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Jason Miller

American actor and playwright (1939-2001) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 62

Jason Miller was an American playwright and actor. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he...

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2001Died13 May 2001HellsingSeries, 2001The Joe Spinell StoryFilm, 20011996Murdered InnocenceFilm, Det. Rollins1995MommyFilm, Lt. March1992Small KillFilm, Mikie1990The Exorcist IIIFilm, Father Damien Karras / Patient X1987Deadly CareFilm, Dr. Miles Keefer1984A Touch of ScandalFilm, Garrett Locke1981The Best Little Girl in the WorldFilm, Clay Orlovsky1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryFilm, Arthur Miller1978The Dain CurseSeries, Owen Fitzstephan1977A Dog Called... VengeanceFilm, Aristides Ungria1975A Home of Our OwnFilm, Father William Wasson1973Pulitzer Prize for DramaAwardThe ExorcistFilm, 1973Father Damien Karras1939Born22 April 1939

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  • The Exorcist 1973
  • Rudy 1993
  • The Ninth Configuration 1980
  • The Exorcist III 1990
  • Light of Day 1987

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Pulitzer Prize for Drama1973

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He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he reprised in The Exorcist III (1990). He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.

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United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1939 to 2001 · aged 62