Jefferson Mays

Actor

Born: June 8, 1965 (age 61)
From: Connecticut, USA

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…

Filmography (26)

Rebuilding (2025)
Mr. Cassidy
Weathermaker
Weathermaker (2025)
Dad
Seneca (2023)
Narrator (voice)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Doctor
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (2020)
Narrator
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")
Curated (2018)
The Curator
Rebel in the Rye (2017)
William Maxwell
Ned Rifle (2015)
Dr. Ford
I Am Michael (2015)
Preacher Teacher
Inherent Vice (2014)
Dr. Threeply
The Raven
The Raven (2014)
Voice over (voice)
The Cask of Amontillado (2014)
Fortunato
The Giver (2014)
Community (voice)
My America (2014)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Bill Nathanson
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
Little John
The Fight (2005)
Alfie (2004)
Dr. Miranda Kulp
The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Garne Strickland
Cousin Bette (1998)
Stidmann
Hudson River Blues (1997)
The Low Life (1995)
Hollywood Mogul
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
Gerry Woolridge
Grey Knight (1993)
Martin Bradley
Los Vampires
George Wilmore