Lucas York Black ( natural November 29, 1982 ) is an american movie and television receiver actor. He is well known for his roles in the CBS television receiver series American Gothic ( 1995–1996 ), and extra Agent Christopher LaSalle on CBS ‘s NCIS: New Orleans ( 2014–2019 ). His noteworthy films are 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 ) .
early life [edit ]
Black was born in Decatur, Alabama, [ 1 ] to Jan Gillespie, an office actor, 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 educate in May 2001. [ 4 ]
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career [edit ]
At age 11 or 12, Black made his film introduction in Kevin Costner ‘s film The War. [ 5 ] He subsequently was cast as Caleb Temple in CBS ‘s television serial 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 television receiver film Flash ( 1997 ), which aired on The Wonderful World of Disney; in the movie his character visits a knight every day in the hope of buying it. [ 7 ] Black played a hold role as Oakley in the historical drama Cold Mountain ( 2003 ). [ 8 ] In 2004, he starred as Vernon, an autistic piano omen, 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 play movie Jarhead ( 2005 ), directed by Sam Mendes ; [ 12 ] and as Sean Boswell in the third The Fast and the Furious movie, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ( 2006 ), directed by Justin Lin. [ 13 ] He described Tokyo Drift as the one in which he “ had the most playfulness. ” [ 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 go, in the indie golf 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 biography, found the filming have “ a lot more enjoyable because you get to reminisce about the days when I used to play, and then you get the know of being on a team again with the actors and have that chumminess with the players ”. [ 18 ] In 2014, Lucas was cast in NCIS: New Orleans as NCIS Special Agent LaSalle, a no-nonsense agent with a “ work difficult, play hard ” motto. [ 19 ]
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In 2015, Black returned to play Sean Boswell in a cameo appearance in Furious 7. [ 20 ] Sean did not appear in the one-eighth installment, The Fate of the Furious, and in July 2016, Black explained on The Chris Mannix Show that he could not return due to his schedule with NCIS: New Orleans. [ 21 ] In November 2019, Black left the series NCIS: New Orleans to devote more time to his family. [ 22 ] He besides returned to the Fast & Furious franchise, having a supporting function as Sean in F9 in 2021. [ 23 ]
personal life [edit ]
Black married Maggie O’Brien, a lawyer, in 2010. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] They have three children. [ 24 ] After he left NCIS New Orleans he started to upload fishing videos to YouTube. [ 26 ]
Filmography [edit ]
film [edit ]
television [edit ]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1995–1996
American Gothic
Caleb Temple
22 episodes
1997
Chicago Hope
Noah Fielding
Episode: “The Son Also Rises”
2014, 2016
NCIS [27]
Special Agent Christopher Lasalle
4 episodes
2014–2019
NCIS: New Orleans [28]
125 episodes
2016
Crockhill Mountain
Caleb McLaughlin
Television movie