Lou Taylor Pucci

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Lou Taylor Pucci

Born July 27, 1985
Keansburg, New Jersey

Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an award-winning American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's well received Personal Velocity: Three Portraits in 2002.

Pucci was born in Keansburg, New Jersey. A graduate of Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, he lives in New Jersey. He first acted at the age of ten in a hometown production of Oliver!. Just two years later he was on Broadway playing Freidrich in The Sound of Music. He can be seen in Arie Posin's The Chumscrubber, the HBO miniseries Empire Falls, and starring as the lead in Mike Mills' debut film, Thumbsucker, 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 recently played the title character in Green Day's "Jesus of Suburbia" music video.

He has recently finished shooting the films The Horsemen and The Informers, both of which are scheduled for release in 2008. Lou is currently filming The Dream of the Romans which is scheduled for a 2009 release.

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Year Title Role Other notes
2009 The Dream of the Romans Kris filming
2008 The Informers Tim post-production
The Horsemen Alex Breslin post-production
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Narrator post-production
Fanboys Boba Fett #1 awaiting release
Explicit Ills Jacob awaiting release
2007 The Go-Getter Mercer
Carriers Danny
2006 Southland Tales Martin Kefauver
Fast Food Nation Paco
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series) Joey Frost
Fifty Pills Darren
2005 Empire Falls (miniseries) John Voss
The Chumscrubber Lee
Thumbsucker Justin Cobb As Lou Pucci; Silver Berlin Bear for Best Actor - winner; Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Acting - winner
2002 Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Kevin

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