Lucas Sullivan

Sullivan was born Lucas Michael Sullivan on April 1, 1980, in Martinez, California, and was raised in Fairfield, California. He is the son of Gloria Sullivan (Espinoza), a family therapist, and Dennis Sullivan, a retired child protective services coordinator. He has a younger brother, Daniel Garrett Sullivan, a younger sister, Trinity Ann Sullivan, and an old sister, Therese Rose Sullivan. At Armijo High School, he was involved in martial arts, sports, junior ROTC, and played percussion in the high school band. Sullivan attended California State University in Los Angeles, where he majored in business administration with a focus in finance. Before he became successful at acting, Sullivan supported himself by doing a broad range of security detail - from Elton John's Aids Benefit to JCWH Health Institute on Skid Row. Sullivan's first experience in the entertainment industry was a stunt coordinator and fight choreographer for Alchemy (2013). That year he started the Expose the Root Project, a documentary about America's first mixing of martial arts. The following year, he played a Security Guard in the web series Pay Day (2012) and a police officer in the short film The Contract (2013). Sullivan then co-stared in A Demon's Deal (2013) playing Steven Rodgers, a street hustler that ends up striking a deal with the Devil. This role was closely followed by an action web series Six Feet Down Under (2015), where Sullivan played a body guard/mercenary. Sullivan's career eventually lead him to stage acting where he played a baron/guard in Becket (2015). Sullivan's subsequent projects were as quirky and varied in tone as his performances, ranging from an action web series in The Finger Games (2015) and _Finger Games II: Wrath of the Fruit Ninja (2016)_ to a romantic comedy film short, Why Asian Girls Shouldn't Date White Guys (2016). His most recent project was Fight to Live (2017), where he plays an MMA coach and was the on-set fight choreographer. Sullivan continues to use his 23 years of experience in weapons training (knives, escrima sticks, staff, nunchaku, sai, and Japanese swordsmanship) and self-defense styles (Kajukenbo, Capoeira, Karate, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu, Kenpo/American Kenpo, Boxing, Kung-Fu) to teach martial arts and create fight choreography. He is also a professional recording percussionist, recording two albums Rise Against by the Stir Crazies and Wake Up by Jet West.