Jefferson Mays
Acting
Born June 8, 1965 · 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 Playwrig…
Known For · 40 titles
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
The Blacklist
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Good Wife
The Closer
Fringe
Westworld
Hacks
The Americans
Lie to Me
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Nurse Jackie
Perry Mason
Cousin Bette
Julia
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Inherent Vice
The Giver
The Tragedy of Macbeth
I Am the Night
Liberty!
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
The Notorious Bettie Page
Alfie
Rebel in the Rye
Rebuilding
I Am Michael
Los Vampires
Benjamin Franklin
Seneca
The Raven
Ned Rifle
The Big Brass Ring
Grey Knight
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Hudson River Blues
The Low Life
Curated
The Cask of Amontillado