Lou Taylor Pucci

Lou Taylor Pucci
Pucci at WonderCon, Anaheim, promoting Evil Dead on March 30, 2013
Born (1985-07-27) July 27, 1985
Seaside Heights, New Jersey, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 2002–present
Website www.loutaylorpucci.com

Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity: Three Portraits in 2002. Pucci had his breakthrough leading role in Thumbsucker (2005), for which he won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Pucci then starred in The Chumscrubber (2005), Fast Food Nation (2006), The Go-Getter (2007), Explicit Ills (2008), and Carriers (2009). Pucci had starring roles in the 2013 Evil Dead remake, as well as The Story of Luke (2013) and Spring (2014).

Early life and education

Pucci was born in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.[1] His mother, Linda Farver, is a former model and beauty queen (Miss Union County), and his father, Louis Pucci, worked as a guitarist for the bands The Watch and Leap of Faith and he has two brothers.[2] At the age of two, he moved to Keansburg, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey.

Career

He first acted at the age of ten in a hometown production of Oliver!. Two years later he acted as an understudy on Broadway playing Freidrich in The Sound of Music.[3] He can be seen in Arie Posin's The Chumscrubber, the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, and starring as the lead in Mike Mills' film Thumbsucker,[4] 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 played "St. Jimmy" in Green Day's "Jesus of Suburbia" music video.

In 2009, Pucci had three films that screened at the Sundance Film Festival: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski of The Office; The Informers, with Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke, based on Bret Easton Ellis' collection of short stories of the same name; and Arlen Faber (formerly The Dream of the Romans) with Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham. Pucci was also a juror for the short film competition.

Pucci had roles in multiple indie films for the latter part of the decade, and had a leading role playing an autistic man in The Story of Luke (2013), alongside Seth Green. He also had a starring role in the Evil Dead (2013) remake, based on Sam Raimi's 1981 original[5] and played one of the leading roles in the thriller Spring.[6] In November 2014, Pucci starred as Teddy Courtney in a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit-Chicago P.D. crossover.[7]

He also portrayed Ben in the horror film Ava's Possessions and had a role in Lucas Elliot Eberl and Edgar Morais drama film You Above All.[8] In 2016, he starred alongside Michael Shannon in the western thriller Poor Boy, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016.[9]

In 2018, he joined the cast of Lifetime's drama series You as Benji.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Kevin
2005 Thumbsucker Justin Cobb
2005 The Chumscrubber Lee
2005 Fifty Pills Darren
2006 Fast Food Nation Gerald 'Paco'
2006 Southland Tales Martin Kefauver
2007 The Go-Getter Mercer
2008 Explicit Ills Jacob
2008 The Informers Tim
2009 The Answer Man Kris Lucas
2009 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Evan
2009 Fanboys Boba Fett #1
2009 Horsemen Alex Breslin
2009 Fault Line
2009 Carriers Danny
2010 Brotherhood Kevin
2010 Beginners Magician
2011 The Music Never Stopped Gabriel Sawyer
2011 The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy Kid Called Kelly
2012 All Together Now Ron
2012 Jack and Diane Tom
2012 The Story of Luke Luke Best actor at Irvine International Film Festival[11]
2013 Evil Dead Eric
2014 Spring Evan
2015 Ava's Possessions Ben
2016 Poor Boy Romeo Griggs
2018 You Above All Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Empire Falls John Voss TV miniseries
2005 Jesus of Suburbia St. Jimmy/Jesus of Suburbia Music video for Green Day
2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Joey Frost Episode: "Cruise to Nowhere"
2012 Girls Eric Episode: "The Return"
2014 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Teddy Courtney Episode: "Chicago Crossover"
Chicago P.D. Teddy Courtney Episode: "They'll Have To Go Through Me"
2018 You Benji

References

  1. ↑ O'Sullivan, Eleanor. "Coming Tuesday on DVD", Asbury Park Press, January 22, 2006. Accessed June 10, 2013. "Lou Taylor Pucci of Seaside Heights stars in Thumbsucker, a dark comedy arriving on the home viewing market this week."
  2. ↑ http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2005/09/30/1243020-sun.html
  3. ↑ "Lou Taylor Pucci". Playbill Vault. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  4. ↑ Lou Taylor Pucci, ‘Evil Dead,’ ‘Thumbsucker’)
  5. ↑ Lou Taylor Pucci, ‘Evil Dead,’ ‘Thumbsucker’)
  6. ↑ Horror Will ‘Spring’ to Life In this Lovecraftian Love Story
  7. ↑ http://observer.com/2014/11/law-order-svu-recap-16-x7-chicago-crossover/
  8. ↑ Exclusive – Lou Taylor Pucci Talks Spring
  9. ↑ Umstead, Ben (April 15, 2016). "Tribeca 2016 Poster Exclusive: POOR BOY, Starring Lou Taylor Pucci And Michael Shannon". Twitch Film. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Highfill, Samantha (September 9, 2018). "YOU showrunner Sera Gamble breaks down the premiere's shocking ending". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
  11. ↑ "IRVINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2013 WINNERS". Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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