Lou Taylor Pucci American actor Date of Birth: 27.06.1985 Country: USA

Biography of Lou Taylor Pucci

Lou Taylor Pucci was born on July 27, 1985, in Sisaid Heights, New Jersey, USA. He began his acting career at the age of 10 when his mother encouraged him to try his hand at a local production of the musical "Oliver." Additional motivation in the form of ten dollars from his aunt's hand helped the young debutant agree to play one of Fagin's gang boys. Feeling the joy of gained experience, Pucci decided to continue acting and appeared in several larger musical plays. He signed a deal with an agent and from that moment on, he did not want to act for free.
Pucci received his first professional experience in 1997 on the set of the soap opera "Guiding Light." On Broadway, he learned two roles as an understudy for the musical "The Sound of Music," doing it so skillfully that he immediately had a chance for a permanent role. After nine months as the eldest son of Baroness Maria von Trapp, Pucci simply outgrew the role and became too "old" for it. The unemployed actor took on projects with theater communities and high schools, wanting to further hone his skills. He was still a student when it was time to make his film debut in Rebecca Miller's drama "Personal Velocity" in 2002, where the young actor had the honor of working on the same set as Kyra Sedgwick and Parker Posey. After the release of the film, Pucci's attitude changed, and he started auditioning for significant roles. And in 2003, confident in his abilities, the actor got the leading role of Justin, a 17-year-old boy who transforms from a wallflower into a desirable ladies' man and powerful speaker, in the dramedy "Thumbsucker." Alongside the film stars Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton, and Vince Vaughn, the film won the Golden Bear award at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival, and Pucci won the Silver Bear for Best Actor. In the same year, Lou Taylor received another award, the Jury Special Prize, at the Sundance Film Festival for his performance. Later, the actor had the opportunity to work with stars such as Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Joanne Woodward, Robin Wright Penn, and Helen Hunt in the Emmy-award-winning miniseries "Empire Falls." Continuing to expand his circle of star collaborations, Pucci joined the cast of the dramedy "Chumscrubber" and played the lead role in the crime drama "50 Pills." Finally, the actor participated in the filming of the big-budget thriller "Southland Tales" with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Dwayne Johnson, and in 2009, he was announced as the lead in the new Western film "The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy." Lou Taylor Pucci is a true magician, particularly skilled in his sleight of hand in magical tricks.