Lucas Black

Birth Name:

Lucas York Black

Birth Place:

Speake, Alabama, United States

Profession

Actor

In 1997, won a Young Artist Award and a YoungStar Award for playing Frank Wheately in Billy Bob Thornton's independent film "Sling Blade․"
Made his film debut at the age of 11 in the Kevin Costner film "The War" after director Jon Avnet sent out a casting call int he area for a kid with a Southern accent and no acting experience
Grew up in Speake, Ala․, and played high school football, basketball and golf for the Speake Bobcats before graduating in 2001
Quote: "(On changing his Southern accent for a role) "I have thought about trying to play a character without a Southern accent, but I've had such a good career with it and I feel like I'm a person who sticks to his roots and I take pride in that․""
Quote: "(On his role in "Sling Blade") "I just thought it was kind of fun being able to act with Billy Bob… I just had fun with it, and never really did put any pressure on myself because it wasn't that big of a deal to me․ It's like playtime, to be honest․""
Along with being an actor, he has worked as a model for Calvin Klein jeans
Has played a character from Texas in four films, including "X-Files: The Movie," "All the Pretty Horses," "Friday Night Lights" and "Jarhead․"

1996ACCA - Best Cast Ensemble:Nominated
1997Saturn Award - Best Performance by a Younger Actor:Winner
1997Actor - Outstanding Performance by a Cast:Nominated
1997Chlotrudis Award - Best Supporting Actor:Nominated
1997Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor:Winner
1997YoungStar Award - Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film:Winner
1997YoungStar Award - Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series:Nominated
1998Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Leading Young Actor:Nominated
2000Sierra Award - Youth in Film:Nominated
2000Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor:Nominated
2000YoungStar Award - Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama:Nominated
2001Young Artist Award - Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor:Nominated
2006Teen Choice Award - Movies - Choice Breakout (Male):Nominated

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