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{{short description|American actor and screenwriter}} | |||
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|7|4|mf=y}} | |||
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| birth_place = {{flagicon|USA}} ] |Tulsa]], ], ] | |||
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| occupation = {{hlist|Playwright|screenwriter| actor}} | |||
| spouse = {{marriage|]|2013}} | |||
| years_active = 1988–present | |||
| children = 2 | |||
| parents = ]<br>] | |||
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'''Tracy S. Letts''' (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the ] before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for '']'' (2007), for which he received the ] and the ]. As an actor, he won the ] for the ] revival of '']'' (2013).<ref name="Pulitzer">{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2008-Drama|title=The 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners – Drama|publisher=pulitzer.org}}</ref> | |||
'''Tracy Letts''' (born ], ] in ]) is an ] ] and ]. He has been an ensemble member of the ] since 2002. | |||
As a playwright, Letts is known for having written for the ], Off-Broadway and ] theatre. His works include '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''Linda Vista'', and '']''. Letts adapted three of his plays into films, '']'' and '']'', both directed by ], and '']'', directed by ]. His 2009 play '']'' was adapted into a ]. As a stage actor, Letts has performed in various classic plays with the Steppenwolf Theatre since 1988. He made his acting Broadway debut as George in the revival of ]'s play '']'', which earned him a ]. He continued acting on the Broadway stage in '']'', '']'', and ''The Minutes''. | |||
==Life and work== | |||
Letts is the son of the one-time college professor and now actor ] and best selling author ]. His brother Shawn is a ]ian and composer. Tracy grew up in ] and he graduated from ]. After graduating in the early 80s he moved to ]. He stayed there for two years, while he waited tables and worked in telemarketing, and he also got the part in a one-man play, Jerry Flemmons' ''O Dammit!'', which was part of a ''New Playwrights Series'' sponsored by the ]. | |||
In film and television, he is known for his portrayal of ] in seasons 3 and 4 of ]'s '']'', and ] Nick on the ] comedy '']''. In 2017, Letts starred in three critically acclaimed films: ]' '']'', ]'s '']'', and ]'s '']''. ''Lady Bird'' earned Letts a nomination for the ]. In 2019, he portrayed ] in ]'s '']'' and Mr. Dashwood in Gerwig's '']'', the two also receiving ] nominations. | |||
Letts moved to ] at the age of 20, and worked for the next 11 years at ] and ]. In 1991, a time when he had an alcohol problem, he wrote the play ''Killer Joe''. (He would later join ], and has been sober ever since.) Two years later, the play premiered at the ] in Chicago and then at 29th Street Rep in NYC. Since then, ''Killer Joe'' has been performed in at least 15 countries in 12 languages. | |||
==Early life== | |||
His mother Billie Letts has said about his writing, "I try to be upbeat and funny. Everybody in Tracy's stories gets naked or dead." Every one of the three plays he's written is about people struggling with moral and spiritual questions. He says he has drawn inspiration from the plays of ] and the novels of ] and ]. Letts considers sound to be a very strong story telling tool for theater. | |||
Letts was born in ], to author ] ({{nee|Gipson}}) and college professor and actor ].<ref name="Billie Letts">{{cite web|url=http://www.readersread.com/features/billieletts2.htm|title=Interview with Billie Letts|work=readersread.org}}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | title=Dennis Letts, 73, a Professor Who Became Broadway Actor, Dies | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/theater/25letts.html?_r=1&em&ex=1204606800 | work=The New York Times | date=2008-02-25 | access-date=2008-07-03}}</ref> He has two brothers, Shawn, a musician, and Dana. Letts was raised in ], and graduated from ] in the early 1980s. He moved to ], where he waited tables and worked in telemarketing while beginning his acting career. He appeared in Jerry Flemmons' ''O Dammit!'', which was part of a new playwrights' series sponsored by ]. | |||
Letts moved to ] at the age of 20, working for the next 11 years at ] and Famous Door. He is still an active member of Steppenwolf. He was a founding member of Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre, whose members included ], ], Paul Dillon, and ].<ref>{{cite news | title=Tracy Letts's Productions at Steppenwolf | url=http://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/members/productions.aspx?id=41 | work=Steppenwolf Theatre Company | year=2008 | access-date=2008-07-03}}</ref> In 1991, Letts wrote the play '']''. Two years later, the play premiered at the Next Lab Theater in ], followed by the 29th Street Rep in ]. Since then, ''Killer Joe'' has been performed in a number of countries in 12 languages.<ref name=observer>{{cite news | author=Carlton Stowers | title=Sweet Revenge | url=http://dallasobserver.com/2003-11-27/news/sweet-revenge | work=The Dallas Observer | date=27 November 2003| access-date=2008-07-03}}</ref> | |||
==Plays== | |||
===Writer=== | |||
*'']'' | |||
*'']'' | |||
*'']'' | |||
*'']'' | |||
*'']'' | |||
