Jefferson Mays
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 8, 1965 (age 61)
- Birthplace
- Connecticut, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
Los Vampires
Movie · as George Wilmore
Rebuilding
Movie · as Mr. Cassidy
Weathermaker
Movie · as Dad
Seneca
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Julia
TV · as Albert Duhamel · 8 eps
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Movie · as Doctor
Hacks
TV · as T.L. Gurley · 2 eps
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Narrator
Perry Mason
TV · as Virgil Sheets · 5 eps
I Am the Night
TV · as George Hodel · 6 eps
Curated
Movie · as The Curator
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Movie · as Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Rebel in the Rye
Movie · as William Maxwell
Westworld
TV · as Liam Dempsey, Sr. · 1 ep
I Am Michael
Movie · as Preacher Teacher
Ned Rifle
Movie · as Dr. Ford
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV · as Daddy (voice) · 1 ep
The Cask of Amontillado
Movie · as Fortunato
The Raven
Movie · as Voice over (voice)
Inherent Vice
Movie · as Dr. Threeply
The Giver
Movie · as Community (voice)
My America
Movie
The Blacklist
TV · as Norman Devane · 1 ep
The Americans
TV · as Walter Taffet · 4 eps
The Good Wife
TV · as Diplomat Van Buskirk · 1 ep
Nurse Jackie
TV · as Tim · 1 ep
Lie to Me
TV · as Sidney Carlton · 1 ep
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie · as Bill Nathanson
Fringe
TV · as Nicholas Boone · 1 ep
The Notorious Bettie Page
Movie · as Little John
The Fight
Movie
The Closer
TV · as Dr. Easton · 1 ep
Alfie
Movie · as Dr. Miranda Kulp
Benjamin Franklin
TV · as Elkanah Watson · 3 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Keifer Gates · 1 ep
The Big Brass Ring
Movie · as Garne Strickland
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Carl Rudnick · 7 eps
Cousin Bette
Movie · as Stidmann
Hudson River Blues
Movie · as Eric
Liberty!
TV · as James Madison · 6 eps
The Low Life
Movie · as Hollywood Mogul
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Movie · as Gerry Woolridge
Grey Knight
Movie · as Martin Bradley
Law & Order
TV · as Mr. Olson · 1 ep