Jefferson Mays
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, fro...
Known For
Filmography
Los Vampires
2026
as George Wilmore
Rebuilding
2025
as Mr. Cassidy
Weathermaker
2025
as Dad
Seneca
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Julia
2022
as Albert Duhamel
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Doctor
Hacks
2021
as T.L. Gurley
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
2020
as Narrator
Perry Mason
2020
as Virgil Sheets
I Am the Night
2019
as George Hodel
Curated
2018
as The Curator
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Rebel in the Rye
2017
as William Maxwell
Westworld
2016
as Liam Dempsey, Sr.
I Am Michael
2015
as Preacher Teacher
Ned Rifle
2015
as Dr. Ford
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Daddy (voice)
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
as Daddy
The Cask of Amontillado
2014
as Fortunato
My America
2014
The Raven
2014
as Voice over (voice)
Inherent Vice
2014
as Dr. Threeply
The Giver
2014
as Community (voice)
The Blacklist
2013
as Norman Devane
The Americans
2013
as Walter Taffet
The Good Wife
2009
as Diplomat Van Buskirk
Nurse Jackie
2009
as Tim
Lie to Me
2009
as Sidney Carlton
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Bill Nathanson
Fringe
2008
as Nicholas Boone
The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
as Little John
The Fight
2005
The Closer
2005
as Dr. Easton
Alfie
2004
as Dr. Miranda Kulp
Benjamin Franklin
2002
as Elkanah Watson
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Keifer Gates
The Big Brass Ring
1999
as Garne Strickland
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Carl Rudnick
Cousin Bette
1998
as Stidmann
Hudson River Blues
1997
as Eric
Liberty!
1997
as James Madison
The Low Life
1995
as Hollywood Mogul
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
as Gerry Woolridge
Grey Knight
1993
as Martin Bradley
Law & Order
1990
as Mr. Olson