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.
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Filmography
Sorry, Baby
2025
as Gavin
Shirley
2024
as Robert Gottlieb
French Exit
2021
as Malcolm Price
Let Them All Talk
2020
as Tyler Hughes
This Is Our Youth
2020
as Warren Straub
Horsegirl
2020
as David Horse
Waves
2019
as Luke
Honey Boy
2019
as Otis Lort (22 Years Old)
Ben Is Back
2018
as Ben Burns
mid90s
2018
as Ian
Boy Erased
2018
as Jared Eamons
Illegal Civilization 3
2018
as Self
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Robbie
Lady Bird
2017
as Danny O'Neill
Pigeonhearts
2017
as Eli
Manchester by the Sea
2016
as Patrick Chandler
Anesthesia
2016
as Greg
Kill the Messenger
2014
as Ian Webb
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as Pump Attendant
Labor Day
2013
as Richard
The Zero Theorem
2013
as Bob
Arthur Newman
2012
as Kevin Avery
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Redford
Dan in Real Life
2007
as Lilly's Dance Partner