Lucas Till
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Lucas Daniel Till is an American actor. He began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of films and television parts, including his roles on House
, Hannah Montana: The Movie
and X-Men: First Class
. Lucas also starred in the music video for Taylor Swift
's song, "You Belong with Me
".
, Georgia. 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 to pursue his acting career. Lucas Till lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
. While filming for Walk the Line he worked with actor Joaquin Phoenix
, actress Reese Witherspoon
and director James Mangold
. 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
, for his latest movie, The Spy Next Door
, where Till plays the role of a Russian spy. He also starred in Taylor Swift
's music video "You Belong with Me
". He was also in an episode of House
. He also appeared on Leo Little's Big Show along with Emily Osment.
On July 8, 2010, it became public that he had been cast in the role of Havok in the X-Men spin-off, X-Men: First Class
, directed by Matthew Vaughn
.
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 Walt Disney Pictures musical comedy film based on the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana which was released on April 10, 2009, by Walt Disney Pictures, it was the second Disney Channel series to have a movie for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by...
and X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the X-Men.-Publication history:The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz...
. Lucas also starred in the music video for Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
's song, "You Belong with Me
You Belong with Me
"You Belong with Me" is a country pop song performed by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's aid. It was released on April 21, 2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's second studio...
".
Early life
Till was born in Fort Hood, Texas. His father is a lieutenant colonel in the army. Till spent most of his childhood living in MariettaMarietta
- Places :*Marietta, Georgia, a suburban city located in Atlanta Metropolitan Area*Marietta, Illinois*Marietta, Indiana*Marietta, Minnesota*Marietta, Mississippi*Marietta, New York*Marietta, North Carolina*Marietta, Ohio*Marietta, Oklahoma, in Love County...
, Georgia. He attended Kell High School
Kell High School
Carlton J. Kell High School is a public high school in the Cobb County School District in Georgia. The school is located in Marietta, Georgia, just northwest of Atlanta. The school was founded in 2002 and serves 1,818 students in the Cobb County area. It is also an Advanced Placement Certified...
. 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 to pursue his acting career. Lucas Till lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Career
Early in his life, Lucas Till’s parents became aware of his natural ability to imitate voices and characters. Joy Pervis discovered Till while he was attending local acting class that his mother had enrolled him in. He is now represented by Los Angeles' Osbrink Talent Agency. When he was 10, he started doing commercials such as one for Kohl's as well as 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 LineWalk the Line
Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and based on the early life and career of country music artist Johnny Cash...
. While filming for Walk the Line he worked with actor Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix , formerly credited as Leaf Phoenix, is an American film actor. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and his family returned to the continental United States four years later...
, actress Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon
Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the film The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower...
and director James Mangold
James Mangold
James Allen Mangold is an American film director and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for Walk the Line which he co-wrote and directed.-Life and career:...
. After Walk the Line, Till was featured in a number of independent movies and films for Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
. In 2008, Till auditioned for Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 Walt Disney Pictures musical comedy film based on the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana which was released on April 10, 2009, by Walt Disney Pictures, it was the second Disney Channel series to have a movie for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by...
, starring Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus is an American actress and pop singer-songwriter. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana....
, 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
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
actor, Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
, for his latest movie, The Spy Next Door
The Spy Next Door
The Spy Next Door is a 2010 American spy comedy family film starring Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Billy Ray Cyrus and George Lopez. Filming started in late October in New Mexico and was finished in late December 2008. The film was released on January 15, 2010 in the United States. The film was...
, where Till plays the role of a Russian spy. He also starred in Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift is an American country pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw", then her self-titled debut album, which was subsequently certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America...
's music video "You Belong with Me
You Belong with Me
"You Belong with Me" is a country pop song performed by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's aid. It was released on April 21, 2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's second studio...
". He was also in an episode of House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
. He also appeared on Leo Little's Big Show along with Emily Osment.
On July 8, 2010, it became public that he had been cast in the role of Havok in the X-Men spin-off, X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class
X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the X-Men.-Publication history:The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz...
