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Thad Luckinbill (right) and Trent Luckinbill in 2015
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Born |
Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill April 24, 1975 Enid, Oklahoma, United States |
Occupation | Actor, producer |
Years active | 1999–present |
Spouse(s) | Amelia Heinle (m. 2007) |
Children | 2 |
Thaddeus Rowe "Thad" Luckinbill (born April 24, 1975) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, from August 1999 to November 2010.
Thad Luckinbill has an identical twin brother, Trent, who is twelve minutes younger. Trent Luckinbill is a lawyer who lives in Los Angeles. In the final episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap", Trent briefly appeared as the identical twin murder victim/corpse lying beside the murder victim/corpse of the character played by Thad.
Luckinbill married Young and the Restless co-star Amelia Heinle in March 2007 while their characters were also married on the show. He is stepfather to Amelia's son from a previous marriage. They have two children, a son and a daughter.
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.
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, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. 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.