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Josh Lucas

Biography

Josh Lucas is an American actor who moved to Hollywood after high school and began with guest spots on television series before his feature debut in Alive (1993). Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he grew up moving around the South before his family settled in Washington state. After a New York period that included an off-Broadway production of Corpus Christi, he took roles in You Can Count on Me (2000), American Psycho (2000), Session 9 (2001), Secondhand Lions (2003) and Wonderland (2003). Mainstream attention came with A Beautiful Mind (2001), Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and Hulk (2003), and he led Stealth (2005), Glory Road (2006) and Poseidon (2006). He won an Inside Film Award for Red Dog (2011) and appeared in The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Forever Purge (2021) and The Black Demon (2023). His television work includes The Firm, The Mysteries of Laura and Yellowstone, plus voice roles in documentaries and commercials.

55years old

Turns 56 on June 20in 249 days

  • Born Little Rock
  • Star sign: GeminiLast day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp
  • Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maure (birth name)Also credited as Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer

Movie Career

Films
51
Career span
33 years1993 to 2026

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  1. Getting ready for a role

    In the film Glory Road, Lucas starred as basketball coach Don Haskins, and for that role he gained 40 pounds.

  2. First role

    Lucas's first feature film was Frank Marshall's Alive (1993). It follows Uruguayan rugby players who crash in the Andes mountains and turn to cannibalism to survive.

  3. First role

    Lucas played Jace "Flash" Dillon in the 1994 cinematic PC flight simulator Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger, one of his first feature roles.

Josh Lucas movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. American Psycho2000 Drama, Horroras Craig McDermott

    IMDb rating 7.6857K votes

  2. A Beautiful Mind2001 Biography, Dramaas Hansen

    IMDb rating 8.21.1M votes

  3. Ford v Ferrari2019as Leo Beebe

    IMDb rating 8.1587K votes

  4. Hulk2003as Talbot

    IMDb rating 5.7296K votes

  5. Poseidon2006as Dylan Johns

    IMDb rating 5.7118K votes

  6. Sweet Home Alabama2002as Jake Perry

    IMDb rating 6.2137K votes

  7. The Lincoln Lawyer2011as Ted Minton

    IMDb rating 7.3273K votes

  8. Life as We Know It2010as Sam

    IMDb rating 6.5146K votes

Most often with

Andy Tennant directed two of these films, Lasse Hallström two. Dermot Mulroney appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Josh Lucas's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.8 billion

31 of the 50 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 50 films: 31 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.

  • 31Worldwide figure
  • 5US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 10Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 78% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    A Beautiful Mind2001as Hansen
    $317M17.4% of the total
  2. 2
    Hulk2003as Talbot
    $245M13.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Ford v Ferrari2019as Leo Beebe
    $226M12.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Poseidon2006as Dylan Johns
    $182M10.0% of the total
  5. 5
    Sweet Home Alabama2002as Jake Perry
    $181M9.9% of the total
  6. 6
    $106M5.8% of the total
  7. 7
    The Lincoln Lawyer2011as Ted Minton
    $85M4.7% of the total
  8. 8
    J. Edgar2011as Charles Lindbergh
    $85M4.7% of the total
The Forever Purge (2021), $77.0 millionStealth (2005), $76.9 millionBreakthrough (2019), $49.2 millionSecondhand Lions (2003), $48.3 millionGlory Road (2006), $42.6 millionAmerican Psycho (2000), $34.3 millionAn Unfinished Life (2005), $18.6 millionYou Can Count on Me (2000), $11.2 millionThe Deep End (2001), $10.0 millionMark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017), $4.4 millionBoychoir (2015), $3.8 millionFather Hood (1993), $3.4 millionThe Secret: Dare to Dream (2020), $3.2 millionManagement (2008), $2.6 millionWonderland (2003), $2.5 millionStolen (2012), $2.1 million

$393 millionfrom the other 23 films with a worldwide figure, 22% of the total