Person
- Born
- 1996-12-12
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Film & TV
Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- Sorry, Baby — Gavin2025
- The American Revolution — (voice)2025
- Shirley — Robert Gottlieb2024
- French Exit — Malcolm Price2021
- The Premise — Jesse Wheeler2021
- Let Them All Talk — Tyler Hughes2020
- This Is Our Youth — Warren Straub2020
- Horsegirl — David Horse2020
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Westley2020
- Waves — Luke2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- On the mechanics of economic development
· 1988 · cited 12,755x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Introduction to Meta‐Analysis
· 2009 · cited 9,371x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1996-12-12 ) December 12, 1996 (age 29) , 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
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Key dates
- Born
- 12 December 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lucas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Father
- Peter Hedges
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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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, among other accolades. 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 nominations for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama and the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. 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.
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1996 births21st-century American male actorsAmerican male child actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAmerican male voice actorsAudiobook narratorsLiving peopleMale actors from BrooklynOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winnersPeople from Brooklyn Heights