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Jefferson Mays‌

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Jefferson Mays

Connecticut, USA

Jefferson Mays

Connecticut, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1965-06-08

Popularity

star5.0

Biography

Jefferson Mays (born Lewis Jefferson Mays; June 8, 1965) is an American film, stage and television actor. Mays was raised in Clinton, Connecticut with his parents, a naval intelligence officer and a children's librarian, and his siblings. Mays graduated from Yale College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of California, San Diego, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts. Mays appeared on Broadway in I Am My Own Wife, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Doug Wright, from November 2003 (previews) to October 31, 2004. He had appeared in the play Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in May 2003, and at the La Jolla Playhouse in July 2001. Mays won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show, an Obie Award, and a 2004 Theatre World Award for his solo performance. He also won the 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play for seasons of I Am My Own Wife in Australia in 2006. In 2007, he appeared as Henry Higgins in a revival of Pygmalion and starred as Private Mason in a revival of Journey's End. In August 2009, Mays appeared at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Grey. Mays starred in the 2013 Broadway musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, in which he played eight roles. He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He also was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and tied for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (with Neil Patrick Harris).

Movie Credits

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade‌
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calendar 1994

The Tragedy of Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth‌
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calendar 2021

The Big Brass Ring

The Big Brass Ring‌
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calendar 1999

I Am Michael

I Am Michael‌
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calendar 2015

Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes

Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes‌
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calendar 2023

The Cask of Amontillado

The Cask of Amontillado‌
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calendar 2014

Rebuilding

Rebuilding‌
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The Raven

The Raven‌
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calendar 2014

Ned Rifle

Ned Rifle‌
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calendar 2014

Rebel in the Rye

Rebel in the Rye‌
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calendar 2017

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice‌
star6.6
calendar 2014

The Giver

The Giver‌
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calendar 2014

My America

My America‌
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calendar 2014

The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page‌
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calendar 2005

Curated

Curated‌
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calendar 2018

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs‌
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calendar 2018

Alfie

Alfie‌
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calendar 2004

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People‌
star6.0
calendar 2008

The Low Life

The Low Life‌
star5.8
calendar 1995

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol‌
star10.0
calendar 2020

The Fight

The Fight‌
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calendar 2005

Hudson River Blues

Hudson River Blues‌
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calendar 1997

Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette‌
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calendar 1998

Tv Credits

Fringe

Fringe‌
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calendar 2008

Julia

Julia‌
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calendar 2022

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent‌
star7.6
calendar 2001

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
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calendar 1990

Hacks

Hacks‌
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calendar 2021

Liberty!

Liberty!‌
star7.8
calendar 1997

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin‌
star5.9
calendar 2002

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit‌
star7.9
calendar 1999

I Am the Night

I Am the Night‌
star6.6
calendar 2019

The Blacklist

The Blacklist‌
star7.6
calendar 2013

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‌
star7.1
calendar 2015

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt‌
star7.1
calendar 2015

Westworld

Westworld‌
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calendar 2016

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.3
calendar 2020

The Americans

The Americans‌
star7.9
calendar 2013

The Closer

The Closer‌
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calendar 2005

The Good Wife

The Good Wife‌
star7.6
calendar 2009