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Jason Miller

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Jason Miller

Apr 22, 1939 – May 13, 200136 titles 34 movies · 2 TV
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Biography

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 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.

Also known as

John Anthony Miller Jr.

Born

Apr 22, 1939 – May 13, 2001

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

31

Acting credits

1

Directing

4

Writing

1

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1973 1 title(s)

1974 1 title(s)

1975 3 title(s)

1977 2 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1980 4 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 2 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)