Lou Taylor Pucci

Lou is the son of Linda (Farver) Pucci, a onetime model and former Miss Union County, and guitarist Lou Pucci, formerly of the groups "The Watch" and "Leap of Faith". He never showed any interest in singing or acting as a child till his aunt, Cindy, bribed him to try out for a community theater production of "Oliver" when he was 10; two years later, he was on Broadway in "The Sound Of Music". At 15, he landed a part in a small independent film called _Personal Velocity (2002)_ (qv), which won the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. This recognition got Lou noticed by his agent, 'Billy Lazarus' (qv) of United Talent Agency, and by his manager, 'Bob Glennon' (qv). Since the release of Lou's first feature film lead in _Thumbsucker (2005)_ (qv), he has had parts in HBO's _Empire Falls (2005)_ (qv), _The Chumscrubber (2005)_ (qv) and _Fifty Pills (2006)_ (qv) and shot 'Richard Kelly' (qv)'s _Southland Tales (2006)_ (qv), _Green Day: Jesus of Suburbia (2005)_ (qv) and rehearsing for 'Martin Hynes' (qv)'s _The Go-Getter (2007)_ (qv) with 'Zooey Deschanel' (qv) and 'Jena Malone' (qv). Lou also won the "Jury Prize for acting" at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and Berlin's Silver Bear Award for best actor as "Justin Cobb" in _Thumbsucker (2005)_ (qv).::Lou Pucci (Dad)