Lewis Jefferson Mays (born June 8, 1965) is an American actor. He is
the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, a Helen
Hayes Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, two Drama Desk Awards, two Outer
Critics Circle Awards and three Obie Awards.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 from the graduate acting program.He has appeared at La Jolla
Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and
Playwrights Horizons.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.
the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, a Helen
Hayes Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, two Drama Desk Awards, two Outer
Critics Circle Awards and three Obie Awards.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 from the graduate acting program.He has appeared at La Jolla
Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and
Playwrights Horizons.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.
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