Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright,
and screenwriter. He received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for
his play August: Osage County and a Tony Award for his portrayal of
George in the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013).He is
also known for his portrayal of Andrew Lockhart in seasons 3 and 4 of
Showtime's Homeland, for which he has been nominated for two Screen
Actors Guild Awards as a member of the ensemble. He portrayed the
pyramid-scheme con-artist Nick on the HBO comedy Divorce. In 2017,
Letts starred in three critically acclaimed films: The Lovers, Lady
Bird, and The Post. The latter two films were nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture, while Lady Bird earned Letts a
nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination. In 2019, he
portrayed Henry Ford II in James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari.Letts wrote
the screenplays of three films adapted from his own plays: 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. His first
screenplay not to be adapted from his own work, The Woman in the
Window, based on the 2018 novel of the same name by A. J. Finn, is
scheduled to be released in 2020.Letts was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to
author Billie Letts (née Gipson) and college professor and actor
Dennis Letts. He has two brothers, Shawn, a musician, and Dana. Letts
was raised in Durant, Oklahoma and graduated from Durant High School
in the early 1980s. He moved to Dallas, where he waited tables and
worked in telemarketing while beginning his acting career. He appeared
in Jerry Flemmons' O Dammit!, which was part of a new playwrights'
series sponsored by Southern Methodist University.
and screenwriter. He received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for
his play August: Osage County and a Tony Award for his portrayal of
George in the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013).He is
also known for his portrayal of Andrew Lockhart in seasons 3 and 4 of
Showtime's Homeland, for which he has been nominated for two Screen
Actors Guild Awards as a member of the ensemble. He portrayed the
pyramid-scheme con-artist Nick on the HBO comedy Divorce. In 2017,
Letts starred in three critically acclaimed films: The Lovers, Lady
Bird, and The Post. The latter two films were nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Picture, while Lady Bird earned Letts a
nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding
Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination. In 2019, he
portrayed Henry Ford II in James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari.Letts wrote
the screenplays of three films adapted from his own plays: 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. His first
screenplay not to be adapted from his own work, The Woman in the
Window, based on the 2018 novel of the same name by A. J. Finn, is
scheduled to be released in 2020.Letts was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to
author Billie Letts (née Gipson) and college professor and actor
Dennis Letts. He has two brothers, Shawn, a musician, and Dana. Letts
was raised in Durant, Oklahoma and graduated from Durant High School
in the early 1980s. He moved to Dallas, where he waited tables and
worked in telemarketing while beginning his acting career. He appeared
in Jerry Flemmons' O Dammit!, which was part of a new playwrights'
series sponsored by Southern Methodist University.
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