Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor. A son of filmmaker
Peter Hedges
Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer.
Early life
Hedges was born in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he was raised, the son of Carole (Simpson), a psychotherapis ...
, he studied theater at the
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...
. Hedges began his acting career with a supporting role in
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles. They often contain themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Cited by so ...
's comedy-drama ''
Moonrise Kingdom
''Moonrise Kingdom'' is a 2012 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, and starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, ...
'' (2012). He had his breakthrough in 2016 playing a sardonic teenager in
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the film ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), and wrote and directed '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), ''Margaret'' (2011), and ' ...
's drama ''
Manchester by the Sea'', which earned him a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while worki ...
. Hedges then starred as an aggressive youth in an
off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
production of ''Yen'' and had supporting roles in the coming-of-age film ''
Lady Bird'' and the drama ''
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' is a 2017 crime drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a Missouri woman who rents three roadside billboards to draw attention to her daugh ...
'' in 2017.
In 2018, Hedges played the lead role of a teenager forced into a
gay conversion therapy program in ''
Boy Erased
''Boy Erased'' is a 2018 American biographical drama film based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name. It is written and directed by Joel Edgerton, who also produced with Kerry Kohansky Roberts and Steve Golin. The film stars Lu ...
'', which earned him a nomination for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. He also made his
Broadway
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debut in a revival of Lonergan's drama ''
The Waverly Gallery
''The Waverly Gallery'' is a play by Kenneth Lonergan. It is considered a "memory play". The show, first produced Off-Broadway in 2000, follows a grandson watching his grandmother slowly die from Alzheimer's disease. The play was a finalist for th ...
'' in the same year.
Early life
Hedges was born in
Brooklyn
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,
New York City
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,
the second of two boys born to poet and actress Susan Bruce (née Titman) and screenwriter and director
Peter Hedges
Peter Simpson Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer.
Early life
Hedges was born in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he was raised, the son of Carole (Simpson), a psychotherapis ...
. His paternal grandfather, the Rev. Robert Boyden Hedges, was an Episcopal minister. His maternal grandfather was a former vice president in New York at
HBO
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, and his maternal grandmother, Narcissa Titman, is a former theatre director and lecturer. He has an older brother, Simon, who works in private equity in New York. He grew up in Brooklyn Heights and
Cobble Hill, frequently visiting his father's film sets. As a child, Hedges made his feature film debut as an extra in his father's film ''
Dan in Real Life
''Dan in Real Life'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Hedges, and stars Steve Carell, Alison Pill, Juliette Binoche, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney and Dane Cook.
This is the first Touchstone Pictures film to be distributed by W ...
'' (2007), but his line in the film was cut in post-production.
A graduate of
Saint Ann's School, he studied theatre at the
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) is an arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It grants high school, undergraduate, and graduate degrees. Founded in 1963 as the North Carolina School of the Arts by then-Governo ...
from 2015 to 2016.
Hedges is a graduate of the Cherubs Theatre Program at
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
's National High School Institute.
Career
2012–2017: Early roles and breakthrough
![Lucas Hedges (31914577576)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Lucas_Hedges_%2831914577576%29.jpg)
During a middle-school play production, Hedges was spotted by the casting director for
Wes Anderson
Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are known for their eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles. They often contain themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Cited by so ...
's ''
Moonrise Kingdom
''Moonrise Kingdom'' is a 2012 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, and starring Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, ...
'' (2012), who eventually cast him in the film as Redford.
He went on to play small roles in the comedy-drama ''
Arthur Newman'' (2012),
Jason Reitman
Jason R. Reitman (; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''Juno'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Ghostbusters: ...
's romance ''
Labor Day
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'' (2013), and
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance Gilliam (; born 22 November 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, comedian, animator, actor and former member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
Gilliam has directed 13 feature films, including ''Time Bandits'' (1981), ''B ...
's science fiction film ''
The Zero Theorem
''The Zero Theorem'' is a 2013 science fiction film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Christoph Waltz, David Thewlis, Mélanie Thierry and Lucas Hedges. Written by Pat Rushin, the story is about Qohen Leth (Waltz), a reclusive computer geniu ...
'' (2013). In 2014, Hedges had a minor role in Anderson's ''
The Grand Budapest Hotel
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'' and played the son of
Jeremy Renner
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's character in
Michael Cuesta
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's drama ''
Kill the Messenger'', which was based on
CIA involvement in Contra cocaine trafficking
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.
