Born in Paris in 1965, Laurent Lucas enrolled as a student of Charles
Dullin and quickly became one of the most promising students at the
Strasbourg National Theatre.
He first appeared on the screen in 1996 in
I Hate Love (1997) in which he
delivered a riveting performance of a man who is HIV positive. Lucas
next played in
Pola X (1999) by
Leos Carax, and then with
Karin Viard, shot two
outstanding films:
The New Eve (1999) and
Battle Cries (1999), his performance for which won
him a Cesar nomination for Best Aspiring Actor.
In 2000, Lucas rose to notoriety with his role as a young father in
_Harry un ami qui veut du bien (2000)_, and in 2003, appeared in three films presented at Cannes
International Film Festival:
Tiresia (2003),
Who Killed Bambi? (2003) and
Va, petite! (2002).
Most recently, Lucas' performances in
Lemming (2005) by
Dominik Moll and
Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi (2006) by
Noël Mitrani have definitively placed him at the head of his generation of
French actors.
Dumas(2024)as Pierre-Henri Cazal
Waiting for the Storms(2025)as McKenzie
Corbeaux(2024)as Hervé Lemoyne
Paris Has Fallen(2024)as Pascal
Maldoror(2024)as Charles Hinkel
Après coup(2017)
Le militaire(2014)
Rose and Violet(2011)
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema(2025)as Self
L'Iran vu du ciel(2021)as Self - Narrator
Un jour en ..(2019)as Narrator
Morning Glory(2015)as Narrator
