Lou Taylor Pucci (born July 27, 1985) is an American actor who first appeared on film in Rebecca Miller's Personal Velocity: Three Portraits in 2002. Pucci had his breakthrough leading role in Thumbsucker (2005), for which he won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival. Pucci then starred in The Chumscrubber (2005), Fast Food Nation (2006), The Go-Getter (2007), Explicit Ills (2008), and Carriers (2009). Pucci had starring roles in the 2013 Evil Dead remake, as well as The Story of Luke (2013) and Spring (2014).
Early life and education Pucci was born in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. His mother, Linda Farver, is a former model and beauty queen (Miss Union County), and his father, Louis Pucci, worked as a guitarist for the bands The Watch and Leap of Faith. He has two brothers and one sister Penelope. At the age of two, he moved to Keansburg, New Jersey. He is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft, New Jersey.
Career He first acted at the age of ten in a hometown production of Oliver!. Two years later he acted as an understudy on Broadway playing Friedrich 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' 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 played "St. Jimmy" in Green Day's "Jesus of Suburbia" music video (with Thumbsucker co-star Kelli Garner).
In 2009, Pucci had three films that screened at the Sundance Film Festival: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski; The Informers, with Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke, based on Bret Easton Ellis' collection of short stories of the same name; and The Answer Man (formerly Arlen Faber and The Dream of the Romans) with Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham. Pucci was also a juror for the short film competition.
Pucci had roles in multiple indie films for the latter part of the decade, and had a leading role playing an autistic man in The Story of Luke (2013), alongside Seth Green. He also had a starring role in the Evil Dead (2013) remake, based on Sam Raimi's 1981 original and played one of the leading roles in the thriller Spring. In November 2014, Pucci starred as Teddy Courtney in a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit-Chicago P.D. crossover.
He also portrayed Ben in the horror film Ava's Possessions. In 2016, he starred alongside Michael Shannon in the western thriller Poor Boy, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016.
In 2018, Pucci guest-starred in the first 3 episodes of Lifetime's thriller series You as Benji. In 2019 he guest-starred as Nock Nock in the FX comedy series You're the Worst, then went on to play a recurring role in American Horror Story: 1984.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes2002Personal Velocity: Three PortraitsKevinGrand Jury Prize, Sundance2005ThumbsuckerJustin CobbBest Actor: Sundance and Berlin2005Lee2005Fifty PillsDarren2006Fast Food NationGerald 'Paco'2006Southland TalesMartin Kefauver2007Mercer2008Explicit IllsJacob2008Tim2009Kris Lucas2009Brief Interviews with Hideous MenEvan2009FanboysBoba Fett #12009HorsemenAlex Breslin2009Fault Line2009CarriersDanny2010BrotherhoodKevin2010BeginnersMagician2011Gabriel Sawyer2011Kid Called Kelly2012All Together NowRon2012Jack and DianeTom2012LukeBest actor at Irvine International Film Festival2013Evil DeadEric2014SpringEvan2015Ava's PossessionsBen2016Poor BoyRomeo Griggs2018A.X.L.Randall2023Ex-HusbandsAaron2025Touch MeBrian2026LockboxWinthropPost-production
Television Year Title Role Notes2005Empire FallsJohn VossTelevision mini-series2006Law & Order: Criminal IntentJoey FrostEpisode: "Cruise to Nowhere"2012GirlsEricEpisode: "The Return"2014Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTeddy CourtneyEpisode: "Chicago Crossover"Chicago P.D.Episode: "They'll Have to Go Through Me"Halt and Catch FireHeathEpisode: "Up Helly Aa"2016Falling WaterAndyRecurring role; 3 episodes2018YouBenji Ashby2019You're the WorstNock NockYoungerTravis JasonEpisode: "Merger, She Wrote"American Horror Story: 1984Jonas ShevooreRecurring role; 5 episodes2021ShamelessLou MilkovichEpisode: "Slaughter"2021–2023PhysicalTylerMain cast2025Daredevil: Born AgainAdam 3 episodes
Music videos Year Title Artist Role2005"Jesus of Suburbia"Green DaySt. Jimmy/Jesus of Suburbia
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