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Josh Lucas

Actor, also producer · Born June 20, 1971 (55) · Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Josh Lucas (born June 20, 1971) is an American actor. He has starred alongside Jon Voight in Jerry Bruckheimer's Glory Road (2006), Kurt Russell and Richard Dreyfuss in Wolfgang Petersen's Poseidon (2006), Morgan Freeman and Robert Redford in Lasse Hallström's An Unfinished Life (2005), Jamie Bell in David Gordon Green's Undertow (2004), which was also produced by Terrence Malick. Other credits include Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Hulk (2003), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Wonderland (2003), The Deep End (2001), American Psycho (2000), Session 9 (2001), and You Can Count on Me (2000). Lucas' theater credits include the recent off-Broadway run of "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell"; Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie," which appeared on Broadway in 2005; Terrence McNally's "Corpus Christi" at the Manhattan Theater Club; Christopher Shinn's "What Didn't Happen"; and "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lucas recently completed his second collaboration with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns on "The War" (2007). Lucas' other documentary work includes the upcoming Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007), Trumbo (2007), and Resolved (2007). Lucas recently completed his first venture into production with Stolen Lives (2009), in which he plays the single father of a mentally challenged boy. This film is the first project to be produced through Lucas' production company, Two Bridges.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 20, 1971 (55)
From
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
77 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 8% in 30 days

What are Josh Lucas' films like?

Across their 69 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama21 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Biography7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
24%
Bonds
23%
Self
21%
Survival
16%
Society
7%
Power
5%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds23 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival9 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth7 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose7 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 56 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 17 · Dark 25

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 37 · Stylized 16 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 23 · Intense 22

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 26 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 6

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 43 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 31 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 4

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 18 · Engaged 29 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 23 · Heavy 25

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 33 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 10

Roles they play

36 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 10 of 36 analyzed roles.

Shadow
10 of 36
Hero
9 of 36
Mentor
5 of 36
Shapeshifter
4 of 36
Trickster
3 of 36
Ally
3 of 36
Threshold guardian
2 of 36
Show the 36 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
42
Melancholic
32
Contemplative
26
Hopeful
18
Dread
17
Other
58

How their films linger

Thought-provoking26 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet45
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous12
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Josh Lucas' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 55 of their 77 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Josh Lucas' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 77 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Rescue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Actor

  • By Any Means(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The American Revolution(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as George Rogers Clark / John Glover / Drury Mathias (voice)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Map That Leads to You(2025)

    as Greg

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Queen of the Ring(2024)

    as Billy Wolfe

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Blood for Dust(2023)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Palm Royale(2024)

    Show 20 episodes · as Douglas Dellacorte-Simmons

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • The Black Demon(2023)

    as Paul Sturges

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Benjamin Franklin(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as William Franklin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Long Slow Exhale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · as Hilman Ford

  • The Forever Purge(2021)

    as Dylan Tucker

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Hemingway(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as The New Republic (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • She Dies Tomorrow(2020)

    as Doc

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Secret: Dare to Dream(2020)

    as Bray Johnson

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Ford v Ferrari(2019)

    as Leo Beebe

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Breakthrough(2019)

    as Brian Smith

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • What They Had(2018)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • All Square(2018)

    as Matt

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Mayo Clinic, Faith, Hope and Science(2018)

    as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Yellowstone(2018)

    Show 9 episodes · as Young John Dutton

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Murderous Trance(2018)

    as Bjørn Schouw Nielsen

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House(2017)

    as Charlie Bates

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Most Hated Woman in America(2017)

    as David Waters

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Youth in Oregon(2016)

    as Danny Engersol

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Vietnam War(2017)

    Show as Pete Hunting

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Dear Eleanor(2016)

    as Frank Morris

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Boychoir(2014)

    as Gerard

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Mysteries of Laura(2014)

    Show 38 episodes · as Jake Broderick

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Bridge Inspector

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Little Accidents(2014)

    as Bill Doyle

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Mend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Mat

  • Against the Odds(2014)

