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Jefferson Mays

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1965Born, Connecticut
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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…

Known for

WestworldLiam Dempsey, Sr.
The GiverCommunity (voice)
The Ballad of Buster ScruggsGilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCarl Rudnick
The BlacklistNorman Devane

Filmography

AllActingWriting
2026Los VampiresGeorge WilmoreMovie
2025RebuildingMr. CassidyMovie
2025WeathermakerDadMovie
2023SenecaNarrator (voice)Movie
2022JuliaAlbert Duhamel · 8 episodesShow
2021The Tragedy of MacbethDoctorMovie
2021HacksT.L. Gurley · 2 episodesShow
2020Charles Dickens' A Christmas CarolNarratorMovie
2020Perry MasonVirgil Sheets · 5 episodesShow
2019I Am the NightGeorge Hodel · 6 episodesShow
2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsGilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")Movie
2018CuratedThe CuratorMovie
2017Rebel in the RyeWilliam MaxwellMovie
2016WestworldLiam Dempsey, Sr. · 1 episodeShow
2015Ned RifleDr. FordMovie
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtDaddy (voice), Daddy · 1 episodeShow
2015I Am MichaelPreacher TeacherMovie
2014Inherent ViceDr. ThreeplyMovie
2014The RavenVoice over (voice)Movie
2014The Cask of AmontilladoFortunatoMovie
2014The GiverCommunity (voice)Movie
2014My AmericaMovie
2013The BlacklistNorman Devane · 1 episodeShow
2013The AmericansWalter Taffet · 4 episodesShow
2009The Good WifeDiplomat Van Buskirk · 1 episodeShow
2009Nurse JackieTim · 1 episodeShow
2009Lie to MeSidney Carlton · 1 episodeShow
2008How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleBill NathansonMovie
2008FringeNicholas Boone · 1 episodeShow
2006The Notorious Bettie PageLittle JohnMovie
2005The CloserDr. Easton · 1 episodeShow
2005The FightMovie
2004AlfieDr. Miranda KulpMovie
2002Benjamin FranklinElkanah Watson · 3 episodesShow
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentKeifer Gates · 1 episodeShow
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitCarl Rudnick · 7 episodesShow
1999The Big Brass RingGarne StricklandMovie
1998Cousin BetteStidmannMovie
1997Hudson River BluesEricMovie
1997Liberty!James Madison · 6 episodesShow
1995The Low LifeHollywood MogulMovie
1994Some Folks Call It a Sling BladeGerry WoolridgeMovie
1993Grey KnightMartin BradleyMovie
1990Law & OrderMr. Olson · 1 episodeShow

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