Search Results - Letts, Tracy, 1965-

Tracy Letts

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. Provided by Wikipedia