His mother, Billie Letts, has said of his work, "I try to be upbeat and funny. Everybody in Tracy's stories gets naked or dead."<ref name=observer /> Letts's plays have depicted people struggling with moral and spiritual questions. He says he was inspired by the plays of ] and the novels of ] and ]. Letts states that he considers sounds to be effective "storytelling tools" for theater.<ref>{{cite web | author=Aifen Wang | title=In-your-face Theatre with In Your Face Sound Design | url=http://www.stageresearch.com/showcases/indexArchived.aspx?0612_showcase.html | publisher=Stage Research | year=2008 | access-date=2008-07-03 | archive-date=2008-06-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612070557/http://www.stageresearch.com/showcases/indexArchived.aspx?0612_showcase.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
===Actor=== | |||
*2007 '']'' | |||
*2006 '']'' | |||
*2006 '']'' | |||
*2005 '']'' | |||
*2005 '']'' | |||
*2004 '']'' | |||
*2003 '']'' | |||
*2003 '']'' | |||
*2003 '']'' | |||
*2002 '']'' | |||
*2001 '']'' | |||
*1999 '']'' | |||
*1994 '']'' | |||
*1988 '']'' | |||
== |
==Career== | ||
===Writer=== | |||
*2007 '']'' (screenplay) | |||
=== |
=== Theatre === | ||
During the late 1980s through the late 2000s, Letts acted in many of the ]'s productions, starring in ]'s '']'' (1994). | |||
'''Film''' | |||
*1999 '']'' - Zack | |||
*1998 '']'' - Sports fan | |||
*1998 '']'' - Sheriff Poe | |||
*1992 '']'' - Sean | |||
*1988 '']'' - Van owner | |||
In 2012, Letts gained attention for his Broadway debut performance in the revival of ]'s '']'' at the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-with-tracy-letts-and-amy-morton-will-arrive-on-broadway-in-september-com-193689|title=Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, with Tracy Letts and Amy Morton, Will Arrive On Broadway in September|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=May 17, 2012|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> He received positive reviews and won the ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/theater/theaterspecial/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-at-the-tonys.html|title='Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at the Tonys|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|date=2013-06-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-17|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
'''Television''' | |||
*2001 '']'' - Brad Gilroy (]) (1 episode) | |||
*2001 '']'' - Ken (TV) (1 episode) | |||
*2000 '']'' - Mr. Adams (TV) (1 episode) | |||
*1999 '']'' - Mr. Kleinman (TV) (1 episode) | |||
*1998 '']'' - Lomax (TV) (1 episode) | |||
*1997 '']'' - Counterguy (TV) (1 episode) | |||
*1996-1997 '']'' - Jonathan / Marksman (TV) (2 episodes) | |||
*1995 '']'' - Henry (TV) (1 episode) | |||
In 2019, Letts appeared in the Broadway revival of ]'s '']'' with ] at ]'s ]. The show officially opened on April 22, 2019 and closed on June 23, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/shows/all-my-sons/|title=All My Sons|website=Broadway.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> | |||
==Awards== | |||
*2004 ], nomination - ''Man from Nebraska'' | |||
Letts has written over ten plays.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} His most famous, '']'', premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago on June 28, 2007. It had its Broadway debut at the ] on December 4, 2007; the production transferred to ]'s ] on April 29, 2008. The Broadway show closed on June 28, 2009, after 648 performances and 18 previews. The show went on to receive seven ] nominations, winning six, including ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2008/06/the_tony_awards_complete_list.html|title=Tony Winners: 'In the Heights,' 'August: Osage County'|website=www.vulture.com|date=16 June 2008 |access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> The play won Letts the ] in 2008. Letts has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer drama prize for his plays '']'' and '']''; the Pulitzer committee described ''The Minutes'' as a "shocking drama set in a seemingly mundane city council meeting that acidly articulates a uniquely American toxicity that feels both historic and contemporary."<ref> pulitzer.org, retrieved April 16, 2018</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/pulitzer-prize-winners.html|title=2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Full List|work=The New York Times |date=16 April 2018 |access-date=2018-04-16|language=en}}</ref> Letts starred in the Broadway production of ''The Minutes'', his first time acting in one of his own plays.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKinley |first1=Jesse |title=Tracy Letts Can't Fight With His Playwright |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/theater/tracy-letts-the-minutes.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=31 July 2024 |date=26 February 2020}}</ref> | |||
=== Television === | |||
Early in his acting career, in the 1990s through the mid 2000s, Letts acted in TV shows including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. | |||
In 2013–14, Letts joined the cast of ]'s '']'' as US Senator Andrew Lockhart. He was nominated with the rest of the cast for the ] | |||
In 2016, Letts joined ]'s marital comedy-drama '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/divorce-renewed-season-3-hbo-1203018852/|title='Divorce' Renewed for Season 3 at HBO With New Showrunner, Smaller Episode Count|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=2018-11-02|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> | |||
