboration with documentary filmmaker, Ken Burns on "The War." Lucas' other documentary work includes: the upcoming "Operational Homecoming," "Trumbo," and "Resolved."
Lucas recently completed his first venture into production with "The Boy in the Box," 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.