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Jefferson Mays
Actor, Writer
Born June 8, 1965 (59 years)
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).
Movies & Shows on Plex
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Filmography
2023 | Seneca · as Narrator (voice) |
2022 | Julia (2022) (TV Series) · as Albert Duhamel |
2021 | The Tragedy of Macbeth · as Doctor |
2021 | Hacks (TV Series) · as T.l. Gurley |
2020 | Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol · as Narrator |
2020 | Perry Mason (2020) (TV Series) · as Virgil Sheets |
2019 | I Am the Night (TV Series) · as George Hodel |
2018 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs · as Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "the Gal Who Got Rattled") |
2018 | Shatterbox Anthology (TV Series) · as Curator |
2017 | Rebel in the Rye · as William Maxwell |
2016 | Westworld (TV Series) · as Liam Dempsey, Sr. |
2015 | I Am Michael · as Preacher Teacher |
2015 | Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV Series) · as Daddy |
2014 | Inherent Vice · as Dr. Threeply |
2014 | Ned Rifle · as Dr. Ford |
2014 | The Giver · as Community (voice) |
2014 | The Knick (TV Series) · as Attorney Whitting |
2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Lord Adalbert D'ysquith |
2013 | The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Norman Devane |
2013 | The Americans (2013) (TV Series) · as Walter Taffet |
2011 | Mildred Pierce (TV Series) · as Man In Blue Coat |
2010 | God in America: How Religious Liberty Shaped America (TV Series) · as Jeremiah Moore |
2010 | Detroit 1-8-7 (TV Series) · as Dr. Roger Kosowski |
2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Diplomat Van Buskirk |
2009 | Nurse Jackie (TV Series) · as Tim |
2009 | Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Sidney Carlton |
2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People · as Bill Nathanson |
2008 | Fringe (TV Series) · as Nicholas Boone |
2006 | Memoirs of My Nervous Illness · as Daniel Schreber |
2005 | The Notorious Bettie Page · as Little John |
2005 | The Closer (TV Series) · as Dr. Easton |
2004 | Alfie · as Dr. Miranda Kulp |
2004 | Kinsey · as Effete Man's Friend |
2002 | Benjamin Franklin (TV Series) · as Elkanah Watson |
2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Keifer Gates |
1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Carl Rudnick |
1999 | The Big Brass Ring · as Garne Strickland |
1998 | Cousin Bette · as Stidmann |
1997 | |
1997 | Liberty! The American Revolution (TV Series) · 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 (TV Series) · as Mr. Olson |
1988 | Night Flight Presents Dynaman (TV Series) · as Dynabeige (1988) |
1987 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Additional Voice |