​Lucas Calzada

LUCAS CALZADA is a queer, second-generation Latino actor + writer born and raised in Alaska, currently living in Los Angeles.

 

Upcoming: Recurring role in season 2 of the Apple TV series SUGAR, opposite Colin Farrell. Other film/tv highlights include SUITS LA, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GENERAL HOSPITAL, and WHAT SHE SAID. On stage, Lucas had the honor of premiering HAMLET: PRINCE OF CUBA as Horatio, with an original Spanish translation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz (“Anna in the Tropics”), and the musical BIGFOOT AND OTHER LOST SOULS with music by Tony Award-winning composer Mark Hollman (“Urinetown”). He’s performed as a guest actor in live sketch comedy shows around town at Upright Citizens Brigade, The Ruby, Second City Hollywood, and Acme Comedy Theatre. In 2022, he was selected as a performer finalist for the Nosotros + ABC/Disney YA TU SABES MONOLOGUE SLAM. Lucas holds an MFA in Acting from Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory, and a BA in Theatre from University of Alaska Anchorage. 

 

As a writer, Lucas has studied at such venerable institutions as Upright Citizens Brigade, iOWest, The Pack Theatre, Second City, The Writing Pad, and UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.