Jefferson Mays

Jefferson Mays was born on Jun 08, 1965 in USA. Jefferson Mays's big-screen debut came with Grey Knight directed by George Hickenlooper in 1993, strarring Martin Bradley. Jefferson Mays is known for Julia directed by Scott Ellis, Sarah Lancashire stars as Julia Child and Howie Breslau as Control Room Director. The upcoming new tvshow Jefferson Mays plays is Julia - Season 2 which will be released on Mar 31, 2022.

A Connecticut native, L. Jefferson Mays studied at Yale College and trained in the Graduate Drama Program at the University of California - San Diego where he appeared in numerous La Jolla Playhouse productions. A two-time Obie Award winner, Mr. Mays has worked extensively with director Des McAnuff and Anne Bogart; for a number of years, Mr. Mays was a member of Bogart's SITI company. Although he has been in a number of television specials and films - most notably the works of George Hickenlooper - he is mainly known for his outstanding stage work, especially his starring role in Doug Wright's Tony and Pulitzer-winning one-man Broadway show "I Am My Own Wife" (directed by Tectonic Theatre Project's founder Moises Kaufmann.) Currently, Mr. Mays is touring the world in his Tony-winning role and in 2005-2006 will be entertaining audiences in London, Krakow, San Francisco, and elsewhere. He married actress Susan Lyons in 2004; they live in New York City. He has the distinction of having played Hamlet twice - once as a Yale undergraduate and once at San Diego Rep in 1995.