    Show as Voice of Eugene Sledge

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Big Sur(2013)

    as Neal Cassady

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Wish You Well(2013)

    as Cotton Longfellow

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Space Warriors(2013)

    as Col. Roy Manley

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Stolen(2012)

    as Vincent Kinsey

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Firm(2012)

    Show 22 episodes · as Mitch McDeere

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • J. Edgar(2011)

    as Charles Lindbergh

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Hide Away(2011)

    Producer · as Young Mariner

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Prohibition(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Reader (voice)

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Red Dog(2011)

    as John

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Daydream Nation(2010)

    as Barry Anderson

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Lincoln Lawyer(2011)

    as Ted Minton

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Ghost of New Orleans(2011)

    as Ben Chaney

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Life as We Know It(2010)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • William Vincent(2010)

    as Boss

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Peacock(2010)

    as Officer Tom McGonigle

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • WWII in HD(2009)

    Show 10 episodes · as Bert Stiles (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Stolen(2009)

    Producer · as Matthew Wakefield

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Tell Tale(2009)

    as Terry

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Management(2008)

    as Barry

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The National Parks: America's Best Idea(2009)

    Show as Reader

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Death in Love(2008)

    Producer · as Elder Son

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The War(2007)

    Show 7 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Poseidon(2006)

    as Dylan Johns

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Glory Road(2006)

    as Don Haskins

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • An Unfinished Life(2005)

    as Crane Curtis

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Stealth(2005)

    as Ben Gannon

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Undertow(2004)

    as Deel Munn

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Around the Bend(2004)

    as Jason Lair

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Wonderland(2003)

    as Ron Launius

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Secondhand Lions(2003)

    as Adult Walter

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Hulk(2003)

    as Talbot

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Sweet Home Alabama(2002)

    as Jake Perry

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Coastlines(2002)

    as Eddie Vance

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • A Beautiful Mind(2001)

    as Martin Hansen

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Session 9(2001)

    as Hank

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Weight of Water(2000)

    as Rich Janes

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • When Strangers Appear(2001)

    as Peter

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Restless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Jeff Hollingsworth

  • The Deep End(2001)

    as Darby Reese

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Dancer(2000)

    as Stéphane

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • American Psycho(2000)

    as Craig McDermott

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • You Can Count on Me(2000)

    as Rudy Sr.

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Drop Back Ten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Tom White

  • Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Clay Upton

  • Will & Grace(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Josh Lucas · as Ruben

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Cracker: Mind Over Murder(1997)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • The Definite Maybe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Eric Traber

  • Minotaur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • True Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Dan Warren

  • In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Todd Walker

  • Snowy River: The McGregor Saga(1994)

    Show 15 episodes · as Luke McGregor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Father Hood(1993)

    as Andy

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Class of '61 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as George Armstrong Custer

  • Alive(1993)

    as Felipe Restano

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Child of Darkness, Child of Light(1991)

    as John L. Jordan III

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • True Colors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Jonathan

  • Life Goes On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 83 episodes · as Dylan

  • In the Heat of the Night(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Jake and the Fatman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Discretion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Greg

  • Slay the Dreamer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Marshmallow Experiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dr. Newman

  • The Night Driver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 92 titles, 87 of them dated from 1987 to 2026; peak year 2010.

Biggest box office

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

$317M worldwide

Highest rated

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Mysteries of Laura (2014)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
19872026

Peak 2010 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 36 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting92 of 92: 91 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score54thProducing1 of 92: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s3 · acting1990s13 · acting2000s27 · acting2010s31 · 31 acting · 1 crew2020s13 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 19% of 53 roles
9303081318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2002, Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Josh Lucas' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 59; across their 56 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Reach · how many have seen their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 56

Midcredits score across 77 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up22
  • 50th to 74th24
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th14

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 77 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved13
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed8
  • Mixed26

Most divisive · actor

William Vincent (2010)

79th percentile spread · 55% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Ford v Ferrari (2019)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 55 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Josh Lucas' work okay for kids?

Across up to 35 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore25 titles11–88 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity35 titles13–53 · median 27 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity29 titles32–81 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs26 titles25–58 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense25 titles14–85 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Josh Lucas work with?

People who share at least 2 of Josh Lucas' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ken Burns shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles