Lucas Hedges
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.
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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.
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Known for
Shirley
The Premise
French Exit
Let Them All Talk
This Is Our Youth
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Waves
Honey Boy
Ben Is Back
mid90s
Boy Erased
Illegal Civilization 3
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Lady Bird
Pigeonhearts
Manchester by the Sea
Anesthesia
The Slap
Kill the Messenger
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Labor Day
The Zero Theorem
Arthur Newman
Moonrise Kingdom
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Dan in Real Life