Tracy Letts

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.4942

Gender

Male

Birthday

04-Jul-1965

Age

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As
  • Tracy S. Letts

Tracy Letts

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, 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 Albee's play Who's 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 Showtime's Homeland from 2013 to 2014, and pyramid-scheme con-artist 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 (2022–2023) 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 Mangold's sports drama Ford v Ferrari (2019) and Herb Sargent in Jason Reitman's biographical comedy-drama 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Credits

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts (2021) Character: Announcer
These plays, all written by Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright and Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts, share at least one thread: a world off-kilter. These gripping pieces create the opening landscape of this season and will mark a bridge between where we have been and where we are going.
U.S. Marshals U.S. Marshals (1998) Character: Sheriff Poe
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
Eric LaRue Eric LaRue (2025) Character: Bill Verne
Janice is struggling; she moves through life as if in a haze, unable to let go of her anger and frustration. While her husband has found refuge at a new church, Janice finds it hard to seek solace in her faith despite her pastor’s pleas to heal her wounds by meeting with the mothers of her son’s victims.
Chicago Cab Chicago Cab (1998) Character: Sports Fan
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.
Ford v Ferrari Ford v Ferrari (2019) Character: Henry Ford II
American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
The Lovers The Lovers (2017) Character: Michael
The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.
Imperium Imperium (2016) Character: Dallas Wolf
Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.
Guinevere Guinevere (1999) Character: Zack
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.
French Exit French Exit (2021) Character: Franklin Price (voice)
“My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price, but things didn’t go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead for 12 years and with his vast inheritance gone, she cashes in the last of her possessions and resolves to live out her twilight days anonymously in a borrowed apartment in Paris, accompanied by her directionless son Malcolm and a cat named Small Frank—who may or may not embody the spirit of Frances’s dead husband.
Elvis & Nixon Elvis & Nixon (2016) Character: John Finlator
In 1970, a few days before Christmas, Elvis Presley showed up on the White House lawn seeking to be deputized into the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs by the President himself.
A House of Dynamite A House of Dynamite (2025) Character: General Anthony Brady
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Straight Talk Straight Talk (1992) Character: Sean (voice)
Honest and straightforward small-town Shirlee Kenyon chucks her boyfriend and heads for Chicago. Accidentally having to host a radio problem phone-in show, it is clear she is a natural and is hired on the spot. But the station insists she call herself Doctor, and as her popularity grows a local reporter starts digging for the truth. Problem is, the more he is around her the more he fancies her.
The Post The Post (2017) Character: Fritz Beebe
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
Saturday Night Saturday Night (2024) Character: Herb Sargent
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. This is the story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) Character: Jack (uncredited)
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy their grandfather left behind.
Lady Bird Lady Bird (2017) Character: Larry McPherson
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Christine Christine (2016) Character: Michael
In 1974, television reporter Christine Chubbuck struggles with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
Wiener-Dog Wiener-Dog (2016) Character: Danny
A dachshund passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
Paramedics Paramedics (1988) Character: Van Owner
Two paramedics are transferred to the nasty part of the city where a gang is killing people to sell their organs.
I Play Rocky I Play Rocky (2026) Character: Sandy Maddox
A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a big movie studio wants to buy, but he refuses to sell it unless he gets to play the lead. Turning down an offer of life-changing money, he instead works for pennies to get the movie made with himself in the starring role. The movie becomes the biggest box office hit of 1976, notching ten Oscar nominations and winning Best Picture. The true story of the making of the iconic movie Rocky.
The Woman in the Window The Woman in the Window (2021) Character: Dr. Landy (uncredited)
An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
Indignation Indignation (2016) Character: Dean Caudwell
In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
The Big Short The Big Short (2015) Character: Lawrence Fields
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Deep Water Deep Water (2022) Character: Don Wilson
A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
Little Women Little Women (2019) Character: Mr. Dashwood
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
McVeigh McVeigh (2024) Character: Richard
A haunting psychological thriller based on one of America's most infamous figures. After the Waco siege, a chilling plan brews in the mind of army veteran Timothy McVeigh. What follows are the harrowing real-life events of the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history.
Rosebush Pruning Rosebush Pruning (2026) Character: Father
In a Spanish villa, American siblings Jack, Ed, Anna and Robert wallow in isolation and their inherited fortune. When Jack wants to move in with his girlfriend and Ed uncovers the truth about their mother’s death, the fabric of the family begins to unravel.



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