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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Known For

The American Revolution 2025 ★ 5.8
Sorry, Baby 2025 ★ 6.8
Shirley 2024 ★ 6.6
The Premise 2021 ★ 6.4
French Exit 2021 ★ 5.6
Home Movie: The Princess Bride 2020 ★ 7.8
Let Them All Talk 2020 ★ 5.6
Waves 2019 ★ 7.4
Honey Boy 2019 ★ 7.0
Boy Erased 2018 ★ 7.0
mid90s 2018 ★ 7.5
Ben Is Back 2018 ★ 6.6
Lady Bird 2017 ★ 7.2
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017 ★ 8.1
Manchester by the Sea 2016 ★ 7.6
Anesthesia 2016 ★ 5.7
The Slap 2015 ★ 5.9
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 ★ 8.0
Kill the Messenger 2014 ★ 6.6
Labor Day 2013 ★ 7.1
The Zero Theorem 2013 ★ 6.1
Moonrise Kingdom 2012 ★ 7.7
Arthur Newman 2012 ★ 5.6
Dan in Real Life 2007 ★ 6.6