Has an older brother named Lee and an older sister named Lori
Parents: Larry and Jan
Enjoys playing football, basketball and has started to play golf
Graduated from high school - May 2001
Had no formal acting lessons - he's a natural talent.
He played for the Speake Bobcats as a nose/left guard
He turned down a part in The Horse Whisperer (1998) as they wanted him to change his accent.
Supports the Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
He acted alongside Billy Bob Thornton in two movies: Sling Blade (1996) and Friday Night Lights (2004).
Acted with Christopher Fennell in three movies: The War (1994), The X-FIles (1998), and Cold Mountain (2003); both had their acting debut in The War (1994) with Kevin Costner. In The War (1994), they were the two youngest brothers in a family of bullies, and in The X-Files (1998) they were two of the three boys who discovered the black oil in North Texas; Lucas Black was the one who fell down into the hole.
Shares his birthday with soccer player Ryan Giggs and singer Jonathan Knight
Lucas Black Detailed Biography
Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in Sling Blade, The War and as Caleb Temple on the short-lived 1995 television series, American Gothic.
Without any formal training as an actor, his first film debut was in the 1994 Kevin Costner film, The War. This role helped him get the role as Caleb Temple in CBS's American Gothic. While the show was only on for one year, the selective young actor garnered meatier roles in Sling Blade, Ghosts of Mississippi and The X-Files: Fight the Future.
In 1998, he was offered the lead part in The Horse Whisperer. However, when he was told that he would need to change his voice for the part, he rejected the role, believing that an actor should choose parts where he could be themselves.
After his graduation in 2001, the Calvin Klein model could be seen in Friday Night Lights, Cold Mountain and the 2005 war movie, Jarhead.