In 2018, Letts was cast in the second season of ]'s anthology crime drama series '']'', opposite ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-sinner-season-2-photos-cast-tracy-letts-emmys-1201966068/|title='The Sinner' Season 2 Reveals First-Look Photos and Who's Joining Carrie Coon in the Mystery Crime Series|last=Nguyen|first=Hanh|date=2018-05-18|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> He played ] in HBO's 2022 series '']''. | |||
=== Film === | |||
Letts has starred in ]'s 2015 ensemble piece, '']'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oscar.go.com/news/nominations/the-big-short-gets-5-oscar-nominations-including-best-picture|title=The Big Short Gets 5 Oscar Nominations Including Best Picture|website=oscar.go.com|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> 2016's '']'', '']'', and '']''; and ]'s film adaptation of the ] novel, '']'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/indignation-film-review-sundance-1201687679/|title=Sundance Film Review: 'Indignation'|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=2016-01-25|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Indignation (2016)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indignation|work=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> as well as the true-story crime thriller adaptation '']''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Imperium (2016)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/imperium|work=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> | |||
Letts then appeared in the 2017 films '']'', '']'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/post-16-films-stars-real-life-inspirations-1054331/item/fritz-beebe-portrayed-by-tracy-letts-1066929|title=Fritz Beebe, portrayed by Tracy Letts - 'The Post': 16 of the Film's Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=22 December 2017|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> and '']''.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lady Bird (2017)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lady_bird|work=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2017/12/13/16772210/sag-awards-nominations-lady-bird-three-billboards|title=SAG Awards Nominations: 'Lady Bird' Cleans Up, 'Phantom Thread' Flops|last=Surrey|first=Miles|date=2017-12-13|website=The Ringer|access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> | |||
In 2019, Letts portrayed ] in ]'s sports drama film '']'', and played Mr. Dashwood in '']'', a film adaptation of ]'s ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/2020-oscar-nominations-list-academy-awards-nominees-1203461985/|title=Oscar Nominations 2020: The Complete List|date=2020-01-13|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113151810/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/2020-oscar-nominations-list-academy-awards-nominees-1203461985/|archive-date=January 13, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Letts has written screenplays for three feature films based on his plays: '']'' (directed by ]), '']'' (also directed by Friedkin); and '']'' (directed by ]). He also wrote the screenplay for the 2021 ] feature film '']'', starring ], based on the ] by ]. | |||
==Personal life== | |||
] at the premiere of ''August: Osage County'', ] 2013]] | |||
He married actress ] in September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fierberg |first=Ruthie |date=August 18, 2017 |title=Why Tony Nominee Carrie Coon and Pulitzer Prize Winner Tracy Letts Got Married in a Hospital |url=https://playbill.com/article/why-tony-nominee-carrie-coon-and-pulitzer-prize-winner-tracy-letts-got-married-in-a-hospital |access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref> They have two children, born in 2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carrie Coon and Husband Tracy Letts Expecting Their First Child |url=https://people.com/parents/carrie-coon-pregnant-expecting-first-child-tracy-letts/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=It's a Boy! The Post Stars Carrie Coon and Tracy Letts Welcome Son Haskell |url=https://people.com/parents/carrie-coon-tracy-letts-welcome-son-haskell/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> and 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=2021-08-15 |title=Actor Carrie Coon: 'My husband says I have ice-water in my veins' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/15/carrie-coon-the-nest-ghostbusters-afterlife-fargo-jude-law |access-date=2024-03-16 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How Carrie Coon Hid Her Pregnancy on 'The Gilded Age' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.etonline.com/how-carrie-coon-hid-her-pregnancy-on-the-gilded-age-exclusive-178143 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=Entertainment Tonight |language=en-US}}</ref> He has been sober since 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsCQg8JM5Rw| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/ZsCQg8JM5Rw| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|title=The Interview Show | Tracy Letts| date=26 January 2018|accessdate=Oct 17, 2021|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was in a relationship with actor Holly Wantuch until her sudden death in 1998.<ref name="r183">{{cite web | last=Weber | first=Bruce | title=For an Okie Playwright and Actor, A Life With Drama of Its Own | website=The New York Times | date=2004-04-14 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/theater/for-an-okie-playwright-and-actor-a-life-with-drama-of-its-own.html | access-date=2024-12-11}}</ref> Letts was once engaged to actress ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/03/fashion/sarah-paulson-opens-up-about-dating-older-women-holland-taylor.html?_r=0|title=Sarah Paulson Opens Up About Acting, Marcia Clark and Dating Older Women|last=Schulman|first=Michael|date=March 2, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 9, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821202257/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/03/fashion/sarah-paulson-opens-up-about-dating-older-women-holland-taylor.html?_r=0|url-status=live}} {{closed access}}</ref> | |||
