Lou Taylor Pucci
Biography
Lou Taylor Pucci is an American actor born in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, who made his film debut in Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity (2002). He began acting at age ten in Oliver! and later understudied on Broadway in The Sound of Music. His breakthrough came with the lead in Thumbsucker (2005), earning him a Special Jury Prize at Sundance and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin. He went on to appear in The Chumscrubber, Fast Food Nation, The Go-Getter (2007), and Carriers (2009). In 2009 he had three films at Sundance: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, The Informers, and The Answer Man. Later film roles included The Story of Luke (2012), Evil Dead (2013), Spring (2014), Ava's Possessions (2015), and Poor Boy. On television he appeared in Empire Falls, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, You, You're the Worst, and American Horror Story: 1984.
41years old
Turns 42 on July 27in 287 days
- Born Seaside Heights
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 24 years2002 to 2026
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Behind the award
Pucci's lead role in Thumbsucker won him the Special Jury Prize for Acting at Sundance and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin in 2005.
Beyond film
In the music video for Green Day's "Jesus of Suburbia," Pucci took the part of "St. Jimmy," appearing alongside Kelli Garner, who had also been in Thumbsucker with him.
Lou Taylor Pucci movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Mike Mills directed two of these films. John Ventimiglia 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.
Films together
John Ventimiglia's page
Eric Balfour's page
Leo Fitzpatrick's page
Cara Seymour's page
Jon Foster's page
Joel de la Fuente's page
All films by Mike Mills
Also two films together1 more actor
- Max AntisellThe Music Never Stopped (2011) and The Answer Man (2009)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lou Taylor Pucci's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$124 million
10 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 19 films: 10 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 5 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$99M80.0% of the total
- 2$14M11.6% of the total
- 3$5.8M4.7% of the total
- 4$1.9M1.6% of the total
- 5$1.0M0.8% of the total
- 6$1.0M0.8% of the total
- 7$382K0.3% of the total
- 8$254K0.2% of the total
$76,646from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
| 2005 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | Thumbsucker | Won |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.