Josh Lucas  Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer (born June 20, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in various films, including "American Psycho" (2000), "You Can Count On Me" (2000), "The Deep End" (2001), "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), "Sweet Home Alabama" (2002), "Hulk" (2003), "An Unfinished Life" (2005), "Glory Road" (2006), "Poseidon" (2006), "Life as We Know It" (2010), "The Lincoln Lawyer" (2011), "Red Dog" (2011), "J. Edgar" (2011), "Breakthrough" (2019), and "Ford v Ferrari" (2019). He has also appeared in television series such as "The Firm" (2012), "The Mysteries of Laura" (2014–2016), and "Yellowstone" (2018–2019). Born Joshua Lucas Easy Dent Maurer on June 20, 1971, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the son of Michele (née LeFevre), a nurse midwife, and Don Maurer, an ER doctor. Lucas grew up traveling the South with his parents, who were antinuclear activists, and his three younger siblings. By the age of 13, he had lived in 30 different locations, including the Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. His mother attended Emerson College with Jay Leno. The family eventually settled in the town of Gig Harbor, Washington. He attended Kopachuck Middle School and graduated from Gig Harbor High School in 1989, where he acted in high school plays. After high school, he pursued his acting career over attending college. Lucas began his career when he was 19, having moved to Hollywood after his high school graduation. He appeared as a guest star on several TV sitcoms in his early 20s, including Fox's "True Colors" and "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," the family drama "Life Goes On," and CBS's private-eye show "Jake and the Fatman". Other projects included the horror-thriller "Child of Darkness, Child of Light", an adaptation of James Patterson's novel "Virgin", a tale of two Catholic schoolgirls who find themselves pregnant under mysterious and supernatural circumstances. Lucas followed this appearance by working with executive producer Steven Spielberg and then-unknown actor Clive Owen in the TV-movie "Class of '61", which follows the stories of a group of West Point cadets in 1861 as the Civil War breaks out.