[5] His parents, Walter Joseph Blucas and Mary Catherine (née Gordon), married on January 10, 1970, shortly before both graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP).

[5] Blucas became the star player on the Girard High School basketball team, leading them to the Pennsylvania Boys AA State Championship,[8] in the process earning all-state honors and a sports scholarship to Wake Forest University.

Initially, Blucas was certain that he had blown his audition and had left apologizing for having wasted creator Joss Whedon's time.

After Blucas' departure from the series, he went on to act in such films as Summer Catch (2001), We Were Soldiers (2002), alongside Mel Gibson and Chris Klein, and First Daughter (2004), with Katie Holmes.

His character in Summer Catch was based on real life Cape League baseball player Michael Macone.

[14] Blucas was part of the regular cast of the USA Network show Necessary Roughness for the first two seasons, playing Matthew Donnelly.