Blond, blue-eyed Josh Lucas (who early in his career was billed as Joshua Lucas) has carved a niche portraying cynics, cads and ne'er-do-wells. While he yet may not have had the breakthrough role that would make him a household name. he has emerged as a fine and prolific character actor, capable of earning the audience's sympathies or condemnation.

Born in Arkansas to parents in the medical professions, Lucas spent a peripatetic childhood thanks in part to his folks' political activism. While growing up, he and his family moved more than a dozen times living in various places in the South