Lukas Haas

Lukas Haas

Infobox actor
name = Lukas Haas


caption = Haas at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2007
birthname = Lukas Daniel Haas
birthdate = birth date and age|1976|4|16
birthplace = West Hollywood, California, USA
yearsactive = 1983 ─ present
spouse =
partner =
homepage =

Lukas Daniel Haas (born April 16 1976) is an Emmy- nominated American actor.

Biography

Personal life

Haas was born in West Hollywood, California, the son of Emily Tracy, a writer, and Berthold Haas, an artist. [http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Lukas-Haas.html Lukas Haas Biography (1976-) ] ] He has two brothers, twins Simon Jakoway and Nikolai Johannes Haas, both musicians/artists.

Career

At the age of five, he was discovered in his kindergarten by casting director Marjorie Simkin. Haas’s career has spanned more than twenty years during which time he has appeared in more than thirty-six feature films, as well as a number of television shows and theater productions. His first screen role was as a child in the 1983 nuclear holocaust film "Testament".

Haas became more widely-known in 1985 when, aged eight, he appeared opposite Harrison Ford in "Witness". His performance as the Amish child who is the sole witness to an undercover cop's murder was well-received by critics. [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117796433.html Variety's] review of Witness (1985 film) ] Haas followed this with parts in films such as Lady in White and Solarbabies.

Haas played AIDS victim Ryan White in the controversial TV movie, "The Ryan White Story", for which he received an Emmy nomination. On stage in 1988, Lukas performed alongside Steve Martin and Robin Williams in Samuel Beckett’s "Waiting for Godot" at Lincoln Center in New York City for director Mike Nichols.

He went on to appear in Woody Allen's "Everyone Says I Love You", Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks", and Alan Rudolph's "Breakfast of Champions". Haas’s most recent work includes "Brick" and Gus Van Sant's "Last Days".

Music

Haas is also a musician [ [http://myspace.com/lukashaas] . Haas's myspace page] and plays drums and piano for a band called The Rogues. He has appeared in the music videos for My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade", OutKast's "Roses", UGK's "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)", and Death Cab For Cutie's "Cath".

Filmography

*"Testament" (1983)
*"Witness" (1985)
*"Solarbabies" (1986)
*"Lady in White" (1988)
*"The Ryan White Story" (1989)
*"Music Box" (1989)
*"Rambling Rose" (1991)
*"Everyone Says I Love You" (1996)
*"Boys" (1996)
*"Mars Attacks!" (1996)
*"Johns" (1996)
*"Breakfast of Champions" (1999)
*"Zoolander" (2001)
*"The Pearl (2001)
*"Lathe of Heaven" (2002)
*"Brick" (2005)
*"Last Days" (2005)
*"Material Girls" (2006)
*"Who Loves the Sun" (2006)
*"Alpha Dog" (2007)
*"The Cradle" (2007)
*"The Tripper" (2007)
*"Gardener of Eden" (2007)
*"Death in Love" (2008)
*"While She Was Out" (2008)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0001305|name=Lukas Haas
* [http://myspace.com/lukashaas Lukas Haas on MySpace Music]


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