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Jefferson Mays
Acting

Jefferson Mays
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1965-06-08,Connecticut, USA
Gender
Male
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

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

6.8

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994-03-26

The Tragedy of Macbeth

6.922

The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021-12-05

The Big Brass Ring

4.4

The Big Brass Ring
1999-04-20

5.516

I Am Michael
2015-01-29

4.9

Seneca
2023-02-20

The Cask of Amontillado

0

The Cask of Amontillado
2014-09-24

0

Rebuilding
2025-12-17

0

My America
2014-07-04

Rebel in the Rye

6.627

Rebel in the Rye
2017-09-15

0

The Raven
2014-10-09

5.867

Ned Rifle
2015-04-01

6.542

Inherent Vice
2014-12-12

6.555

The Giver
2014-08-13

The Notorious Bettie Page

6.306

The Notorious Bettie Page
2005-09-14

4.8

Curated
2018-09-08

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

7.137

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018-11-09

5.848

Alfie
2004-10-22

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

6

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008-10-02

5.1

The Low Life
1995-11-01

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

10

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
2020-11-28

7

The Fight
2005-01-24

Hudson River Blues

0

Hudson River Blues
1997-12-12

5.7

Cousin Bette
1998-06-12

4.688

Grey Knight
1993-03-07

8.144

Fringe
2008-09-09

7.32

Julia
2022-03-31

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

7.402

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.477

Hacks
2021-05-13

7.8

Liberty!
1997-11-23

Benjamin Franklin

5.9

Benjamin Franklin
2002-11-19

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.936

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

6.487

I Am the Night
2019-01-28

7.64

The Blacklist
2013-09-23

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

7.141

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015-03-06

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

7.141

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015-03-06

8.032

Westworld
2016-10-02

7.278

Perry Mason
2020-06-21

7.876

The Americans
2013-01-30

7.856

The Closer
2005-06-13

7.589

The Good Wife
2009-09-22