The American actor Lucas Jade Zumann is most known for his roles in the drama television series “Anne with an E” and the supernatural horror movie “Sinister 2.” While trying out for a Disney talent search, he was initially seen by a talent agent. As a member of the ensemble cast of the musical “Oliver” produced by Music Theater Works, he made his acting debut. Before winning his first significant role, “Milo,” in his debut movie, “Sinister 2,” he appeared as “punk” in just one episode of the Netflix series “Sense8.” He then starred in the well regarded movie “20th Century Women.” He gained more notoriety for his role as Gilbert Blythe in “Anne with an E.”
Increased Fame of Lucas Jade Zumann
During an audition for a Disney talent search at the Chicago-based talent agency “Paskal Rudnicke Casting,” a talent agent came across Lucas. He made his acting debut in an ensemble role in Music Theater Works’ (formerly “Light Opera Works”) 2012 theatrical rendition of the hit musical “Oliver!”. He made a brief cameo appearance as Punk #2 in the lone episode of the science fiction drama “Sense8” on the internet. On June 5, 2015, the first season of the Netflix series’ episode titled “Death Doesn’t Let You Say Goodbye” was shown. His breakthrough performance was in the supernatural horror movie “Sinister 2.” In the movie, he portrayed “Milo,” opposite James Ransone and Shannyn Sossamon. Despite receiving negative reviews, the movie went on to become a huge hit, earning over $54 million at the box office on a $10 million budget.
In the 2016 action comedy “Thrill Ride,” he played “Henry Perry.” Tim Kazurinsky and Kristen Johnston were also featured in the movie. He gained notoriety that same year for his performance of Jamie Fields, a fifteen-year-old high school student, in the comedy-drama movie “20th Century Women,” which was directed by Mike Mills. Along with Lucas, Annette Bening, Billy Crudup, Greta Gerwig, and Elle Fanning also starred in the movie. It was claimed that the movie was based on Mill’s youth. The movie was nominated for a number of accolades, including two Golden Globe nods and an Oscar nomination, but it did poorly at the box office. In two episodes of the NBC action-drama television series “Chicago Fire” that year, he played the role of Lucas Hicks.
‘Anne with an E’ is a drama television series in which Lucas plays ‘Gilbert Blythe. The show can be streamed on Netflix and is broadcast in Canada on CBC Television. He has gained enormous acclaim all across the world as a result. It debuted on CBC on March 19, 2017, and ran for two seasons, totaling 17 episodes. In August 2018, CBC and Netflix announced their decision to renew it for a third, 10-episode season, which will air in 2019.
In the 2018 romantic fantasy drama movie “Every Day,” he portrayed Nathan. The movie is based on David Levithan’s book of the same name. Commercially, it was successful.
He portrays “Jeff Owings” in the upcoming drama movie “To the Stars.” Along with Taylor Russell and Jason Isaacs, he will also star as “James Whitman” in the upcoming drama movie “Dr. Birds Advice For Sad Poets.”
Behind the Scenes
The oldest of Matthew Zumann and Jennifer Zumann’s four sons, Lucas Jade was born on December 12, 2000, in Rogers Park, Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. His mother is Jewish, and his father is German. His education and training are not well-known. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the guitar and also does Parkour, aerial and martial arts, photography, and cinematography. He allegedly dates Shannon Sullivan.
On social media, he is very active. His Instagram account, also called ‘lucasjzumann,’ has an amazing number of more than 518K followers, well above any of his social media platforms’ average follower counts of over 40K on Twitter.
Net worth of Lucas Jade Zumann
The estimated net worth of Lucas Jade Zumann is about $1 million.