1965-06-08 ( 59 years old ) in Connecticut, USA
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).
Movies
Rebuilding
2025-01-26
Seneca
2023-02-20
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021-12-05
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
2020-11-28
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018-11-09
Curated
2018-09-08
Rebel in the Rye
2017-09-15
Ned Rifle
2015-04-01
I Am Michael
2015-01-29
Inherent Vice
2014-12-12
The Raven
2014-10-09
The Cask of Amontillado
2014-09-24
The Giver
2014-08-13
My America
2014-07-04
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008-10-02
The Notorious Bettie Page
2005-09-14
The Fight
2005-01-24
Alfie
2004-10-22
The Big Brass Ring
1999-04-20
Cousin Bette
1998-06-12
Hudson River Blues
1997-12-12
The Low Life
1995-11-01
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994-03-26
Grey Knight
1993-03-07
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