==Work as an author== | |||
===Theatre=== | |||
{| class = "wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Notes | |||
! Ref. | |||
|- | |||
|1993 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|1996 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2003 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2007 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2008 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|2009 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Adaptation | |||
|<ref>{{cite web| title=Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Tracy Letts | url=http://www.artistsrep.org/onstage/2008---2009-season/three-sisters.aspx | publisher=]| access-date=October 26, 2009 | quote=This adaptation of the Russian masterpiece was commissioned by Artists Rep as part three of its four-part Chekhov project. Letts offers a fresh, new look at the decay of the privileged class and the search for meaning in the modern world, through the eyes of three dissatisfied sisters who desperately long for their treasured past.}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|2015 | |||
|''The Stretch'' | |||
| | |||
|<ref>{{cite web| title="TEN" earns its rating at The Gift Theatre - Chicago Sun-Times | url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/post/ten-earns-rating-gift-theatre/}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2016 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
|<ref>{{cite web| title=Carrie Coon Among Cast Of 19 For Steppenwolf's World Premiere Of Tracy Letts Play |url=http://live-sun-times-entertainment.gotpantheon.com/entertainment-news/carrie-coon-among-cast-19-steppenwolfs-world-premiere-tracy-letts-play/ |publisher=]| access-date=December 7, 2015}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2017 | |||
|''Linda Vista'' | |||
| | |||
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/2016-17/linda-vista/|title=Linda Vista {{!}} Steppenwolf Theatre|website=www.steppenwolf.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
| 2017 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/2017-18/the-minutes//|title=The Minutes {{!}} Steppenwolf Theatre|website=www.steppenwolf.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-02}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
===Screenwriter=== | |||
{| class = "wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
| 2006 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Adaptation of his play | |||
|- | |||
| 2007 | |||
| ''Cop Show'' | |||
| Short film | |||
|- | |||
| 2011 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Adaptation of his play | |||
|- | |||
| 2013 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Adaptation of his play | |||
|- | |||
| 2021 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Work as an actor== | |||
===Theatre=== | |||
{| class = "wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Role | |||
! Theatre | |||
|- | |||
| 1988 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 1991–1995 | |||
|Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre | |||
| Various characters | |||
| Chicago, No Exit Cafe | |||
|- | |||
| 1994 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Freddy | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 1999 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Walker | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2001 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| John Williamson | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2002 | |||
|''The Dazzle'' | |||
| | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2002 | |||
|''Miracle on 34th Street'' | |||
| Lawyer | |||
| Chicago Center for Performing Arts | |||
|- | |||
| 2003 | |||
|''Homebody/Kabul'' | |||
| | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2004 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Norman | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2005 | |||
|''Last of the Boys'' | |||
| | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2005 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Kenneth Tynan | |||
| Off-Broadway, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2005 | |||
|''The Pain and the Itch'' | |||
| Cash | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2006 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Tupolski | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2006 | |||
|''The Well-Appointed Room'' | |||
| Stewart | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2007 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Robert | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2009 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Walter "Teach" Cole | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2010 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| George | |||