The latter led the critic
Todd McCarthy
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to rank him as "very good," and Rodrigo Perez of
IndieWire
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considered him to be the "surprise stand-out of the cast." In 2015, he was cast in the
NBC
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miniseries ''
The Slap'', which was adapted from the
Australian series of the same name.
Hedges next joined the cast of
Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan (born October 16, 1962) is an American film director, playwright, and screenwriter. He is the co-writer of the film ''Gangs of New York'' (2002), and wrote and directed '' You Can Count on Me'' (2000), ''Margaret'' (2011), and ' ...
's independent drama ''
Manchester by the Sea'' (2016). In it, he played Patrick Chandler, a 16-year-old boy dealing with the recent death of his father, who is left in the care of his unwilling and troubled uncle (played by
Casey Affleck
Caleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt (born August 12, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award. He beg ...
). The film premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival
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. Tim Robey of ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
'' wrote, "Hedges, phenomenal, fights off every cliché of 'troubled' teenagerhood and gives us a gruff, sympathetic boy with a tearaway sex drive."
Peter Bradshaw
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Early life and education
Bradshaw was educated at Haberdashers ...
of ''
The Guardian
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'' said his performance was "glorious" and added that he "makes a tremendous troubled 16-year-old." It earned over $78 million against its $9 million budget. For his work, Hedges won a
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer
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Winners and nominees 1990s
; ...
, and received a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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, among others.
The following year, Hedges made his stage debut as the lead in the Trip Cullman-directed
off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
play ''Yen'', penned by the playwright
Anna Jordan
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. The production ran from February 19 to March 4 at the
Lucille Lortel Theatre
The Lucille Lortel Theatre is an off-Broadway playhouse at 121 Christopher Street in Manhattan's West Village. It was built in 1926 as a 590-seat movie theater called the New Hudson, later known as Hudson Playhouse. The interior is largely unch ...
. Taking note of his performance as an aggressive and violent teenager who shares a troubled relationship with his half-brother,
Ben Brantley
Benjamin D. Brantley (born October 26, 1954) is an American theater critic, journalist, editor, publisher and writer. He served as the chief theater critic for ''The New York Times'' from 1996 to 2017, and as co-chief theater critic from 2017 to ...
of ''
The New York Times
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'' wrote that he "delivers an expert anatomy of an adolescent on the edge of explosion". Hedges was nominated for the
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play and won the
Theatre World Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Debut Performance. Also in 2017, Hedges had supporting roles in two films—
Greta Gerwig
Greta Celeste Gerwig (; born August 4, 1983) is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films b ...
's directorial debut ''
Lady Bird'' and
Martin McDonagh
Martin Faranan McDonagh (; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, he is the son of Irish parents. He is known as one of the most acclaimed modern playwrights whose ...
's crime drama ''
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' is a 2017 crime drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a Missouri woman who rents three roadside billboards to draw attention to her daugh ...
'', both of which were nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture
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. The cast of the latter film were awarded with the
SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
2018–present: Lead roles and Broadway debut
Hedges had three film releases in 2018. He played the supporting role of a teenager who violently bullies his younger brother (played by
Sunny Suljic) in ''
Mid90s
''Mid90s'' (stylized as ''mid90s'') is a 2018 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Jonah Hill, in his feature directorial debut, inspired by Hill's own childhood in the mid-1990s. It stars Sunny Suljic, Lucas Hedges ...
'', which marked the directorial debut of
Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his comedic roles in films including ''Superbad (film), Superbad'' (2007), ''Knocked Up'' (2007), ''21 Jump Street (film), 21 Jump Stre ...
. Eric Kohn of IndieWire wrote, "Hedges, quickly becoming the most impressive actor of his generation, buries himself in the gruff, unhappy role of an angst-riddled teen." Hedges played the lead role in his two other 2018 films''
Boy Erased
''Boy Erased'' is a 2018 American biographical drama film based on Garrard Conley's 2016 memoir of the same name. It is written and directed by Joel Edgerton, who also produced with Kerry Kohansky Roberts and Steve Golin. The film stars Lu ...
'' and ''
Ben Is Back
''Ben Is Back'' is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges, and starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges and Courtney B. Vance. The plot follows a mother who tries to help her addict son after he returns home from rehab.
The f ...
''. In the former, based on the
eponymous memoir, he played the son of a Baptist pastor who is forced to take part in a
gay conversion therapy program.
