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Jefferson Mays
Born	Lewis Jefferson Mays (1965-06-08) June 8, 1965 (age 59) Connecticut, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present

Jefferson Mays (born Lewis Jefferson Mays; June 8, 1965) is an American theatre and film actor.

A Connecticut native, Mays trained at Yale College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree, and the University of California, San Diego, where he earned an Master of Fine Arts. He has appeared at La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Playwrights Horizons.

In 2004, Mays won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show, an Obie Award, and a Theatre World Award for his solo Broadway performance in I Am My Own Wife, a Pulitzer Prize-wnning play by Doug Wright.

Mays is married to Australian actress Susan Lyons.

Credits

Film

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
The Low Life (1995)
Cousin Bette (1998)
The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Kinsey (2004)
Alfie (2004)
The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
Memoirs of My Nervous Illness (2005)

Stage

Pygmalion (2007)
Journey's End (2007)
I Am My Own Wife (2003)
Hamlet (1995)

External links

v t e Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play
1947–1975	José Ferrer / Fredric March (1947) Henry Fonda / Paul Kelly / Basil Rathbone (1948) Rex Harrison (1949) Sidney Blackmer (1950) Claude Rains (1951) José Ferrer (1952) Tom Ewell (1953) David Wayne (1954) Alfred Lunt (1955) Paul Muni (1956) Fredric March (1957) Ralph Bellamy (1958) Jason Robards Jr. (1959) Melvyn Douglas (1960) Zero Mostel (1961) Paul Scofield (1962) Arthur Hill (1963) Alec Guinness (1964) Walter Matthau (1965) Hal Holbrook (1966) Paul Rogers (1967) Martin Balsam (1968) James Earl Jones (1969) Fritz Weaver (1970) Brian Bedford (1971) Cliff Gorman (1972) Alan Bates (1973) Michael Moriarty (1974) John Kani and Winston Ntshona (1975)
1976–2000	John Wood (1976) Al Pacino (1977) Barnard Hughes (1978) Tom Conti (1979) John Rubinstein (1980) Ian McKellen (1981) Roger Rees (1982) Harvey Fierstein (1983) Jeremy Irons (1984) Derek Jacobi (1985) Judd Hirsch (1986) James Earl Jones (1987) Ron Silver (1988) Philip Bosco (1989) Robert Morse (1990) Nigel Hawthorne (1991) Judd Hirsch (1992) Ron Leibman (1993) Stephen Spinella (1994) Ralph Fiennes (1995) George Grizzard (1996) Christopher Plummer (1997) Anthony LaPaglia (1998) Brian Dennehy (1999) Stephen Dillane (2000)
2001–present	Richard Easton (2001) Alan Bates (2002) Brian Dennehy (2003) Jefferson Mays (2004) Bill Irwin (2005) Richard Griffiths (2006) Frank Langella (2007) Mark Rylance (2008) Geoffrey Rush (2009) Denzel Washington (2010) Mark Rylance (2011) James Corden (2012) Tracy Letts (2013) Bryan Cranston (2014) Alex Sharp (2015) Frank Langella (2016) Kevin Kline (2017) Andrew Garfield (2018) Bryan Cranston (2019) Andrew Burnap (2020/21) Simon Russell Beale (2022) Sean Hayes (2023) Jeremy Strong (2024)

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance
Ian McKellen (1984) Whoopi Goldberg (1985) Eric Bogosian (1986) Barbara Cook (1987) No Award (1988) No Award (1989) Robert Morse (1990) Eileen Atkins (1991) Patrick Stewart (1992) Anna Deavere Smith (1993) Anna Deavere Smith (1994) Celeste Lecesne (1995) Mary Louise Wilson (1996) Fiona Shaw (1997) John Leguizamo (1998) David Hare (1999) Dame Edna Everage (2000) Pamela Gien (2001) Elaine Stritch (2002) Tovah Feldshuh (2003) Jefferson Mays (2004) Billy Crystal (2005) Antony Sher (2006) Vanessa Redgrave (2007) Laurence Fishburne (2008) Lorenzo Pisoni (2009) Jim Brochu (2010) John Leguizamo (2011) Cillian Murphy (2012) Michael Urie (2013) John Douglas Thompson (2014) Benjamin Scheuer (2015) Jesse Tyler Ferguson (2016) Ed Dixon (2017) Billy Crudup (2018) Mike Birbiglia (2019) Laura Linney (2020) No Award (2021) Kristina Wong (2022) Jodie Comer (2023) Patrick Page (2024)

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance

Ian McKellen (1984)
Whoopi Goldberg (1985)
Eric Bogosian (1986)
Barbara Cook (1987)
No Award (1988)
No Award (1989)
Robert Morse (1990)
Eileen Atkins (1991)
Patrick Stewart (1992)
Anna Deavere Smith (1993)
Anna Deavere Smith (1994)
Celeste Lecesne (1995)
Mary Louise Wilson (1996)
Fiona Shaw (1997)
John Leguizamo (1998)
David Hare (1999)
Dame Edna Everage (2000)
Pamela Gien (2001)
Elaine Stritch (2002)
Tovah Feldshuh (2003)
Jefferson Mays (2004)
Billy Crystal (2005)
Antony Sher (2006)
Vanessa Redgrave (2007)
Laurence Fishburne (2008)
Lorenzo Pisoni (2009)
Jim Brochu (2010)
John Leguizamo (2011)
Cillian Murphy (2012)
Michael Urie (2013)
John Douglas Thompson (2014)
Benjamin Scheuer (2015)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson (2016)
Ed Dixon (2017)
Billy Crudup (2018)
Mike Birbiglia (2019)
Laura Linney (2020)
No Award (2021)
Kristina Wong (2022)
Jodie Comer (2023)
Patrick Page (2024)

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