| Chicago, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2012 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| George | |||
| Broadway, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2014 | |||
|'']'' | |||
| Bob Jones | |||
| Broadway, ] | |||
|- | |||
|2019 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Joe Keller | |||
| Broadway, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2020 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Mayor Superba | |||
| Broadway, ] | |||
|- | |||
| 2022 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Mayor Superba | |||
| Broadway, ]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Finalist 'The Minutes' Sets Post-COVID 2022 Broadway Reopening, Plans Venue Switch|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/tracy-letts-pulitzer-finalist-the-minutes-sets-post-covid-2022-broadway-reopening-plans-venue-switch/ar-BB1b3I6x|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> | |||
|} | |||
===Film=== | |||
{| class = "wikitable sortable" | |||
|- | |||
! Year | |||
! Title | |||
! Role | |||
! Notes | |||
|- | |||
| 1988 | |||
| ''Paramedics'' | |||
| Van Owner | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
| 1992 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Sean | |||
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| Brad Gilroy | |||
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| Nick | |||
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| Vasile (voice) | |||
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| Jack Novack | |||
| 7 episodes | |||
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| 9 episodes | |||
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| 2024 | |||
| '']'' | |||
| Mitch Grossman | |||
| 5 episodes | |||
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| Himself (voice) | |||
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| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/steppenwolfs-tracy-letts-wins-best-actor-in-a-play-tony-award/1973890/|title= Steppenwolf's Tracy Letts Wins Best Actor in a Play Tony Award|website= nbcchicago.org|date= 10 June 2013|access-date= April 21, 2020}}</ref> | |||
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American actor and screenwriterTracy Letts | |
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Letts in 2022 | |
Born | (1965-07-04) July 4, 1965 (age 59) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1988–present |
Spouse |
Carrie Coon (m. 2013) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Billie Letts Dennis Letts |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Drama Tony Award for Best Play Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play |
Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for August: Osage County (2007), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. As an actor, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013).
As a playwright, Letts is known for having written for the Steppenwolf Theatre, Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre. His works include Killer Joe, Bug, Man from Nebraska, August: Osage County, Superior Donuts, Linda Vista, and The Minutes. Letts adapted three of his plays into films, Bug and Killer Joe, both directed by William Friedkin, and August: Osage County, directed by John Wells. His 2009 play Superior Donuts was adapted into a television series of the same name. As a stage actor, Letts has performed in various classic plays with the Steppenwolf Theatre since 1988. He made his acting Broadway debut as George in the revival of Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He continued acting on the Broadway stage in The Realistic Joneses, All My Sons, and The Minutes.
In film and television, he is known for his portrayal of Andrew Lockhart in seasons 3 and 4 of Showtime's Homeland, and pyramid-scheme con-artist Nick on the HBO comedy Divorce. In 2017, Letts starred in three critically acclaimed films: Azazel Jacobs' The Lovers, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, and Steven Spielberg's The Post. Lady Bird earned Letts a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2019, he portrayed Henry Ford II in James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari and Mr. Dashwood in Gerwig's Little Women, the two also receiving Best Picture nominations.
Early life
Letts was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to author Billie Letts (née Gipson) and college professor and actor Dennis Letts. He has two brothers, Shawn, a musician, and Dana. Letts was raised in Durant, Oklahoma, and graduated from Durant High School in the early 1980s. He moved to Dallas, where he waited tables and worked in telemarketing while beginning his acting career. He appeared in Jerry Flemmons' O Dammit!, which was part of a new playwrights' series sponsored by Southern Methodist University.
Letts moved to Chicago at the age of 20, working for the next 11 years at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Famous Door. He is still an active member of Steppenwolf. He was a founding member of Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre, whose members included Greg Kotis, Michael Shannon, Paul Dillon, and Amy Pietz. In 1991, Letts wrote the play Killer Joe. Two years later, the play premiered at the Next Lab Theater in Evanston, Illinois, followed by the 29th Street Rep in New York City. Since then, Killer Joe has been performed in a number of countries in 12 languages.
