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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In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates th...
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The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Seneca (2023) | Narrator (voice) | - | - |
| 2 | The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) | Doctor | 7.3 | |
| 3 | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) | Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") | 7.2 | |
| 4 | Rebel in the Rye (2017) | William Maxwell | 4 | |
| 5 | I Am Michael (2015) | Preacher Teacher | 5 | |
| 6 | Ned Rifle (2015) | Dr. Ford | 3 | |
| 7 | The Giver (2014) | Community (voice) | 6.6 | |
| 8 | Inherent Vice (2014) Oscars 2015 | Dr. Threeply | 6.6 | |
| 9 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) | Bill Nathanson | 6.1 | |
| 10 | The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) | Little John | 4 | |
| 11 | Alfie (2004) | Dr. Miranda Kulp | 4.9 | |
| 12 | The Big Brass Ring (1999) | Garne Strickland | 3 | |
| 13 | Cousin Bette (1998) | Stidmann | - | - |
| 14 | Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994) | Gerry Woolridge | - | - |
| 15 | Grey Knight (1993) | Martin Bradley | 5 |
