Tracy Letts

Acting · Born 1965-07-04 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

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 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2013). As a playwright, Letts is known for having written for the Steppenwolf Theatre, Off-Broadway 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,…

Filmography

• The Big Short as Lawrence Fields
• Rosebush Pruning as Father
• Lady Bird as Larry McPherson
• The Post as Fritz Beebe
• Ford v Ferrari as Henry Ford II
• Little Women as Mr. Dashwood
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Jack (uncredited)
• Guinevere as Zack
• Chicago Cab as Sports Fan
• Eric LaRue as Bill Verne

TV

• Seinfeld as Counter Guy
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Jack McKinney
• The Simpsons as Tracy Letts (voice)
• Homeland as Andrew Lockhart
• Divorce as Nick
• The Drew Carey Show as Lomax
• Strong Medicine as Ken
• Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
• Home Improvement as Henry
• Early Edition as Jonathan