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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Full filmography
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) as Pump Attendant
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020) as Westley
- Lady Bird (2017) as Danny O'Neill
- The American Revolution (2025) as (voice)
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) as Robbie
- Manchester by the Sea (2016) as Patrick Chandler
- The Slap (2015) as Ritchie
- Moonrise Kingdom (2012) as Redford
- Sorry, Baby (2025) as Gavin
- The Premise (2021) as Jesse Wheeler
- Waves (2019) as Luke
- Labor Day (2013) as Richard
- mid90s (2018) as Ian
- Dan in Real Life (2007) as Lilly's Dance Partner
- Boy Erased (2018) as Jared Eamons
- The Zero Theorem (2013) as Bob
- Honey Boy (2019) as Otis Lort (22 years old)
- Kill the Messenger (2014) as Ian Webb
- Ben Is Back (2018) as Ben Burns
- Let Them All Talk (2020) as Tyler Hughes
- French Exit (2021) as Malcolm Price