His mother, Billie Letts, has said of his work, "I try to be upbeat and funny. Everybody in Tracy's stories gets naked or dead." Letts's plays have depicted people struggling with moral and spiritual questions. He says he was inspired by the plays of Tennessee Williams and the novels of William Faulkner and Jim Thompson. Letts states that he considers sounds to be effective "storytelling tools" for theater.
Career
Theatre
During the late 1980s through the late 2000s, Letts acted in many of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's productions, starring in Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1994).
In 2012, Letts gained attention for his Broadway debut performance in the revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Booth Theatre. He received positive reviews and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
In 2019, Letts appeared in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons with Annette Bening at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. The show officially opened on April 22, 2019 and closed on June 23, 2019.
Letts has written over ten plays. His most famous, August: Osage County, premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago on June 28, 2007. It had its Broadway debut at the Imperial Theatre on December 4, 2007; the production transferred to Broadway's Music Box Theatre on April 29, 2008. The Broadway show closed on June 28, 2009, after 648 performances and 18 previews. The show went on to receive seven Tony Award nominations, winning six, including Best Play. The play won Letts the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2008. Letts has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer drama prize for his plays Man from Nebraska and The Minutes; the Pulitzer committee described The Minutes as a "shocking drama set in a seemingly mundane city council meeting that acidly articulates a uniquely American toxicity that feels both historic and contemporary." Letts starred in the Broadway production of The Minutes, his first time acting in one of his own plays.
Television
Early in his acting career, in the 1990s through the mid 2000s, Letts acted in TV shows including Prison Break, The District, Strong Medicine, Profiler, Judging Amy, The Drew Carey Show, Seinfeld, Early Edition, and Home Improvement.
In 2013–14, Letts joined the cast of Showtime's Homeland as US Senator Andrew Lockhart. He was nominated with the rest of the cast for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble.
In 2016, Letts joined HBO's marital comedy-drama Divorce.
In 2018, Letts was cast in the second season of USA Network's anthology crime drama series The Sinner, opposite Bill Pullman and Carrie Coon. He played Jack McKinney in HBO's 2022 series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
Film
Letts has starred in Adam McKay's 2015 ensemble piece, The Big Short, 2016's Wiener-Dog, Christine, and Elvis & Nixon; and James Schamus's film adaptation of the Philip Roth novel, Indignation, as well as the true-story crime thriller adaptation Imperium.
Letts then appeared in the 2017 films The Lovers, The Post, and Lady Bird.
In 2019, Letts portrayed Henry Ford II in James Mangold's sports drama film Ford v Ferrari, and played Mr. Dashwood in Little Women, a film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name.
Letts has written screenplays for three feature films based on his plays: Bug (directed by William Friedkin), Killer Joe (also directed by Friedkin); and August: Osage County (directed by John Wells). He also wrote the screenplay for the 2021 Netflix feature film The Woman in the Window, starring Amy Adams, based on the eponymous psychological thriller by A.J. Finn.
Personal life
He married actress Carrie Coon in September 2013. They have two children, born in 2018 and 2021. He has been sober since 1993. He was in a relationship with actor Holly Wantuch until her sudden death in 1998. Letts was once engaged to actress Sarah Paulson.
