When I was on that boat, I realized the only way I would feel creatively challenged was if I totally changed everything about my environment and put myself in a storm, in a sense.

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.