Josh Lucas

Biography

Over his career, Josh Lucas has worked with many of the film community's greatest talents. He has starred alongside Jon Voight in Jerry Bruckheimer's Glory Road (2006), for which Lucas added 40 pounds to transform himself into legendary basketball coach Don Haskins. Lucas also starred with Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss in Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006). He starred with Morgan Freeman and Robert Redford in Lasse Hallström's An Unfinished Life (2005). He also starred opposite Jamie Bell in David Gordon Green's Undertow (2004), which was also produced by Terrence Malick. Additionally, Lucas worked alongside Christopher Walken in Around the Bend (2004).

He performed with Jennifer Connelly and Eric Bana in Ang Lee's Hulk (2003). He was in Ron Howard's Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind (2001) with Russell Crowe. Plus, he starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the Walt Disney Company's smash hit Sweet Home Alabama (2002). Other credits include Wonderland (2003), The Deep End (2001), American Psycho (2000), Session 9 (2001), and You Can Count on Me (2000).

Lucas' theater credits include the recent off-Broadway run of "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell"; Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie," which appeared on Broadway in 2005; Terrence McNally's "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theater Club; Christopher Shinn's "What Didn't Happen"; and "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

Lucas recently completed his second collaboration with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns on "The War" (2007). Lucas' other documentary work includes the upcoming Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007), Trumbo (2007), and Resolved (2007). Lucas recently completed his first venture into production with Stolen Lives (2009), in which he plays the single father of a mentally challenged boy. This film is the first project to be produced through Lucas' production company, Two Bridges.

Lucas resides in New York City.

CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Josh Lucas

Weaving Nostalgia into Wisdom: The Timeless Tapestry of Secondhand Lions

on Secondhand Lions | Jul 24, 2025

In Secondhand Lions (2003), director Tim McCanlies crafts a poignant coming-of-age tale that transforms the dusty plains of 1960s Texas into a canvas for exploring legacy, belief, and the quiet power ... Read more

The Fragile Geometry of Genius: A Beautiful Mind as a Tapestry of Mind and Heart

on A Beautiful Mind | Jun 07, 2025

Ron Howard’s A Beautiful Mind (2001) is a cinematic prism, refracting the brilliance and torment of mathematician John Nash through a lens of compassion and artistry. Based on Sylvia Nasar’s biography... Read more