Lucas Black

Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the CBS television series American Gothic (1995–1996) as well as roles in films such as Sling Blade (1996), Flash (1997), Crazy in Alabama (1999), All the Pretty Horses (2000), Friday Night Lights (2004), Jarhead (2005), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Get Low (2009), Legion (2010), and Seven Days in Utopia (2011). Since September 2014, he has played Special Agent Christopher LaSalle on CBS's NCIS: New Orleans.
== Early life ==
Black was born in Decatur, Alabama,[1] to Jan Gillespie, an office worker, and Larry Black, a museum employee.[2] He has two older siblings and was raised a Southern Baptist.[3] He grew up in Speake, Alabama,[1] played football for the Speake Bobcats, and graduated from high school in May 2001.[4]
== Career ==
Black made his film debut in Kevin Costner's film The War.[5] He subsequently was cast as Caleb Temple in CBS's television series American Gothic, which ran from 1995 to 1996, and in the films Sling Blade, Ghosts of Mississippi, and The X-Files.[6] Later Black starred as Conner Strong in the TV film Flash (1997), which aired on The Wonderful World of Disney; in the movie his character visits a horse every day in the hope of buying it.[7]
Black played a supporting role as Oakley in the historical drama Cold Mountain (2003).[8] In 2004, he starred as Vernon, an autistic piano prodigy, in the indie musical drama Killer Diller (2004),[9] and as Mike Winchell in the football-themed drama Friday Night Lights (2004), directed by Peter Berg.[10]
Black starred as Nat Banyon in the indie thriller film Deepwater (2005), directed by David S. Marfield;[11] as Chris Kruger in the Gulf War-themed drama film Jarhead (2005), directed by Sam Mendes;[12] and as Sean Boswell in the third The Fast and the Furious film, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), directed by Justin Lin.[13] He described the latter film as the one in which he "had the most fun".[14]
Black starred as Buddy in the indie drama Get Low (2009), directed by Aaron Schneider;[15] as Jeep Hanson in the Bible-themed fantasy thriller Legion (2010);[16] and as Luke Chisholm, a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour, in the indie golfing film Seven Days in Utopia (2010).[17]
He portrayed the Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese in the drama film 42 (2013). Black, having done previous sports films and played sports early in his life, found the filming experience "a lot more enjoyable because you get to reminisce about the days when I used to play, and then you get the experience of being on a team again with the actors and have that camaraderie with the players".[18]
In 2014, Lucas was cast in NCIS: New Orleans as a NCIS Special Agent LaSalle, a no-nonsense agent with a "work hard, play hard" motto.[19]
In 2015, Black returned to play Sean Boswell in Furious 7 making a cameo.
In 2016, it was rumored that Lucas Black will return to play Sean Boswell in The Fate of the Furious but did not appear in the eighth installment. In July 2016, Black had declared on The Chris Mannix Show that he could not return to the franchise from the eighth installment due to his hard schedule with NCIS: New Orleans.[20]
== Personal life ==
Black married Maggie O'Brien, a lawyer, in 2010.[21][22] They have three children.[21]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1994	The War 	Ebb Lipnicki 	
1996	Sling Blade 	Frank Wheatley 	
1996	Ghosts of Mississippi 	Burt DeLaughter 	
1997	Flash 	Connor 	
1998	The X-Files 	Stevie 	
1999	Our Friend, Martin 	Randy
(voice) 	
1999	Crazy in Alabama 	Peter Joseph "Peejoe" Bullis	
2000	All the Pretty Horses 	Jimmy Blevins 	
2003	Cold Mountain 	Oakley 	
2004	Killer Diller 	Vernon 	
2004	Friday Night Lights 	Mike Winchell 	
2005	Deepwater 	Nat Banyon 	
2005	Jarhead 	LCpl. Chris Kruger 	
2006	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Sean Boswell 	
2009	Get Low 	Buddy Robinson 	
2010	Legion 	Jeep Hanson 	
2011	Seven Days in Utopia 	Luke Chisholm 	
2012	Promised Land 	Paul Geary 	
2013	42 	Pee Wee Reese 	
2015	Furious 7 	Sean Boswell 	Cameo
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1995–1996 	American Gothic 	Caleb Temple 	22 episodes
1997 	Chicago Hope 	Noah Fielding 	Episode: "The Son Also Rises"
2000 	The Miracle Worker 	James Keller 	Television film
2010–2012 	CSI: Miami 	Rick Calucci 	
2014, 2016 	NCIS [23] 	Special Agent Christopher Lasalle	Pilot episodes: "Crescent City"
Crossover: "Sister City Part 1"
2014–present	NCIS: New Orleans[24]	Special Agent Christopher Lasalle	
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Association 	Category 	Work 	Result
1996	Screen Actors Guild 	Outstanding Performance by a Cast 	Sling Blade 	Nominated
1997	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films	Best Performance by a Younger Actor[citation needed] 	Sling Blade 	Won
1997	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor 	Sling Blade 	Won
1997	YoungStar Awards 	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film 	Sling Blade 	Won
1997	YoungStar Awards 	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series 	American Gothic 	Nominated
1998	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series – Leading Young Actor	Flash 	Nominated
2000	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor 	Crazy in Alabama 	Nominated
2000	YoungStar Awards 	Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama 	Crazy in Alabama 	Nominated
2001	Young Artist Awards 	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor 	All the Pretty Horses 	Nominated
2006	Teen Choice Awards 	Choice Movie: Male Breakout Star 	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Nominated