Lucas Elliot Eberl

Lucas Elliot Eberl
Born	Lucas Elliot Eberl (1986-03-29) 29 March 1986 Colorado, USA
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1998–present
Website	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248063/

Luke Eberl (born 29 March 1986) is an actor and director best known for his role as Birn in the 2001 film Planet of the Apes and for his film Choose Connor. In 2008, Eberl was described by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the "10 Young Americans to Watch".

Film career

Eberl made his debut as a film actor in 1998's Phantoms directed by Joe Chappelle. He's best know for playing Birn in Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, and Estella Warren and for the role of Sam in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima starring Ken Watanabe.

Eberl wrote, produced and directed the critically acclaimed film Choose Connor starring Steven Weber and Alex D. Linz, which won the American Independents Award at Philadelphia Film Festival.

Luke was named one of the "10 Young Americans to Watch" by MovieMaker Magazine in 2008.

Eberl co-wrote and is now directing The Movie, a story of a young man who's bottomed-out in Los Angeles starring Edgar Morais, Olivia Thirlby, Steven Weber, Richard Riehle, Kris Lemche and Pia Mechler.

Acting Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1998	Phantoms	Tunnel Boy
2000	Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel	Young Storyteller
2001	Planet of the Apes	Birn
2003	Searching for Haizmann	Julian Cain
2006	Letters from Iwo Jima	Sam	as Lucas Elliott
2009	Surprise, Surprise	David Jorgensen
	Numbers	James
	Adam	Adam
	Eyeborgs	Jarett Hewes
2010	Here & Now	Young David
2011	Getting That Girl	Ferrat Barret
2012	Sprawl	Randall

Directing Filmography

Year	Title	Other notes
2002	Incest
2005	Fellowship
2007	Choose Connor	Winner of the American Independents Award at Philadelphia Film Festival
	Everything You Don't Know I Don't Know
2009	Fault Line
2011	11:30 PM
2012	The Movie	Filming

External links

• IMDb page
• The Movie IMDb page