Early life

Black was born in Decatur, Alabama, the son of Jan Gillespie, an office worker, and Larry Black, a museum employee. He has two older siblings and was raised a Southern Baptist. He grew up in Speake, Alabama, and played for the Speake Bobcats, graduating from high school in May 2001.

Career

Black made his film debut in the 1994 Kevin Costner film The War. He subsequently was cast as Caleb Temple in CBS's television series American Gothic, which ran from 1995 to 1996, and in the films Sling Blade, Ghosts of Mississippi and The X-Files. Later in 1997 Black starred as Conner Strong in the TV film Flash, which aired on The Wonderful World of Disney; in the movie his character visits a horse everyday in hopes of buying it.

In 2003, Black had a supporting role as Oakley in the historical drama Cold Mountain. In 2004, Black starred as Vernon, an autistic who’s a prodigious pianist, in indie musical drama Killer Diller. Later that year, he starred as Mike Winchell in the football-themed drama Friday Night Lights directed by Peter Berg.

In 2005, Black starred as Nat Banyon in indie thriller film Deepwater directed by David S. Marfield. He also starred as Chris Kruger in the Gulf War themed drama film Jarhead directed by Sam Mendes. In 2006, Black starred as Sean Boswell in the third film in The Fast and the Furious series, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. He described his part in the film as a "fun role".

In 2009, Black starred as Buddy, an eager young family man who mutes his own misgivings about the enterprise, in the indie drama Get Low directed by Aaron Schneider. In 2010, he starred as Jeep Hanson in the bible-themed fantasy thriller Legion.

Black Starred as Luke Chisholm in the indie golfing film Seven Days in Utopia, where he played the role of a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. His most recent role was playing Brooklyn Dodgers' shortstop Pee Wee Reese in the 2013 drama 42. Black, having done previous sports films and played sports early in his life, found the filming experience to be "a lot more enjoyable because you get to reminisce about the days when I used to play, and then you get the experience of being on a team again with the actors and have that camaraderie with the players".

In 2014, Lucas was cast in the NCIS: New Orleans as a NCIS Special Agent Lasalle, a no-nonsense agent with a "work hard, play hard" motto. In 2015, he reprised his Tokyo Drift role in a cameo appearance in the seventh film of The Fast and the Furious series, Furious 7.

Personal life

Black married Maggie O'Brien, a lawyer, in 2010. They have a daughter and a son.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The War	Ebb Lipnicki
1996	Sling Blade	Frank Wheatley
	Ghosts of Mississippi	Burt DeLaughter
1997	Flash	Connor
1998	The X-Files	Stevie
1999	Our Friend, Martin	Randy	Voice role
	Crazy in Alabama	Peter Joseph "Peejoe" Bullis
2000	All the Pretty Horses	Jimmy Blevins
2003	Cold Mountain	Oakley
2004	Friday Night Lights	Mike Winchell
2005	Deepwater	Nat Banyon
	Jarhead	LCpl. Chris Kruger
2006	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Sean Boswell
	Killer Diller	Vernon	Limited release
2009	Get Low	Buddy Robinson
2010	Legion	Jeep Hanson
2011	Seven Days in Utopia	Luke Chisholm
2012	Promised Land	Paul Geary
2013	42	Pee Wee Reese
2015	Furious 7	Sean Boswell	Cameo
2017	Fast 8		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995-1996	American Gothic	Caleb Temple	22 episodes
2000	The Miracle Worker	James Keller	Movie
2014 2016	NCIS	Special Agent Christopher Lasalle	Pilot: "Crescent City" (Parts 1 & 2) Crossover: "Sister City" (Part 1)
2014-present	NCIS: New Orleans	Special Agent Christopher Lasalle	Main role

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1996	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Cast	Sling Blade	Nominated
1997	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films	Best Performance by a Younger Actor		Won
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor		Won
	YoungStar Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film		Won
		Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama TV Series	American Gothic	Nominated
1998	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series - Leading Young Actor	Flash	Nominated
2000		Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor	Crazy in Alabama	Nominated
	YoungStar Awards	Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama		Nominated
2001	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor	All the Pretty Horses	Nominated
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Breakout Star: Male	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Nominated

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