Born in Adelaide, Lasarus grew up in Brisbane, Australia. Graduating from the The Performing Arts Conservatory in 2012, Lasarus graced Australian screens in the world war epic The Digger, then made his American television debut in Steven Spielberg's and 20th Century Fox's sci-fi Terra Nova. He progressed on as Malcolm Mabo in the social and politically motivated biopic drama Mabo, co-starred in the comedy feature film The Mule opposite Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Geoff Morrell and Noni Hazlehurst and starred as a lead character in the hugely successful award winning series Ready For This.In 2017, Lasarus will make his American film debut in Rupert Sanders' Ghost in the Shell, a Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks sci-fi thriller starring opposite Scarlett Johansson, Juliette Binoche, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Chin Han and Pilou Asbæk. He will also be seen as a series regular in the hugely anticipated season two of Goalposts Pictures Cleverman and HBO's mystery drama The Leftovers.