Jefferson Mays
Acteur, Scénariste
8 juin 1965 (60 ans)
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).
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).
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Filmographie
| 2025 | Rebuilding · as Mr. Cassidy |
| 2023 | Seneca · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Julia (2022) · as Albert Duhamel |
| 2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth · as Doctor |
| 2021 | Hacks (2021) · as T.l. Gurley |
| 2020 | Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Perry Mason (2020) · as Virgil Sheets |
| 2019 | I Am the Night · as George Hodel |
| 2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · as Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "the Gal Who Got Rattled") |
| 2017 | Rebel in the Rye · as William Maxwell |
| 2016 | Westworld · as Liam Dempsey, Sr. |
| 2015 | I Am Michael · as Preacher TeacherSur Plex |
| 2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt · as Daddy (voice) |
| 2014 | Inherent Vice · as Dr. Threeply |
| 2014 | Ned Rifle · as Dr. Ford |
| 2014 | The Giver · as Community (voice) |
| 2014 | The Knick · as Attorney Whitting |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · as Lord Adalbert D'ysquith |
| 2013 | The Blacklist · as Norman Devane |
| 2013 | The Americans (2013) · as Walter Taffet |
| 2011 | Mildred Pierce · as Man In Blue Coat |
| 2010 | God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America · as Jeremiah Moore |
| 2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 · as Dr. Roger Kosowski |
| 2009 | The Good Wife · as Diplomat Van Buskirk |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie · as Tim |
| 2009 | Lie to Me · as Sidney Carlton |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People · as Bill Nathanson |
| 2008 | Fringe · as Nicholas Boone |
| 2006 | Memoirs of My Nervous Illness · as Daniel Schreber |
| 2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page · as Little John |
| 2005 | The Closer · as Dr. Easton |
| 2004 | Alfie · as Dr. Miranda Kulp |
| 2004 | Kinsey · as Effete Man's Friend |
| 2002 | Benjamin Franklin · as Elkanah Watson |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent · as Keifer Gates |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · as Carl Rudnick |
| 1999 | The Big Brass Ring · as Garne StricklandSur Plex |
| 1998 | Cousin Bette · as Stidmann |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Liberty! The American Revolution · as James Madison |
| 1995 | The Low Life · as Hollywood Mogul |
| 1994 | Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade · as Gerry Woolridge |
| 1993 | Grey Knight · as Martin Bradley |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Mr. Olson |
| 1988 | Night Flight Presents Dynaman · as Dynabeige (1988) |
| 1988 | American Experience · as Additional Voice |
| 2017 | The 71st Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | The 68th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 2014 | Showing Up · as Self |
| 2013 | The Broadway.Com Show · as Self |
| 2004 | Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde · as Self |
| 2004 | The 58th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1996 | Theater Talk · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest |
| 1976 | Working in the Theatre · as Self |