Lou Taylor Pucci
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| Born | July 27, 1985 Keansburg, New Jersey |
Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an award-winning American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's well received Personal Velocity: Three Portraits in 2002.
Pucci was born in Keansburg, New Jersey. A graduate of Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, he lives in New Jersey. He first acted at the age of ten in a hometown production of Oliver!. Just two years later he was on Broadway playing Freidrich in The Sound of Music. He can be seen in Arie Posin's The Chumscrubber, the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, and starring as the lead in Mike Mills' debut film, Thumbsucker, for which he received the Special Jury Prize for Acting at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival. He also recently played the title character in Green Day's "Jesus of Suburbia" music video.
He has recently finished shooting the films The Horsemen and The Informers, both of which are scheduled for release in 2008. Lou is currently filming The Dream of the Romans which is scheduled for a 2009 release.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2009 | The Dream of the Romans | Kris | filming |
| 2008 | The Informers | Tim | post-production |
| The Horsemen | Alex Breslin | post-production | |
| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Narrator | post-production | |
| Fanboys | Boba Fett #1 | awaiting release | |
| Explicit Ills | Jacob | awaiting release | |
| 2007 | The Go-Getter | Mercer | |
| Carriers | Danny | ||
| 2006 | Southland Tales | Martin Kefauver | |
| Fast Food Nation | Paco | ||
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series) | Joey Frost | ||
| Fifty Pills | Darren | ||
| 2005 | Empire Falls (miniseries) | John Voss | |
| The Chumscrubber | Lee | ||
| Thumbsucker | Justin Cobb | As Lou Pucci; Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actor - winner; Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting - winner | |
| 2002 | Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | Kevin |
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Fansite
- Lou Taylor Pucci comprehensive profile
- Lou Taylor Pucci at the Internet Movie Database
- Lou Taylor Pucci Interview with Nick Haramis for BlackBook Magazine
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