Lucas Hedges

About

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...

Known for

The Grand Budapest HotelMovie • 2014Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMovie • 2017Lady BirdMovie • 2017Manchester by the SeaMovie • 2016Moonrise KingdomMovie • 2012Home Movie: The Princess BrideSeries • 2020Sorry, BabyMovie • 2025Dan in Real LifeMovie • 2007The SlapSeries • 2015WavesMovie • 2019The American RevolutionSeries • 2025mid90sMovie • 2018Boy ErasedMovie • 2018Labor DayMovie • 2013The PremiseSeries • 2021The Zero TheoremMovie • 2013Kill the MessengerMovie • 2014Honey BoyMovie • 2019ShirleyMovie • 2024Ben Is BackMovie • 2018French ExitMovie • 2021AnesthesiaMovie • 2016Arthur NewmanMovie • 2012Let Them All TalkMovie • 2020