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The Lucas Brothers
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The Lucas Bros - photo by Lindsey Byrnes
Born (1985-09-13) September 13, 1985 (age 39)
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
  • producer
  • filmmaker
Years active 2011–present
Known for Lucas Bros. Moving Co., Judas and the Black Messiah
Comedy career
Medium Stand-up, film, television
Genres
  • Observational comedy
  • black comedy
  • political comedy
  • satire
  • surreal humor
  • improv
  • alternative comedy
Subject(s)

Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas (born September 13, 1985), collectively referred to as The Lucas Brothers, are American identical twin brothers who work together as comedians, actors, filmmakers, writers, and producers.

They co-wrote and co-produced Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), for which they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay; they won the Paul Selvin Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture. The film itself was nominated for six Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Early lives

The Lucas Brothers were born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. They also spent some time in High Point, North Carolina. They moved to Irvington, New Jersey and both graduated from Irvington High School.

The brothers both graduated with honors from the College of New Jersey in 2007 with degrees in philosophy. Kenny attended New York University School of Law and Keith attended Duke University School of Law until the final week of their third year of law school, when they dropped out to pursue stand-up comedy full-time.

The Lucas Bros were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa as alumni members by The College of New Jersey in 2022.

Career

They made their late-night debut on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in 2012, and have appeared as guests multiple times after. The duo created the animated series Lucas Bros. Moving Co.. They starred in truTV's series Friends of the People. They appeared in the feature film 22 Jump Street (2014). In July 2014, they made Variety magazine's "Ten Comics to Watch in 2014" list. The brothers also appeared in episodes of the highly acclaimed Fox TV series The Grinder in 2016 and have played themselves in the Netflix series Lady Dynamite.

..... Paste ranked it as the 9th best comedy special of 2017.

They have additionally provided content for Fox and the associated YouTube channel Animation Domination High-Def including the short-form web-series OG Sherlock Kush starring Peter Serafinowicz and Rich Fulcher.

More recently, the Lucas Brothers co-wrote and co-produced Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), the biopic of Fred Hampton, which was co-written, along with Will Berson, and directed by Shaka King. For their contributions, the Lucas Brothers received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. They won the Paul Selvin Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture.

They are also developing a comedy project with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who directed 22 Jump Street. In addition, they are set to write and star in a semi-autobiographical film to be produced by Judd Apatow.

They are paid regulars at the Comedy Cellar.

Filmography

Actors

Year Title Kenny's role Keith's role Notes
2013 Arrested Development Lucas Brother No. 2 Lucas Brother No. 1 Episode: "Blockheads"
2013–2015 Lucas Bros. Moving Co. Kenny (voice) Keef (voice) Also writers and producers
2014 22 Jump Street Kenny Yang Keith Yang
2014–2015 Friends of the People
Various
Also writers and producers
2016 The Grinder Cory Manler Second Cory Manler Kenny: 4 episodes, Keith: 1 episode
2016 Lady Dynamite
Themselves
4 episodes
2017 Lucas Brothers: ...
Themselves
Netflix special
2017 The High Court with Doug Benson
Guest Bailiff
TV short
2017 ... State Craig Jake Documentary series
2018 The History of Comedy
Themselves
1 episode; documentary series
2018 Crashing
Themselves
Episode: "Too Good"
2019 Sherman's Showcase
Themselves
2 episodes
2022 That ... Michael Che
Themselves
Episode: "Higher Power"
2024 Babes Benny Bobby

Writers

Year Title Kenny Keith Notes
2013–2015 Lucas Bros Moving Co Yes Yes 17 episodes
2017 Lucas Brothers: ... Yes Yes Stand-up special
2019 In Other Words Yes No Short film
2020 It's Personal with Amy Hoggart Yes Yes 8 episodes
2021 Judas and the Black Messiah Yes Yes Film writing debut
Story by and co-producers
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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