Thad Luckinbill

Thad Luckinbill has an identical twin brother, Trent, who is 12 minutes his junior. Trent Luckinbill is a lawyer who lives in Los Angeles. On March 1, 2017, Luckinbill filed for divorce from Heinle, citing "irreconcilable differences", but as of late 2019, they were not divorced. Luckinbill enjoys playing volleyball, surfing, boxing, and going to the gym. He occasionally plays for the Hollywood Knights basketball team. He majored in business finance at the University of Oklahoma. Luckinbill is more distantly related to film directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski. ==Acting career==

Television In addition to his role as J.T. Hellstrom on The Young and the Restless, Thad Luckinbill has guest-starred on several primetime television shows, including Undressed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Providence, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Nash Bridges, 8 Simple Rules, Without a Trace, CSI: NY, Nip/Tuck, Ghost Whisperer, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Major Crimes. He was a recurring character on The CW show Nikita completing six episodes as Nathan, the neighbor and love interest of Alexandra Udinov (Lyndsy Fonseca), before the show was cancelled after its fourth season. Fonseca was also Luckinbill's former Young and the Restless co-star. In 2000, Luckinbill was also featured in an episode of the MTV documentary series True Life and appeared in Madonna's "Don't Tell Me" video as the cowboy who was thrown from his horse at the end of the song. On November 3, 2017, it was announced that Luckinbill would reprise his portrayal of J.T. on The Young and the Restless, beginning December 12, 2017. His run ended on April 13, 2018, when J.T. was hit on the back of the head by Nikki Newman with a fireplace poker and presumed dead. In February 2019, Luckinbill was announced to be once again be returning to the show. He returned during the final moments of the March 19, 2019, episode to reveal he had not died. He later departed March 28, 2019. On March 24, 2023, Luckinbill was announced to be reprise the role of J.T. for a one-time special-guest appearance on May 2, 2023. Film In 2023, Thad Luckinbill played the role of home contractor Peter in action thriller Reptile, which he also produced alongside his twin, Trent. ==Producer==

In 2013, Thad, with Trent and producer Molly Smith (producer of P.S. I Love You and The Blind Side) started a production company called Black Label Media. The production company has worked with A-listers such as Reese Witherspoon, Emily Blunt, and Jake Gyllenhaal, producing films including Sicario starring Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio del Toro, The Good Lie starring Witherspoon, and Demolition starring Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, and Chris Cooper. In 2023, both Thad and Trent Luckinbill produced the film Reptile, teaming up once again with lead actor Benicio del Toro. Thad also plays the character of ‘Peter’, a home contractor, in the movie, alongside Justin Timberlake and Alicia Silverstone. On October 10, 2023, Reptile earned the number-one spot for English-language films around the world on Netflix with 19.9 million views for the week, that being its second week in a row as the most-viewed English language film globally on Netflix. ==Filmography==

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