Lucas Hedges (born December 12, 1996) is an American actor. Born to
the filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of
North Carolina School of the Arts.Hedges began his acting career by
playing supporting roles in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama Moonrise
Kingdom (2012) and the crime biopic Kill the Messenger (2014). He made
his breakthrough in 2016 by playing a sardonic teenage orphan in
Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea, which earned him a
nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hedges
went on to star 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 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in
2017.In 2018, Hedges played the lead roles of a teenager forced into a
gay conversion therapy program in Boy Erased and a drug addict in Ben
Is Back, both drama films. The latter was written and directed by his
father, and the former earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe
Award for Best Actor in a Drama. Hedges also made his Broadway debut
in a revival of Lonergan's drama The Waverly Gallery.
the filmmaker Peter Hedges, he studied theater at the University of
North Carolina School of the Arts.Hedges began his acting career by
playing supporting roles in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama Moonrise
Kingdom (2012) and the crime biopic Kill the Messenger (2014). He made
his breakthrough in 2016 by playing a sardonic teenage orphan in
Kenneth Lonergan's drama Manchester by the Sea, which earned him a
nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hedges
went on to star 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 film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in
2017.In 2018, Hedges played the lead roles of a teenager forced into a
gay conversion therapy program in Boy Erased and a drug addict in Ben
Is Back, both drama films. The latter was written and directed by his
father, and the former earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe
Award for Best Actor in a Drama. Hedges also made his Broadway debut
in a revival of Lonergan's drama The Waverly Gallery.
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