Lucas Black

Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the CBS television series "American Gothic" (1995–1996), and Special Agent Christopher LaSalle on CBS's ' (2014–2020). His notable films are "Sling Blade" (1996), "Flash" (1997), "Crazy in Alabama" (1999), "All the Pretty Horses" (2000), "Friday Night Lights" (2004), "Jarhead" (2005), ' (2006), "Get Low" (2009), "Legion" (2010), and "Seven Days in Utopia" (2011).
Early life.
Black was born in Decatur, Alabama, to Jan Gillespie, an office worker, and Larry Black, a museum employee. He has two older siblings and was raised a Southern Baptist. He grew up in Speake, Alabama, played football for the Speake Bobcats, and graduated from high school in May 2001.
Career.
At age 11 or 12, Black made his film debut in Kevin Costner's film "The War". He subsequently was cast as Caleb Temple in CBS's television series "American Gothic", which ran from 1995 to 1996, and in the films "Sling Blade", "Ghosts of Mississippi", and "The X-Files". Later Black starred as Conner Strong in the TV film "Flash" (1997), which aired on "The Wonderful World of Disney;" in the movie his character visits a horse every day in the hope of buying it.
Black played a supporting role as Oakley in the historical drama "Cold Mountain" (2003). In 2004, he starred as Vernon, an autistic piano prodigy, in the indie musical drama "Killer Diller" (2004), and as Mike Winchell in the football-themed drama "Friday Night Lights" (2004), directed by Peter Berg.
Black starred as Nat Banyon in the indie thriller film "Deepwater" (2005), directed by David S. Marfield; as Chris Kruger in the Gulf War-themed drama film "Jarhead" (2005), directed by Sam Mendes; and as Sean Boswell in the third "The Fast and the Furious" film, "" (2006), directed by Justin Lin. He described the "Tokyo Drift" as the one in which he "had the most fun".
Black starred as Buddy in the indie drama "Get Low" (2009), directed by Aaron Schneider; as Jeep Hanson in the Bible-themed fantasy thriller "Legion" (2010); and as Luke Chisholm, a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour, in the indie golfing film "Seven Days in Utopia" (2010).
He portrayed the Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese in the drama film "42" (2013). Black, having done previous sports films and played sports early in his life, found the filming experience "a lot more enjoyable because you get to reminisce about the days when I used to play, and then you get the experience of being on a team again with the actors and have that camaraderie with the players".
In 2014, Lucas was cast in "" as NCIS Special Agent LaSalle, a no-nonsense agent with a "work hard, play hard" motto.
In 2015, Black returned to play Sean Boswell in a cameo appearance in "Furious 7". Sean did not appear in the eighth installment, "The Fate of the Furious", and in July 2016, Black explained on "The Chris Mannix Show" that he could not return due to his schedule with "".
In November 2019, Lucas Black left the series "NCIS: New Orleans" to devote more time to his family. "Newsweek", however, speculated that Black left the role to focus on a possible return to the "Fast & Furious" franchise with "Fast & Furious 9". He said that he signed a contract with Universal Pictures to appear in the upcoming movies of the franchise.
Black is set to return to the "Fast & Furious" franchise with "F9" in 2021.
Personal life.
Black married Maggie O'Brien, a lawyer, in 2010. They have three children. After he left "" he started to upload fishing videos to YouTube.