Over his career, Josh Lucas has worked with many of the film community's greatest talents. He has starred alongside Jon Voight in Jerry Bruckheimer's Glory Road (2006), for which Lucas added 40 pounds to transform himself into legendary basketball coach Don Haskins. Lucas also starred with Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss in Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006). He starred with Morgan Freeman and Robert Redford in Lasse Hallström's An Unfinished Life (2005). He also starred opposite Jamie Bell in David Gordon Green's Undertow (2004), which was also produced by Terrence Malick. Additionally, Lucas worked alongside Christopher Walken in Around the Bend (2004).

He performed with Jennifer Connelly and Eric Bana in Ang Lee's Hulk (2003). He was in Ron Howard's Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind (2001) with Russell Crowe. Plus, he starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the Walt Disney Company's smash hit Sweet Home Alabama (2002). Other credits include Wonderland (2003), The Deep End (2001), American Psycho (2000), Session 9 (2001), and You Can Count on Me (2000).

Lucas' theater credits include the recent off-Broadway run of "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell"; Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie," which appeared on Broadway in 2005; Terrence McNally's "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theater Club; Christopher Shinn's "What Didn't Happen"; and "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

Lucas recently completed his second collaboration with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns on "The War" (2007). Lucas' other documentary work includes the upcoming Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007), Trumbo (2007), and Resolved (2007). Lucas recently completed his first venture into production with Stolen Lives (2009), in which he plays the single father of a mentally challenged boy. This film is the first project to be produced through Lucas' production company, Two Bridges.

Lucas resides in New York City.

Josh Lucas (* 20. Juni 1971 in Fayetteville, Arkansas; eigentlich Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Produzent. Das erste Mal stand er 1991 in der Fernsehproduktion Das Kind des Satans vor der Kamera. In der folgenden Zeit war er in mehreren Filmen zu sehen, der große Durchbruch gelang ihm jedoch nicht. 1993 und 1994 übernahm er Nebenrollen in Kinoproduktionen wie Überleben! und Der Kidnapper. Erst acht Jahre später (2002) konnte Lucas mit den Filmen A Beautiful Mind – Genie und Wahnsinn und Das Gewicht des Wassers auf sich aufmerksam machen. Ferner spielte er im selben Jahr neben Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama – Liebe auf Umwegen sowie 2006 in Wolfgang Petersens Katastrophenfilm Poseidon.

Insgesamt war Lucas an über 35 Filmprojekten beteiligt, u. a. auch in dem kommerziellen Misserfolg Stealth – Unter dem Radar (mit Jamie Foxx).

Quelle: Wikipedia

Ao longo de sua carreira, Josh Lucas trabalhou com muitos dos maiores talentos da comunidade cinematográfica. Ele estrelou ao lado de Jon Voight em Glory Road (2006), de Jerry Bruckheimer, ao qual Lucas adicionou 40 libras para se transformar no lendário técnico de basquete Don Haskins. Lucas também estrelou com Kurt Russell e Richard Dreyfuss em Poseidon de Wolfgang Petersen (2006). Ele estrelou com Morgan Freeman e Robert Redford em An Unfinished Life (2005), de Lasse Hallström. Ele também estrelou ao lado de Jamie Bell em Undertow (2004), de David Gordon Green, também produzido por Terrence Malick. Além disso, Lucas trabalhou ao lado de Christopher Walken em Around the Bend (2004).

Ele se apresentou com Jennifer Connelly e Eric Bana em Ang Lee's Hulk (2003). Ele participou do filme vencedor do Oscar de Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind (2001), com Russell Crowe. Além disso, ele estrelou ao lado de Reese Witherspoon no grande sucesso da Walt Disney Company, Sweet Home Alabama (2002). Outros créditos incluem Wonderland (2003), The Deep End (2001), American Psycho (2000), Session 9 (2001) e You Can Count on Me (2000).

Os créditos teatrais de Lucas incluem a recente temporada off-Broadway de "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell"; "The Glass Menagerie", de Tennessee Williams, que estreou na Broadway em 2005; "Corpus Christi" de Terrence McNally no Manhattan Theatre Club; "O que não aconteceu", de Christopher Shinn; e "The Picture of Dorian Gray".

Lucas concluiu recentemente sua segunda colaboração com o documentarista Ken Burns em "The War" (2007). Outro trabalho documental de Lucas inclui a próxima Operação Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007), Trumbo (2007) e Resolved (2007). Lucas completou recentemente sua primeira aventura na produção com Stolen Lives (2009), no qual ele interpreta o pai solteiro de um menino com deficiência mental. Este filme é o primeiro projeto a ser produzido pela produtora de Lucas, Two Bridges.

Lucas mora na cidade de Nova York.