Jefferson Mays

Jefferson Mays

  • Birthday: 1965-06-08
  • Place of birth: Connecticut, USA
  • Also know as: Lewis Jefferson Mays

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).

Filmography

The Raven

2014

As Voice over (voice)

The Cask of Amontillado

2014

As Fortunato

Curated

2018

As The Curator

The Fight

2005

As

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994

As Gerry Woolridge

The Big Brass Ring

1999

As Garne Strickland

Ned Rifle

2014

As Dr. Ford

Rebel in the Rye

2017

As William Maxwell

The Low Life

1995

As Hollywood Mogul

I Am Michael

2015

As Preacher Teacher

The Notorious Bettie Page

2005

As Little John

Alfie

2004

As Dr. Miranda Kulp

My America

2014

As

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

As Doctor

The Giver

2014

As Community (voice)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

As Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Inherent Vice

2014

As Dr. Threeply

Production

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