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 Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2013 As a playwright Letts is known for having written for the Steppenwolf Theatre OffBroadway 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 Albees play Whos 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 On television he is known for his portrayal of Andrew Lockhart in seasons 3 and 4 of Showtimes Homeland from 2013 to 2014 and pyramidscheme conartist Nick on the HBO comedy series Divorce from 2016 to 2019 He played Jack McKinney in the HBO sports drama series Winning Time The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty 20222023 for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series On film he has portrayed Henry Ford II in James Mangolds sports drama Ford v Ferrari 2019 and Herb Sargent in Jason Reitmans biographical comedydrama Saturday Night 2024 He has also taken leading roles in The Lovers 2017 as well as supporting roles in The Big Short 2015 Indignation 2016 Imperium 2016 Lady Bird 2017 The Post 2017 Little Women 2019 and A House of Dynamite 2025 Description above from the Wikipedia article Tracy Letts licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia