I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut.

A YouthAIDS Ambassador Lucas "first joined the YouthAIDS team when he shot the ALDO HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in April 2005. '"
Lucas supported Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign volunteering to help potential voters register at colleges in Pennsylvania. Lucas' other documentary work includes Operational Homecoming Trumbo and the Los Angeles Film Festival Audience Award-winning Resolved.

He has appeared in many films including Glory Road A Beautiful Mind and Poseidon.