Jefferson Mays
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, from November 2003 (previews) to October 31, 2004. He had appeared in the play Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in May 2003, and at the La Jolla Playhouse in July 2001. Mays won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the 2004 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show, an Obie Award, and a 2004 Theatre World Award for his solo performance. He also won the 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play for seasons of I Am My Own Wife in Australia in 2006. In 2007, he appeared as Henry Higgins in a revival of Pygmalion and starred as Private Mason in a revival of Journey's End. In August 2009, Mays appeared at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Quartermaine's Terms by Simon Grey. Mays starred in the 2013 Broadway musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, in which he played eight roles. He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He also was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and tied for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (with Neil Patrick Harris).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 08, 1965
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994-03-26
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Overview: 25 years after committing a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and listens in horror about his life leading up to the crime. This is the short film that inspired the full-length "Sling Blade".
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-26
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021-12-05
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Overview: Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-05
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The Big Brass Ring
1999-04-20
The Big Brass Ring
Overview: Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become president of the United States. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-20
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I Am Michael
2015-01-29
I Am Michael
Overview: The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-29
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Seneca
2023-02-20
Seneca
Overview: Rome in 65 AD, Emperor Nero's tyrannical regime has reached its zenith, Nero's self-indulgence and excessiveness brings up the opposition against him, conspiracies threaten his power. By all means Nero tries to defend his despotic claim of sovereignty. The famous philosopher Seneca has been Nero's teacher, mentor and close advisor since childhood, he is significantly involved in his ascent. Nevertheless, Nero gets weary of Seneca and Nero uses a foiled attack on his life to falsely accuse Seneca of being an accomplice.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-20
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The Cask of Amontillado
2014-09-24
The Cask of Amontillado
Overview: Deep beneath the streets of Italy lie the catacombs of the Montresors, filled with barrels of wine and the bones of the dead. One evening, friends Fortunado and Montresor venture below the city with promises of the rare vintage wine Amontillado.
Genres: Thriller Horror Drama Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-24
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Rebuilding
2025-01-26
Rebuilding
Overview: After a wildfire takes the family farm, a rancher seeks a way forward.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-26
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The Giver
2014-08-13
The Giver
Overview: In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-13
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My America
2014-07-04
My America
Overview: 21 monologues written by American playwrights form a sort of fractured portrait of the American collective psyche. Ranging from the sad to the hilarious, from the angry to the tentatively celebratory, many of the major and recurrent issues associated with our fraught but beloved union are reconsidered with elegance, wit, brutal honesty, and a little outright insanity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-04
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Rebel in the Rye
2017-09-15
Rebel in the Rye
Overview: The life of celebrated but reclusive author J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel The Catcher in the Rye.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-15
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The Raven
2014-10-09
The Raven
Overview: In this chilling and lyrical reinterpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's poem, a narrator mourning the loss of his love, Lenore, wavers on the brink of insanity. Perhaps hallucinating - or not - he sees a mysterious raven, whispering, 'nevermore.'
Genres: Animation Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-09
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Inherent Vice
2014-12-12
Inherent Vice
Overview: In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-12
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Ned Rifle
2015-04-01
Ned Rifle
Overview: Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-01
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The Notorious Bettie Page
2005-09-14
The Notorious Bettie Page
Overview: Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into an erotic icon who continues to enthrall fans to this day.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-14
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Curated
2018-09-08
Curated
Overview: During a reluctant trip to her late Grandmother's home in the middle of nowhere, Nancy learns that a person's sentiment and complexities aren't limited to the things they leave behind. Created for TNT's Shatterbox project.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-08
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018-11-09
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Overview: Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
Genres: Western Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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Alfie
2004-10-22
Alfie
Overview: A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-22
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008-10-02
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Overview: Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-02
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The Low Life
1995-11-01
The Low Life
Overview: Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-01
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Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
2020-11-28
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Overview: The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge comes to thrilling new life as Tony winner Jefferson Mays plays over 50 roles in a virtuosic masterclass of a performance that must be seen to be believed.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-28
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The Fight
2005-01-24
The Fight
Overview: Explores the famous 1938 heavyweight bout between German Max Schmeling and American Joe Louis and finds two men who, in the shadow of war, became reluctant symbols of equality and supremacy, democracy and fascism.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-24
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Hudson River Blues
1997-12-12
Hudson River Blues
Overview: Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-12
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Cousin Bette
1998-06-12
Cousin Bette
Overview: Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-12
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