Lucas Hedges

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucas Hedges, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Pump Attendant

Sorry, Baby

as Gavin

Manchester by the Sea

as Patrick Chandler

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

as Westley

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

as Robbie Hayes

Lady Bird

as Danny O'Neill

Labor Day

as Richard

The Slap

as Ritchie

Moonrise Kingdom

as Redford

Waves

as Luke

Anesthesia

as Greg

The American Revolution

as (voice)

The Premise

as Jesse Wheeler

mid90s

as Ian

Kill the Messenger

as Ian Webb

Ben Is Back

as Ben Burns

Boy Erased

as Jared Eamons