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Lucas Hedges | |
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 Hedges in 2017 | |
| Born | December 12, 1996[1] New York City, U.S. |
| Education | University of North Carolina School of the Arts |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Parent | Peter Hedges (father) |
| Awards | Full list |
Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor.[2][3] 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 as Ennis Del Mar in a West End theatre production of Brokeback Mountain.
- ^ "Lucas Hedges". Playbill. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ Hedges, Peter (January 1, 1999). Baby Anger. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. p. 3. ISBN 9780822216377. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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- ^ Sacks, Ethan (October 26, 2007). "Interview of Peter Hedges for his film Dan in Real Life". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015.