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person_profile-Jefferson Mays

Jefferson Mays Age: 60

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jefferson Mays

Date of Birth:

Jun 08, 1965

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Jefferson Mays

    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).

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Filmography of

Jefferson Mays

Found 20 Movies in total

... 2025

Seneca

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2023

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Doctor ( Actor )

... 2021

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Narrator ( Actor )

Writer

... 2020

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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

... 2018

Rebel in the Rye

William Maxwell ( Actor )

... 2017

Ned Rifle

Dr. Ford ( Actor )

... 2015

I Am Michael

Preacher Teacher ( Actor )

... 2015

Inherent Vice

Dr. Threeply ( Actor )

... 2014

The Giver

Community (voice) ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2014

... 2008

The Notorious Bettie Page

Little John ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

Alfie

Dr. Miranda Kulp ( Actor )

... 2004

The Big Brass Ring

Garne Strickland ( Actor )

... 1999

Cousin Bette

Stidmann ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1997

The Low Life

Hollywood Mogul ( Actor )

... 1995

Grey Knight

Martin Bradley ( Actor )

... 1993