Biography for
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Date of Birth

16 April 1976, West Hollywood, California, USA

Birth Name

Lukas Daniel Haas

Nickname

Freddy

Height

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Mini Biography

At the age of five Lukas Haas was discovered in his kindergarten class by casting director Marjorie Simkin. His first film role was that of the youngest of the doomed children in Testament (1983). In 1985 he gained notice when he starred as Samuel, the little Amish boy who witnesses a murder in Witness (1985). He was nominated for an Emmy in the made-for-TV movie The Ryan White Story (1989) (TV). By his teenage years, he appeared with Jessica Lange in Music Box (1989) and Steve Martin in Leap of Faith (1992). On Broadway, Lukas starred with Martin and Robin Williams in "Waiting for Godot".

IMDb Mini Biography By: Emily Tracy-Haas

Trivia

Son of Emily Tracy.

Drummer and pianist for a band called the Rogues

Brothers are fraternal twins named Simon and Nikolai Haas. Like Lukas, they are also musicians.

Lukas enjoyed ice skating (hockey) and turned up on occasion at the ice rink at Northcross Mall in Austin (1986-1988). He was a good skater, by the way, and the employees were quite fond of him.

Eleven years after playing the title role in Witness (1985), opposite Harrison Ford, he appeared in Mars Attacks! (1996). At the end of the film, he receives a medal, just as Ford did in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Ford received the medal from Carrie Fisher, playing Princess Leia. Haas received his from Natalie Portman, who would go on to play Princess Leia's mother, Queen Amidala.

Good friends with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Was considered for the role of Dr. Spencer Reid on "Criminal Minds," but did not want to commit to a television series at the time. The role went to Matthew Gray Gubler, and Lukas ended up portraying a store clerk who ends up being the elusive "Footpath Killer".

He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 11, 2010 during the occasion of their 10th anniversary awards ceremony.

He made guest appearances on both "The Twilight Zone" (1985) and "The Twilight Zone" (2002).