Work as an author
Theatre
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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1993 | Killer Joe | ||
1996 | Bug | ||
2003 | Man from Nebraska | ||
2007 | August: Osage County | ||
2008 | Superior Donuts | ||
2009 | Three Sisters | Adaptation | |
2015 | The Stretch | ||
2016 | Mary Page Marlowe | ||
2017 | Linda Vista | ||
2017 | The Minutes |
Screenwriter
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
2006 | Bug | Adaptation of his play |
2007 | Cop Show | Short film |
2011 | Killer Joe | Adaptation of his play |
2013 | August: Osage County | Adaptation of his play |
2021 | The Woman in the Window |
Work as an actor
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
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1988 | The Glass Menagerie | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre | |
1991–1995 | Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre | Various characters | Chicago, No Exit Cafe |
1994 | Picasso At The Lapin Agile | Freddy | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
1999 | Three Days of Rain | Walker | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2001 | Glengarry Glen Ross | John Williamson | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2002 | The Dazzle | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre | |
2002 | Miracle on 34th Street | Lawyer | Chicago Center for Performing Arts |
2003 | Homebody/Kabul | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre | |
2004 | The Dresser | Norman | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2005 | Last of the Boys | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre | |
2005 | Orson's Shadow | Kenneth Tynan | Off-Broadway, Barrow Street Theatre |
2005 | The Pain and the Itch | Cash | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2006 | The Pillowman | Tupolski | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2006 | The Well-Appointed Room | Stewart | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2007 | Betrayal | Robert | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2009 | American Buffalo | Walter "Teach" Cole | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2010 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | George | Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre |
2012 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | George | Broadway, Booth Theatre |
2014 | The Realistic Joneses | Bob Jones | Broadway, Lyceum Theatre |
2019 | All My Sons | Joe Keller | Broadway, American Airlines Theatre |
2020 | The Minutes | Mayor Superba | Broadway, Cort Theatre |
2022 | The Minutes | Mayor Superba | Broadway, Studio 54 |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Paramedics | Van Owner | |
1992 | Straight Talk | Sean | |
1998 | Chicago Cab | Sports Fan | |
U.S. Marshals | Sheriff Poe | ||
1999 | Guinevere | Zack | |
2007 | Cop Show | Michael Cooke | Short film |
2015 | The Big Short | Lawrence Fields | |
2016 | Wiener-Dog | Danny | |
Christine | Michael Nelson | ||
Elvis & Nixon | John Finlator | ||
Indignation | Hawes D. Caudwell | ||
Imperium | Dallas Wolf | ||
2017 | The Lovers | Michael | |
Lady Bird | Larry McPherson | ||
The Post | Fritz Beebe | ||
2019 | Ford v Ferrari | Henry Ford II | |
Little Women | Mr. Dashwood | ||
2020 | French Exit | Franklin "Small Frank" Price (voice) | |
2021 | The Woman in the Window | Dr. Landy | Uncredited |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Jack | Uncredited | |
2022 | Deep Water | Don Wilson | |
2023 | Eric Larue | Bill Verne | |
2024 | McVeigh | Richard Snell | |
Saturday Night | Herb Sargent | ||
TBA | Rosebush Pruning | Post-production |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1995 | Home Improvement | Henry | Episode: "Jill's Surprise Party" |
1996–1997 | Early Edition | Jonathan / Marksman | 2 episodes |
1997 | Seinfeld | Counterguy | Episode: "The Strike" |
1998 | The Drew Carey Show | Lomax | Episode: "Drew and the Conspiracy" |
1999 | Judging Amy | Mr. Kleinman | Episode: "Pilot" |
2000 | Profiler | Mr. Adams | Episode: "Train Man" |
2001 | Strong Medicine | Ken | Episode: "Wednesday Night Fever" |
2001 | The District | Brad Gilroy | Episode: "Melt Down" |
2006 | Prison Break | Peter Tucci | 2 episodes |
2013–2014 | Homeland | Senator/Director Andrew Lockhart | 17 episodes |
2016–2019 | Divorce | Nick | 17 episodes |
2017 | Comrade Detective | Vasile (voice) | Episode: "No Exit" |
2018 | The Sinner | Jack Novack | 7 episodes |
2022–2023 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Jack McKinney | 9 episodes |
2024 | Mr. Throwback | Mitch Grossman | 5 episodes |
2024 | The Simpsons | Himself (voice) | Episode: "Desperately Seeking Lisa" |
TBA | East of Eden | Cyrus Trask | Upcoming series |
TBA | The Sensitive Kind | Upcoming series |
Awards and nominations
Theatre awards
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2004 | Pulitzer Prize | Drama | Man from Nebraska | Nominated | |
2008 | August: Osage County | Won | |||
2008 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Won | ||
2008 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Play | Won | ||
2013 | Tony Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Play | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Won | |
2013 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Won | ||
2018 | Pulitzer Prize | Drama | The Minutes | Nominated | |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Play | Nominated |
Film and television awards
Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Homeland | Nominated |
2014 | Nominated | |||
2014 | Writers Guild of America Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | August: Osage County | Nominated |
2014 | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |
2014 | Chicago Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |
2014 | Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |
2014 | Seattle Film Critics Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated | |
2018 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Lady Bird | Nominated |
2022 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Screenplay | The Woman in the Window | Nominated |
2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty: "The New World" | Nominated |
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- Tracy Letts at the Internet Broadway Database
- Tracy Letts at IMDb
- Tracy Letts at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Tracy Letts at People.com
- Write TV public television interview with Tracy Letts
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