Kenny and Keith Lucas

Kenny Lucas and Keith Lucas (born September 13, 1985), collectively referred to as The Lucas Brothers, are American identical twin brothers who work together as comedians, actors, filmmakers, writers, and producers. They co-wrote and co-produced Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), for which they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay; they won the Paul Selvin Award and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture. The film itself was nominated for six Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Early lives The Lucas Brothers were born and raised in Newark, New Jersey. They also spent some time in High Point, North Carolina. They moved to Irvington, New Jersey and both graduated from Irvington High School. The brothers both graduated with honors from the College of New Jersey in 2007 with degrees in philosophy. Kenny attended New York University School of Law and Keith attended Duke University School of Law until the final week of their third year of law school, when they dropped out to pursue stand-up comedy full-time.