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| Birth Name: | Lukas Daniel Haas |
| Birth Notes: | 16 April 1976, West Hollywood, California, USA |
| Height: | 6' 1" |
| Nicknames: | Freddy |
| Biography: | At the age of five Lukas Haas was discovered in his kindergarten class by casting director Marjorie Simkin. His first film role was that of the youngest of the doomed children in Testament (1983). In 1985 he gained notice when he starred as Samuel, the little Amish boy who witnesses a murder in Witness (1985). He was nominated for an Emmy in the made-for-TV movie The Ryan White Story (1989) (TV). By his teenage years, he appeared with Jessica Lange in Music Box (1989) and Steve Martin in Leap of Faith (1992). On Broadway, Lukas starred with Martin and Robin Williams in "Waiting for Godot". |
Filmography
| Alpha Dog (2006) as Buzz Fecske |
| Convicts (1991) as Horace Robedaux |
| Everyone Says I Love You (1996) as Scott Dandridge |
| Gardener of Eden (2007) as Adam |
| Inception (2010) as Nash |
| Lady in White (1988) as Frankie Scarlatti |
| Last Days (2005) as Luke |
| Leap of Faith (1992) as Boyd |
| Long Time Dead (2002) as Webster |
| Testament (1983) as Scottie Wetherly |
| The Cradle (2007) as Frank |
| The Tripper (2006) as Ivan |
| Zoolander (2001) as Himself |
| Alan & Naomi (1992) as Alan Silverman |
| Barry Dingle (2005) as Matt Huggins |
| Bastard (2010) as Driver |
| Bookies (2003) as Casey |
| Boys (1996) as John Baker Jr |
| Breakfast of Champions (1999) as George 'Bunny' Hoover |
| Brick (2005) as The Pin |
| Characters (2005) as Zach |
| Crazy Eyes (2010) as Zach |
| Death in Love (2008) as Youngest Son |
| In Quiet Night (1998) as Russell |
| Johns (1996) as Donner |
| Kiss & Tell (1996) as Don the Forensic Intern |
| Mars Attacks! (1996) as Richie Norris |
| Material Girls (2006) as Henry Baines |
| Music Box (1989) as Mikey Talbot |
| Night at the Carriage House (2010) |
| Peacemaker (1990) as Davy Cooper |
| Rambling Rose (1991) as Buddy |
| Red Riding Hood (2011) as Father August |
| Running Free (1999) as Narrator |
| See You in the Morning (1989) as Petey Goodwin |
| Solarbabies (1986) as Daniel |
| Swedish Auto (2006) as Carter |
| That Guy (2006) as Himself |
| The Brothers Bloom (2008) as Bar Patron |
| The Darwin Awards (2006) as Farley |
| The Pearl (2001) as Kino |
| The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009) as Clifton Hangar |
| The Wizard of Loneliness (1988) as Wendall |
| The Youth in Us (2005) as Jack |
| Walks (2010) as Walker |
| While She Was Out (2008) as Chuckie |
| Who Loves the Sun (2006) as Will Morrison |
| Witness (1985) as Samuel |
| Young Americans (2004) as Jesse |
Trivia
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* Son of Emily Tracy . * Drummer and pianist for a band called the Rogues * (July 2001) Dated Natalie Portman. * Brothers are fraternal twins named Simon and Nikolai Haas. Like Lukas, they are also musicians. * Lukas enjoyed ice skating (hockey) and turned up on occasion at the ice rink at Northcross Mall in Austin (1986-1988). He was a good skater, by the way, and the employees were quite fond of him. * Eleven years after playing the title role in Witness (1985), opposite Harrison Ford , he appeared in Mars Attacks! (1996). At the end of the film, he receives a medal, just as Ford did in Star Wars (1977). Ford received the medal from Carrie Fisher, playing Princess Leia. Haas received his from Natalie Portman, who would go on to play Princess Leia's mother, Queen Amidala. * Good friends with Leonardo DiCaprio. * Was considered for the role of Dr. Spencer Reid on "Criminal Minds," but did not want to commit to a television series at the time. The role went to Matthew Gray Gubler, and Lukas ended up portraying a store clerk who ends up being the elusive "Footpath Killer". * He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 11, 2010 during the occasion of their 10th anniversary awards ceremony. |
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