Jefferson Mays
Actor · Writer
Born Jun 8, 1965 · Connecticut, USA
Active 1990–present · Awards: Theatre World Award, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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.
Filmography
Rebuilding (2025) — Mr. CassidyLos Vampires (2026) — George WilmoreWestworld (2016) — Liam Dempsey, Sr.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Carl RudnickFringe (2008) — Nicholas BooneThe Blacklist (2013) — Norman DevaneThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) — Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")Lie to Me (2009) — Sidney CarltonThe Giver (2014) — Community (voice)The Americans (2013) — Walter TaffetInherent Vice (2014) — Dr. ThreeplyThe Good Wife (2009) — Diplomat Van BuskirkLaw & Order (1990) — Mr. OlsonThe Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) — DoctorThe Closer (2005) — Dr. EastonUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015) — Daddy · Daddy (voice)Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Keifer GatesHacks (2021) — T.L. GurleyPerry Mason (2020) — Virgil SheetsHow to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) — Bill NathansonAlfie (2004) — Dr. Miranda KulpNurse Jackie (2009) — TimRebel in the Rye (2017) — William MaxwellThe Notorious Bettie Page (2006) — Little John