Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer was born on June 20,1971 and is an American actor.
30 Facts About Josh Lucas
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Josh Lucas is best known for his roles in various films, including American Psycho, You Can Count on Me, The Deep End, A Beautiful Mind, Sweet Home Alabama, Hulk, An Unfinished Life, Glory Road, Poseidon, Life as We Know It, The Lincoln Lawyer, Red Dog, J Edgar, The Mend, Breakthrough, Ford v Ferrari, and The Forever Purge.
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Josh Lucas has appeared in television series such as The Firm, The Mysteries of Laura, and Yellowstone.
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Lucas was born Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer on June 20,1971, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Michele, a nurse midwife, and Don Maurer, an ER doctor.
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Josh Lucas attended Kopachuck Middle School and graduated from Gig Harbor High School in 1989, where he acted in high school plays.
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Josh Lucas began his career when he was 19, having moved to Hollywood after his high school graduation.
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Josh Lucas appeared as a guest star on several TV sitcoms in his early 20s, including Fox's True Colors and Parker Lewis Can't Lose, the family drama Life Goes On, and CBS's private-eye show Jake and the Fatman.
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Josh Lucas followed this appearance by working with executive producer Steven Spielberg and then-unknown actor Clive Owen in the TV-movie Class of '61, which follows the stories of a group of West Point cadets in 1861 as the Civil War breaks out.
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Josh Lucas appeared in all 13 episodes of the first season, but claimed in a later interview that despite the friendly environment, he was homesick for the United States, and his character was killed off in the second episode of season 2.
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Josh Lucas followed that with relatively small roles in the dramas Minotaur and Harvest.
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Josh Lucas appeared as an American businessman in Jule Gilfillan's romantic comedy-drama Restless.
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Josh Lucas appeared in an off-Broadway production of Terrence McNally's controversial Corpus Christi, a retelling of the Passion, with the Jesus character and his disciples all being gay.
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Right before the play was to open, Josh Lucas was mugged and beaten on his way to the theater for dress rehearsal.
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Josh Lucas played the role of Judas with bloody bandages across his broken nose and black eyes.
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Josh Lucas gained mainstream exposure after his roles in Sweet Home Alabama, A Beautiful Mind, and as Glenn Talbot in Hulk.
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Josh Lucas later had leading roles in movies such as Glory Road, Poseidon, and Stealth.
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Josh Lucas starred in the 2009 Ridley Scott-produced Tell-Tale, a film based on the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Josh Lucas completed his second collaboration with documentary film maker Ken Burns, after being involved in Burns' The War.
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In 2011, Josh Lucas co-starred with Rachael Taylor in the film Red Dog, based on the true story of an Australian Kelpie.
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Josh Lucas starred in the NBC television show The Firm, which takes place ten years after the John Grisham novel it is based on.
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In 2013, Josh Lucas was cast as the lead role in the independent comedy-drama, The Mend.
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The directorial debut of John Magary premiered at South By Southwest in March 2014 with Josh Lucas receiving a series of positive reviews for his portrayal of Mat, one of two dysfunctional brothers who collide in a small Harlem apartment.
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From September 2014 to March 2016, Josh Lucas appeared as a main character in the NBC crime drama The Mysteries of Laura.
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In 2018, Josh Lucas was cast in a recurring role in Yellowstone, as a younger version of John Dutton, portrayed by Kevin Costner.
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Josh Lucas's career includes voice-over work with Breathe Bible.
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Josh Lucas is an owner and promoter of the company Filthy Food with friends Marc and Daniel Singer.
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Josh Lucas met freelance writer Jessica Ciencin Henriquez at a dog park in 2011.
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Josh Lucas supported President Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, volunteering to help potential voters register at colleges in Pennsylvania.
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Josh Lucas knocked on doors and phone banked, wearing an Obama shirt for 45 days.
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Josh Lucas was in Denver, Colorado, for the 2008 Democratic National Convention with a group of actors called the Creative Coalition.