Lucas Till

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## Lucas Till

### Occupation

Actor

**Lucas Daniel Till** (born August 10, 1990) is an American film and television actor. He began acting in the early 1990s at a young age, and has since appeared in a number of films and television parts, including roles on *House*, *Stoker* and *Hannah Montana: The Movie*. He is known for his role as Havok in the X-Men film series starting with 2011 *X-Men: First Class* and plays Angus MacGyver in the television reboot of *MacGyver*, which premiered in September 2016.

## Early life

Lucas Daniel Till was born August 10, 1990 in Fort Hood, Texas, United States, the son of Dana Lyn (née Brady) and John Mark Till, a lieutenant colonel in the Army. Till spent most of his childhood living in Atlanta, Georgia, suburbs. He attended Kell High School. After filming for *The Hannah Montana Movie* in Savannah, Till went back home to graduate with the Kell High School class of 2008. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles, California to continue his acting career.

## Career

Early in his life, Till’s parents became aware of his ability to imitate voices and characters. Joy Pervis discovered Till while he was attending a local acting class that his mother had enrolled him in. When he was 10, he started doing commercials as well as appearing in print. At the age of 12, he was cast in *The Adventures of Ociee Nash* in which he played Harry Vanderbilt, the bully of the main character. In 2004 Till played the part of Jay in the feature film *Lightning Bug* which filmed in Fairview, Alabama. His first major movie role was Jack Cash, the older brother of Johnny Cash who died in a sawmill accident, in the biographical movie, *Walk the Line*. After *Walk the Line*, Till was featured in a number of independent movies and films for Lifetime Television. In 2008, Till auditioned for *Hannah Montana: The Movie* starring Miley Cyrus and he landed the role of Travis Brody. In an interview, Till said that prior to filming he had actually never ridden a horse before. Till further stated that he does not have any current plans for another Disney movie. He worked alongside action film actor Jackie Chan in the movie, *The Spy Next Door*, in which Till plays the role of a Russian spy. He also starred in Taylor Swift's music video "You Belong with Me". He was in an episode of *House*, and on *Leo Little's Big Show* along with Emily Osment.[*Citation needed*]

In 2008, Till starred as Jensen in Gregg Bishop's horror-comedy *Dance of the Dead* which was hand-picked by director Sam Raimi for distribution through Lions Gate Entertainment and *Ghost House Pictures*.

Till played Havok in the X-Men spin-off, *X-Men: First Class* (2011), directed by Matthew Vaughn. He subsequently starred in the independent movie *All Superheroes Must Die* (2013), and later returned as Havok in the sequels *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014) and *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016). He also starring as Angus MacGyver in the reboot *MacGyver* series, and is set to star in the live-action/animated film *Monster Trucks*, directed by Blue Sky Studios founder Chris Wedge.

## References

1. ↑ DA MAN magazine - consummate style for today's bon vivant – Lucas Till Exclusive in DA MAN. Daman.co.id (2011-05-16). Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
2. ↑ Dark Hearts : A Film by Rudolf Bwitendach. Darkheartsthemovie.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
3. ↑ Dana Brady Till (@dbtill) on Twitter. Mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lucas Till in Hannah Montana Movie. Fox 5 Atlanta (April 6, 2009). Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved on February 11, 2010.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Bonner, Julie (January 23, 2009). Disney Society’s Exclusive Interview with Lucas Till of “Hannah Montana: The Movie”. Disney Society fan site. Retrieved on February 9, 2009.
6. ↑ Joe Lynch Overseeing Short Films for G4TV. Dread Central.
7. ↑ Sperling, Nicole. "'X-Men: First Class': Matthew Vaughn fills his cast with up-and-comers", *Entertainment Weekly*, Time Inc., 2010-07-08. Retrieved on 2010-07-08.
8. ↑ All Superheroes Must Die release. Movieweb.com (December 18, 2012). Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
9. ↑ Twitter / BryanSinger: "Mankind must put an end to. Twitter.com (2013-07-15). Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
10. ↑ Welcome back #lucastill #xmen #XmenApocalypse #jamesmcavoy #michaelfassbender #jenniferlawrence #nicholashoult #rosebyrne How time flies! #XmenFirstClass. Instagram (April 17, 2015).
11. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (March 21, 2016). ‘X-Men’s Lucas Till To Play MacGyver In CBS Reboot Pilot. Deadline.
12. ↑ "Paramount Wants Lucas Till & Jane Levy in 'Monster Trucks' Toy Movie", firstshowing.net, February 19, 2014. Retrieved on April 29, 2014.
13. ↑ "Lucas Till - Lucas Till and Jane Levy to star in Monster Trucks", contactmusic, April 29, 2014. Retrieved on February 19, 2014.

## External links

* Lucas Till Official MySpace
* *Lucas Till*  at the *Internet Movie Database*
* *Lucas Till on Twitter*