Russell Crowe
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and
Nicole Kidman
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played his parents. Writing for ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'', Stephen Farber noted that Hedges "carries the entire show and is alternately frightened, bewildered and defiant. There isn't a false note in his performance." For ''Boy Erased'', Hedges received a nomination for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama. In ''Ben Is Back'', a drama directed by his father and co-starring
Julia Roberts
Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles in films encompassing a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and thr ...
, he played the titular character, a drug addict who returns home after spending time in rehab. Pete Hammond of ''
Deadline Hollywood
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'' praised both Roberts's and Hedges's performances, adding that they "are pitch perfect together, never striking a false note in demonstrating the everlasting bond between a mother and son."
Also in 2018, Hedges made his first appearance on
Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
in a revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play ''
The Waverly Gallery
''The Waverly Gallery'' is a play by Kenneth Lonergan. It is considered a "memory play". The show, first produced Off-Broadway in 2000, follows a grandson watching his grandmother slowly die from Alzheimer's disease. The play was a finalist for th ...
'', alongside
Elaine May
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,
Michael Cera
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and
Joan Allen
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at the
John Golden Theatre
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. He played the role of a teenager coping with his grandmother's
Alzheimer's disease
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.
Chris Jones of the ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' credited him for effectively conveying the "frustration family members feel when one of their own starts to decline." ''
Honey Boy'', a drama penned by and co-starring
Shia LaBeouf
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about his childhood and relationship with his father, marked Hedges's first film release of 2019. Hedges and
Noah Jupe
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played Otis Lort, a character based on LaBeouf, at different ages. Reviewing the film for ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'', Leah Greenblatt wrote that Hedges "doesn’t seem to have found a role yet he can’t fully inhabit; his Otis is raw and furious, and genuinely funny." He next took on a supporting part in
Trey Edward Shults
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' ''
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'', a drama about the emotional journey of a suburban family, which led Peter Debruge of ''
Variety
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'' to consider it "an impactful reminder of how much the actor can bring to a smaller role".
In 2020, Hedges appeared in the miniseries ''
Home Movie: The Princess Bride'' for
Quibi
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to raise money for
World Central Kitchen
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. Also that year, he starred alongside
Michelle Pfeiffer
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in the comedy ''
French Exit'', and was part of the ensemble cast of
Steven Soderbergh
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Soderbergh's direc ...
's comedy film ''
Let Them All Talk''. The following year, he appeared in an episode of the
FX anthology series ''
The Premise
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''.
Personal life
![Lucas Hedges in New York, 2017 (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Lucas_Hedges_in_New_York%2C_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg)
When asked about his sexuality in 2018, Hedges said: "In the early stages of my life, some of the people I was most infatuated with were my closest male friends. That was the case through high school, and I think I was always aware of that, while for the most part I was attracted to women," also adding that he exists "on that spectrum: Not totally straight, but also not gay and not necessarily bisexual." He later spoke about being an ally to the
LGBTQ
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The LGBT term is a ...
community and said that he considered his sexuality to be a "fluid experience."
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Music videos
Audiobooks
Awards and nominations
At the
89th Academy Awards, Hedges was nominated for
Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''
Manchester by the Sea'' (2016). Additionally, for the aforementioned film, he earned
Screen Actors Guild Award
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nominations for
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role and
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture; winning the latter the following year for his supporting role in ''
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' is a 2017 crime drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a Missouri woman who rents three roadside billboards to draw attention to her daugh ...
'' (2017). For ''Manchester by the Sea'' and ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'', he won the respective
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
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for
Best Young Actor and
Best Acting Ensemble. Hedges also played Jared Eamons, a character based on
LGBTQ+ rights activist Garrard Conley
Garrard Conley (born ) is an American author and LGBTQ activist known for his autobiography '' Boy Erased: A Memoir'', recounting his childhood as part of a fundamentalist family in Arkansas that enrolled him in conversion therapy. The book was ...
, for which he was nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.
In 2017, Hedges earned a nomination for the
BAFTA Rising Star Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Rising Star Award, currently styled as the EE Rising Star Award for commercial reasons and previously known as the Orange Rising Star Award, is an award that acknowledges new talents in the ...
.
See also
*
List of University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
References
External links
*
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1996 births
Living people
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male stage actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Male actors from New York City
University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
Theatre World Award winners
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners
People from Brooklyn Heights
Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) alumni
People from Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
Sexually fluid men