06/08/1965
Connecticut, USA:
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).
Seneca: On the Creation of Earthquakes (2023) Narrator (voice) |
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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) Doctor |
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (2020) Narrator |
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") |
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Curated (2018) The Curator |
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Rebel in the Rye (2017) William Maxwell |
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I Am Michael (2015) Preacher Teacher |
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Inherent Vice (2014) Dr. Threeply |
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The Raven (2014) Voice over (voice) |
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The Cask of Amontillado (2014) Fortunato |
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Ned Rifle (2014) Dr. Ford |
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The Giver (2014) Community (voice) |
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My America (2014) |
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) Bill Nathanson |
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The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) Little John |
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The Fight (2005) |
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Alfie (2004) Dr. Miranda Kulp |
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The Big Brass Ring (1999) Garne Strickland |
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Hudson River Blues (1997) |
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The Low Life (1995) Hollywood Mogul |
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994) Gerry Woolridge |
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (2020) Writer |