Lukas Daniel Haas (born April 16, 1976) 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 the films Witness (1985), Lady in White (1988), Mars Attacks! (1996), Brick (2005), Inception (2010), The Revenant (2015), and First Man (2018).
Early life Haas was born on April 16, 1976, in West Hollywood, California, the son of Berthold Haas, an artist, and Emily Tracy, an author. His mother is from Texas, and his father emigrated from Germany. (article copy from newspaper) He has two brothers: twins Simon Jakoway Haas and Nikolai Johannes Haas, both designers.
Career Acting 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. Haas followed this with roles in 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 Godot at Lincoln Center in New York City. 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. In 2014, he co-starred in the horror film Dark Was the Night.
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.
In September 2024, he was cast in a recurring role on the superhero series Spider-Noir.
Music Haas is the drummer and pianist for The Rogues. 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 Haas' L.A. studio, and were later revealed to be a marketing campaign of the Portuguese band The Gift for their album Explode.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1983 Testament Scottie Wetherly 1985 Witness Samuel Lapp 1986 Solarbabies Daniel 1988 Lady in White Frankie Scarlatti 1988 The Wizard of Loneliness Wendall 1989 See You in the Morning Petey Goodwin 1989 Music Box Mikey Talbot 1991 Convicts Horace Robedaux 1991 Rambling Rose Buddy 1992 Alan & Naomi Alan Silverman 1992 Leap of Faith Boyd 1996 Everyone Says I Love You Scott 1996 Boys John Baker Jr 1996 Mars Attacks! Richie Norris 1996 Johns Donner 1997 Kiss & Tell Don the Forensic Intern 1998 In Quiet Night Russell"David and Lisa" 1999 Breakfast of Champions George "Bunny" Hoover 2000 Running Free NarratorVoice 2001 Zoolander Himself 2001 The Pearl Kino 2002 Long Time Dead Webster 2003 Bookies Casey Young 2005 Brick The Pin 2005 Last Days Luke 2005 Dingle, Barry Matt Huggins 2006 Material Girls Henry Baines 2006 The Darwin Awards Farley 2006 Who Loves the Sun Will Morrison 2006 The Tripper Ivan 2006 Swedish Auto Carter 2006 Alpha Dog Buzz Fecske 2007 The Cradle Frank 2007 Gardener of Eden Adam Harris 2008 T Takes The Guest in Room 108 2008 Death in Love Youngest Son 2008 While She Was Out Chuckie 2008 The Brothers Bloom Bar Patron Uncredited 2009 The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Clifton Hangar 2010 Inception Nash 2011Red Riding Hood Father Auguste 2011Crazy Eyes Zach 2012Contraband Danny Raymer 2012Lincoln First White Soldier 2013Meth Head Kyle 2013Jobs Daniel Kottke 2013Pawn Shop Chronicles Vernon 2014Transcendence James Thomas 2014Dark Was the Night Donny Saunders 2015Always Worthy Breck 2015Tooken Buddy #1 Credited as Lucas Haas 2015The Revenant Jones 20172031 Ethan Short film 2018First Man Michael Collins 2018Widows David 2020 The Violent Heart Joseph 2021 Midnight in the Switchgrass Peter Hillborough 2022 Babylon George Munn Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2024 Cash Out Shawn Goddard 2025 High Rollers Crystal Cross 2026 The Gentleman Thief Shawn Goddard Fortitude Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 1984 Jessie Tim Buckley Episode: "In the Line of Duty" 1984 Trapper John, M.D. Nicholas Episode: "Double Bubble" 1984 Love Thy Neighbor Bobby Leob Television film 1985 Brothers-in-Law Luke Television film 1985 Amazing Stories Brian Globe Episode: "Ghost Train" 1986 Shattered Spirits Brian Mollencamp Television film 1986 The Twilight Zone Mike Segment: "What Are Friends For?" 1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special Mike Sanders Episode: "My Dissident Mom" 1989 The Ryan White Story Ryan White Television film 1991 The Perfect Tribute Benjamin Blair Television film 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Norman Rockwell 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 Son of the Beach Krazy Episode: "Queefer Madness" 2001–2002 Heavy Gear: The Animated Series Marcus Rover Voice, 10 episodes 2002 As Told by Ginger Jake Voice, episode: "Fast Reputation" A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2002 The Zeta Project Casey MacCurdy Voice, episode: "On the Wire" 2002 Lathe of Heaven George Orr Television film 2002 The Twilight Zone Corey Williams Episode: "Harsh Mistress" 2003 Justice League Private Voice, episode: "Eclipsed" 2005 Criminal Minds Clerk (The Footpath Killer) 2 episodes 2005 24 Andrew Paige 3 episodes 2007 Dirt Marqui Jackson 2 episodes 2008 Entourage L.B. 2 episodes 2013 Touch Calvin Norburg Season 2: 11 episodes 2022 War of the Worlds Richard Main role 2023 The Righteous Gemstones Chuck Montgomery Recurring role 2026 Spider-NoirWinston Recurring role
Music videos "Roses" (2004) by OutKast as the Dancing Student "Welcome to the Black Parade" (2006) by My Chemical Romance as the Patient "International Players Anthem (I Choose You)" (2007) by UGK as groomsman "Cath..." (2008) by Death Cab for Cutie
References
Bibliography Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 398.
External links