Lukas Haas
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| Lukas Haas | |
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| Image:Lukas Haas by David Shankbone.jpg Haas at the Tribeca Film Festival | |
| Birth name | Lukas Daniel Haas[citation needed] |
| Born | April 16 1976 West Hollywood, California, United States |
| Years active | 1983 - present |
Lukas Haas (born Lukas Daniel Haas[citation needed] on April 16, 1976) is an American actor.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Haas was born in West Hollywood, California, the son of Berthold Haas, a painter, and singer/songwriter Emily Tracy. He has twin brothers, Simon Jakoway, an artist/musician, and Nikolai Johannes Haas, a musician/artist. At the age of five, he was discovered in his kindergarten by casting director Marjorie Simkin.
[edit] Career
Lukas Haas’ career has spanned more than twenty years during which time he has appeared in more than thirty-six feature films, as well as a number of television shows and acclaimed theater productions.
Lukas’ career was launched in 1984, when, at the age of seven, he landed the titled role of ‘Samuel’ opposite Harrison Ford in the Peter Weir film, Witness. His performance as the Amish child who is the sole witness to an undercover cop’s murder won the hearts of moviegoers and the acclaim of the critics. Young Lukas soon landed starring roles in such films as Lady In White, The Wizard of Loneliness, and Alan and Naomi, which was co-written by his mother, Emily Tracy Haas.
Lukas was subsequently nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of AIDS victim, Ryan White, in the controversial TV movie, The Ryan White Story. He continued to distinguish himself in film in starring roles opposite some of the most celebrated actors and directors of our time including: Jessica Lang in The Music Box, for director Costa Gravas, Robert Duvall (who Lukas first starred opposite one year earlier in Convicts) and Laura Dern in Rambling Rose, and John C. Reilly and Winona Ryder in Boys.
On stage in 1988, Lukas performed alongside Steve Martin and Robin Williams in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” at Lincoln Center in New York City for director Mike Nichols.
Lukas went on to work with acclaimed directors such as Woody Allen for Everyone Says I Love You, Tim Burton for Mars Attacks, and Alan Rudolph for The Breakfast of Champions, to name just a few. Lukas’s most recent work includes Brick, which was released by Focus Features after screening in competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, Last Days directed by Gus Van Sant, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was released by HBO Films and Material Girls released by MGM in which he portrays a "good-guy" attorney doing pro bono work for two sisters, one of whom — Haylie Duff — becomes his love interest. In The Tripper, a send-up of slasher films directed by David Arquette he's the love interest of Jaime King. In Who Loves the Sun, co-starring Adam Scott and Molly Parker he stars as a jilted ex-husband. Additionally he stars in Gardener of Eden directed by Kevin Connolly and produced by Graham King and Leonardo DiCaprio and recently completed shooting While She Was Out opposite Kim Bassinger. In addition to his film work, Lukas continues to pursue his other passion, music, and has performed with the band Outkast and with Macy Gray and is working on an album now.
[edit] Music
Haas is also a musician and has a MySpace Music page which features four songs, including "Kemp", and "In Between". He plays the drums and piano for a band called The Rogues. He has appeared in My Chemical Romance's music video for "Welcome to the Black Parade," in which he plays the role of The Patient. Haas has a cameo in OutKast's music video for "Roses," where he portrays the role as one of the Love Below members. Haas also can be seen in the music video for "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)" by rap group UGK. In the heyday of the Black Cat Lounge (94-95) in Austin, TX, Lukas played keyboards for a local band called Savior Sol.
[edit] Trivia
His uncles were in a German new wave band called Steinwolke.[1]
Friends with Leonardo DiCaprio.[2]
[edit] Selected filmography
- While She Was Out (2007)
- Alpha Dog (2007)
- Who Loves the Sun (2006)
- Material Girls (2006)
- The Darwin Awards (2006)
- The Youth in Us (2005)
- Last Days (2005)
- Brick (2005)
- Bookies (2003)
- Long Time Dead (2002)
- Zoolander (2001)
- Breakfast of Champions (1999)
- David and Lisa (1998) (TV)
- Johns (1996)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Boys (1996)
- Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
- Leap of Faith (1992)
- Alan and Naomi (1992)
- Rambling Rose (1991)
- The Ryan White Story (1989)
- Music Box (1989)
- Lady in White (1988)
- Solarbabies (1986)
- Witness (1985)
- Testament (1983)
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] External links
- Lukas Haas at the Internet Movie Database
- Lukas Haas on MySpace Musicde:Lukas Haas
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