Kenny and Keith Lucas
Kenny and Keith Lucas | |
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Born |
Kenneth Lucas Keith Lucas September 13, 1985 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Occupation | Actor, comedian, writer, producer |
Years active | 2012–present |
Known for | Lucas Bros. Moving Co. |
Comedy career | |
Medium | Stand-up, film, television |
Genres | Observational comedy, black comedy, political comedy, satire, surreal humor, improvisational comedy, alternative comedy |
Subject(s) | African-American culture, American politics, current events, war on drugs, pop culture, race relations, racism, self-deprecation, philosophy |
Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas[1] are twin American comedians[2] known collectively as The Lucas Brothers.[3] They are also actors, writers,[4] and producers.
Biography
The Lucases were born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. They also spent some time in High Point, North Carolina. The brothers excelled academically, and graduated with honors from the College of New Jersey in 2007 with degrees in philosophy.[5] Kenny attended New York University School of Law while Keith attended Duke University School of Law until the middle of their third year of law school, when they dropped out to pursue stand-up comedy full-time.[6] Kenny is older than Keith by several minutes.[7]
They made their late-night debut on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in 2012.[8] The duo created the animated series Lucas Bros. Moving Co.,[9] starred on truTV's Friends of the People and appeared in 2014's 22 Jump Street. In 2016, they starred on Fox's The Grinder and on the Netflix original series Lady Dynamite.
The Lucas Brothers released their first comedy special, On Drugs, on Netflix in April 2017.[10] Paste Magazine ranked it as the 9th best comedy special of 2017.[11]
Filmography
Year | Title | Kenny's role | Keith's role | Notes |
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2013 | Arrested Development | Lucas Brother #2 | Lucas Brother #1 | Episode: "Blockheads" |
2013-2015 | Lucas Bros. Moving Co. | Kenny (voice) | Keef (voice) | Also, writers and producers |
2014 | 22 Jump Street | Kenny Yang | Keith Yang | |
2014-2015 | Friends of the People | Various |
Also, writers and producers | |
2016 | The Grinder | Cory Manler | Second Cory Manler | Kenny: 4 episodes, Keith: 1 episode |
2016 | Lady Dynamite | Themselves |
4 episodes | |
2017 | Lucas Brothers: On Drugs | Themselves |
Netflix special | |
2017 | The High Court with Doug Benson | Guest Bailiff |
TV short | |
2017 | Dope State | Craig | Jake | Documentary series |
2018 | The History of Comedy | Themselves |
1 episode; documentary series |
References
- ↑ "The Lucas Brothers on Jumping From Law School to Comedy". Vimeo. The Village Voice. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Seikaly, Andrea. "10 COMICS TO WATCH: The '22 Jump Street' scene-stealers have 'Friends of the People' and a Fox pilot in the pipeline". Variety. Variety. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Kozell, Isaac. "Embracing the Middle with The Lucas Brothers". Split Sider. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Schilling, Dave. "The Lucas Brothers Are the Next Big Thing in Identical Twin Stoner Comedy". Vice. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "The College of New Jersey Facebook". Facebook. Facebook. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Mancuso, Vinnie. "The Lucas Brothers: Twins, Comedians and Friends of the People". The Observer. Observer. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "SOCIAL STUDIES: THE LUCAS BROTHERS". The Couch Sessions. March 6, 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
The Couch Sessions: [Laughs] So, who's the oldest [sic]? Kenny: I'm a little older by like 5 or 10 minutes. I don't know exactly.
- ↑ "The Lucas Brothers". The Late Show With Jimmy Fallon.
- ↑ "Keith Lucas, IMDB". IMDB. IMDB. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ Backle, Ariana. "The Lucas Brothers figure out how to end police brutality in new Netflix special". EW.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "The Lucas Brothers". Paste Magazine.
External links
- Kenny Lucas on IMDb
- Keith Lucas on IMDb