1. Tracy S Letts was born on July 4,1965 and is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
18 Facts About Tracy Letts
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Tracy Letts continued acting on the Broadway stage in The Realistic Joneses, All My Sons, and The Minutes.
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In 2017, Tracy Letts starred in three critically acclaimed films: Azazel Jacobs' The Lovers, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, and Steven Spielberg's The Post.
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Tracy Letts has two brothers, Shawn, a musician, and Dana.
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Tracy Letts was raised in Durant, Oklahoma, and graduated from Durant High School in the early 1980s.
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Tracy Letts moved to Dallas, where he waited tables and worked in telemarketing while beginning his acting career.
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Tracy Letts moved to Chicago at the age of 20, working for the next 11 years at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Famous Door.
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Tracy Letts was a founding member of Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre, whose members included Greg Kotis, Michael Shannon, Paul Dillon, and Amy Pietz.
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Tracy Letts says he was inspired by the plays of Tennessee Williams and the novels of William Faulkner and Jim Thompson.
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Tracy Letts received positive reviews and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
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In 2019, Tracy Letts appeared in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons with Annette Bening at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre.
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Early in his acting career, in the 1990s through the mid 2000s, Tracy Letts acted in TV shows including Prison Break, The District, Strong Medicine, Profiler, Judging Amy, The Drew Carey Show, Seinfeld, Early Edition, and Home Improvement.
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Tracy Letts was nominated with the rest of the cast for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble.
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In 2018, Tracy Letts was cast in the second season of USA Network's anthology crime drama series The Sinner, opposite Bill Pullman and Carrie Coon.
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Tracy Letts played Jack McKinney in HBO's 2022 series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
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Tracy Letts then appeared in the 2017 films The Lovers, The Post, and Lady Bird.
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In 2019, Tracy Letts portrayed Henry Ford II in James Mangold's sports drama film Ford v Ferrari, and played Mr Dashwood in Little Women, a film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name.
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Tracy Letts was previously engaged to actor Sarah Paulson, and was in a relationship with actor Holly Wantuch until her sudden death in 1998.