, directed by Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn is an English film producer and director known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch and directing the films Layer Cake , Stardust and Kick-Ass...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Adventures of Ociee Nash | Harry Vanderbilt | |
| 2004 | Lightning Bug Lightning Bug (film) Lightning Bug is a 2004 horror film. It is the debut film by writer/director Robert Green Hall, an SFX makeup artist known primarily for his work on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the films, Laid to Rest and its sequel, ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2.It is a fictionalized account of Hall's... |
Jay Graves | |
| 2005 | Walk the Line Walk the Line Walk the Line is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by James Mangold and based on the early life and career of country music artist Johnny Cash... |
Jack Cash | |
| 2006 | The Other Side | Young Samuel North | |
| 2006 | Not Like Everyone Else Not Like Everyone Else Not Like Everyone Else is a 2006 TV movie that aired on Lifetime Television and starred Alia Shawkat, Illeana Douglas & Eric Schweig. It is based on a true story of events that happened to Brandi Blackbear in 1999-2000.-Plot:... |
Kyle Kenney | Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| 2008 | Dance of the Dead Dance of the Dead (2008 film) Dance of the Dead is a 2008 American independent zombie comedy, directed by Gregg Bishop and written by Joe Ballarini. The film featured Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Chandler Darby, and Carissa Capobianco... |
Jensen | |
| 2009 | Laid to Rest Laid to Rest (film) Laid to Rest is a 2009 slasher film, directed by Robert Green Hall and stars Bobbi Sue Luther, Lena Headey, Sean Whalen, Thomas Dekker, Lucas Till and Jana Kramer.-Synopsis:... |
Store clerk | |
| 2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie Hannah Montana: The Movie Hannah Montana: The Movie is a 2009 Walt Disney Pictures musical comedy film based on the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana which was released on April 10, 2009, by Walt Disney Pictures, it was the second Disney Channel series to have a movie for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by... |
Travis Brody | |
| 2009 | The Lost & Found Family The Lost & Found Family The Lost & Found Family is a 2009 direct-to-video Christian film starring Ellen Bry and Lucas Till. It was released on September 15, 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film was directed by Barnet Bain.- Plot :... |
Justin | Direct-to-DVD |
| 2010 | The Spy Next Door The Spy Next Door The Spy Next Door is a 2010 American spy comedy family film starring Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Billy Ray Cyrus and George Lopez. Filming started in late October in New Mexico and was finished in late December 2008. The film was released on January 15, 2010 in the United States. The film was... |
Larry | Russian spy |
| 2010 | Vacation 8 | Jack | Post-Production |
| 2011 | Battle: Los Angeles Battle: Los Angeles Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American military science fiction war film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo and Michael Peña... |
Corporal Grayston | |
| 2011 | X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the X-Men.-Publication history:The original series was an eight-issue limited series. It began in September 2006 and ended in April 2007. It was written by Jeff Parker and penciled by Roger Cruz... |
Alex Summers / Havok | |
| 2011 | Uglies Uglies Uglies is a 2005 science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld. It is set in a future post-scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16. It tells the story of teenager Tally Youngblood who rebels against society's enforced conformity,... |
David David David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary... |
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| 2012 | Stoker Stoker (film) Stoker is an upcoming 2012 drama film directed by Park Chan-wook and written by Wentworth Miller. It stars Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode.-Cast:*Mia Wasikowska as India Stoker*Nicole Kidman as Evelyn Stoker... |
Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | House House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in... |
Simon | "Joy to the World Joy to the World (House) "Joy to the World" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of House and the ninety-seventh episode overall. It aired on December 9, 2008.-Plot:... " |
| 2009 | Medium Medium (TV series) Medium is an American television drama series that premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005, and ended on CBS on January 21, 2011. Themed on supernatural gifts, its lead character, Allison DuBois , is a medium employed as a consultant for the Phoenix, Arizona district attorney's office... |
Adam | "Things to Do in Phoenix When You're Dead" |
| 2010 | Fear Clinic | Brett | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Blue Mountain State Blue Mountain State Blue Mountain State is an American comedy series that premiered on Spike on January 11, 2010. The series producers include Chris Romano and Eric Falconer and is produced by Lionsgate Television... |
Golden Arm | "The Legend of the Golden Arm" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "You Belong With Me You Belong with Me "You Belong with Me" is a country pop song performed by American recording artist Taylor Swift. The song was co-written by Swift and Liz Rose and produced by Nathan Chapman with Swift's aid. It was released on April 21, 2009, by Big Machine Records as the third single from Swift's second studio... " |
Taylor Swift's love interest | Lead role |