Born
Lukas Daniel Haas
Occupations
Years active
1983–present
Lukas Daniel Haas (born April 16, 1976)[citation needed] is an American actor and musician. His acting career has spanned four decades, during which he has appeared in more than 50 feature films and a number of television shows and stage productions. His notable credits include in the films Witness (1985), Mars Attacks! (1996), Inception (2010), The Revenant (2015) and First Man (2018).
Haas was born in West Hollywood, California, the son of Berthold Haas, an artist, and Emily Tracy, an author.[1] His mother is from Texas, and his father emigrated from Germany.[2] He has two brothers: twins Simon Jakoway Haas and Nikolai Johannes Haas, both designers.[citation needed]
Haas was discovered at the age of five in his kindergarten by casting director Margery Simkin. His first screen role was as a child in the 1983 nuclear holocaust film Testament. He became more widely known in 1985 when, at the age of eight, he appeared in Witness. His performance as an Amish boy who is the sole witness to a police officer's murder was well received by critics.[3] Haas followed this with roles in films, such as Solarbabies (1986) and Lady in White (1988). In 1989, he appeared in the film Music Box, as the 12-year-old son of Jessica Lange's character, and grandson of an immigrant who is accused of being a war criminal. For this role he was nominated for the Young Artist Award. He also starred in the films Alan and Naomi (1992) and Rambling Rose (1991).
Haas received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of Ryan White in the television film The Ryan White Story (1989), about an American teenager who contracted AIDS through contaminated blood treatments for hemophilia. On stage in 1988, he performed in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for GodotatLincoln Center in New York City.[4] He went on to appear in Everyone Says I Love You, Mars Attacks!, and Breakfast of Champions. His work in the 2000s includes Brick, Last Days, and While She Was Out. Haas also gained recognition for his portrayal of The Patient in the music video for the My Chemical Romance song "Welcome to the Black Parade".
In March 2010, Haas was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame. More recently he appeared in Red Riding Hood, Contraband and Christopher Nolan's Inception. He has made guest appearances in Amazing Stories, both the 1985 and the 2002 versions of The Twilight Zone, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, As Told by Ginger, The Zeta Project, 24, Criminal Minds, Dirt and Entourage. He had a role on the 2012 television series Touch.[5] In 2014, he co-starred in the horror film Dark Was the Night.[6]
In 2018, Haas played astronaut Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot, in First Man, a film about the first human Moon landing space flight in 1969. The film was directed by Damien Chazelle, with whom he reunited in the 2022 film Babylon.[7]
Haas is the drummer and pianist for The Rogues.[8] He has composed parts of several film soundtracks, including Breakfast of Champions and Last Days, and performed as a guest musician on the Macy Gray album The Trouble with Being Myself and the Jet album Shaka Rock. In 2008, he released a solo EP. He appeared in the music videos for OutKast's "Roses," My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade," UGK's "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)," Death Cab For Cutie's "Cath…," and Jet's "She's a Genius".
On February 25, 2011, the media announced that Haas had released a musical collaboration with Isabel Lucas called "Made for You". The recorded and video clip were filmed in Lukas' LA studio, and were later revealed to be a marketing campaign of the Portuguese band The Gift for their album Explode.[9][10]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1983
Scottie Wetherly
1985
Samuel Lapp
1986
Daniel
1988
Frankie Scarlatti
1988
Wendall
1989
Petey Goodwin
1989
Mikey Talbot
1991
Horace Robedaux
1991
Buddy
1992
Alan Silverman
1992
Boyd
1996
Scott
1996
John Baker Jr
1996
Richie Norris
1996
Donner
1997
Don the Forensic Intern
1998
In Quiet Night
Russell
"David and Lisa"
1999
George "Bunny" Hoover
2000
Narrator
Voice
2001
Himself
2001
The Pearl[11]
Kino
2002
Webster
2003
Casey
2005
The Pin
2005
Luke
2005
Dingle, Barry
Matt Huggins
2006
Henry Baines
2006
Farley
2006
Will Morrison
2006
Ivan
2006
Swedish Auto
Carter
2006
Buzz Fecske
2007
The Cradle
Frank
2007
Adam Harris
2008
The Guest in Room 108
2008
Youngest Son
2008
Chuckie
2008
Bar Patron
Uncredited
2009
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Clifton Hangar
2010
Nash
2011
Father Auguste
2011
Zach
2012
Danny Raymer
2012
First White Soldier
2013
Meth Head
Kyle
2013
2013
Vernon
2014
James Thomas
2014
Donny Saunders
2015
Always Worthy
Breck
2015
Buddy #1
Credited as Lucas Haas
2015
Jones
2017
2031
Ethan
Short film
2018
2018
David
2020
Joseph
2021
Peter
2022
George Munn
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2024
Shawn Goddard
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1984
Tim Buckley
Episode: "In the Line of Duty"
1984
Nicholas
Episode: "Double Bubble"
1984
Bobby Leob
Television film
1985
Brothers-in-Law
Luke
Television film
1985
Brian Globe
Episode: "Ghost Train"
1986
Brian Mollencamp
Television film
1986
Mike
Segment: "What Are Friends For?"
1987
Mike Sanders
Episode: "My Dissident Mom"
1989
Television film
1991
Benjamin Blair
Television film
1993
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Episode: "Paris, September 1908"
1994
Warrior Spirit
Rod
Television film
1995
Tales of the Wild
Rod Elliot
Episode: "Chasseurs de loups, chasseurs d'or"
1998
David and Lisa
David
Television film
2001
Krazy
Episode: "Queefer Madness"
2001–2002
Heavy Gear: The Animated Series
Marcus Rover
Voice, 10 episodes
2002
Jake
Voice, episode: "Fast Reputation"[13]
2002
Casey MacCurdy
Voice, episode: "On the Wire"[13]
2002
George Orr
Television film
2002
Corey Williams
Episode: "Harsh Mistress"
2003
Private
Voice, episode: "Eclipsed"[13]
2005
Clerk (The Footpath Killer)
2 episodes
2005
Andrew Paige
3 episodes
2007
Marqui Jackson
2 episodes
2008
L.B.
2 episodes
2013
Calvin Norburg
Season 2: 11 episodes
2022
Richard
Main role
2023
Chuck Montgomery
Recurring role[14]
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