Lucas Black

He has played a character from Texas in four movies: Jarhead (2005), Friday Night Lights (2004), All the Pretty Horses (2000), and The X Files (1998) movie.

Bought a house in Columbia, Missouri, after having a role in the indie film Killer Diller (2004), which was filmed 45 minutes outside of Columbia in Fayette. [July 2003]

A good student, Lucas graduated from Speake High School, class of 2001, where he played football, basketball and a little bit of golf. He plans on studying fish biology, which would be probable since he is a highly active bass fisherman.

In 2000, he was seen with Matt Damon in All the Pretty Horses (2000).

He scored another summer hit with The X Files (1998) and finally got a lead role in the independent film Crazy in Alabama (1999).

Selective about his film roles, Lucas turned down an opportunity to star in the movie adaptation of The Horse Whisperer (1998) due to the request of having his accent altered.

He was next seen in the sleeper hit Sling Blade (1996) and then in another dark film Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). A bit of Calvin Klein modeling and mainly school and sports occupied the rest of his spare time.

The small role helped him land his next job in the series American Gothic (1995). When the series went to North Carolina to cast its primary roles, the casting people in Wilmington remembered Lucas, and suggested him for the role of "Caleb Temple. " Although the series didn't last too long, Lucas's film career did.

Without any formal acting lessons, Lucas made his film debut with a small part in the Kevin Costner film The War (1994) at the age of 11.

Lucas York Black was born on November 29, 1982, in Decatur, Alabama, to Jan (Keenum), an office worker, and Larry Black, a museum worker.