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Jason Miller
Born 1939-04-22Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Mineshaft: The Cruising MurdersSelf (archive footage)Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage)Finding HomeLester BrownlowThe Joe Spinell StorySelfThe EternalThe DoctorThe Fear of God: 25 Years of The ExorcistSelf - Father KarrasMurdered InnocenceDet. RollinsMommyLt. MarchRudyCoach Ara ParseghianSmall KillMikieThe Exorcist IIIFather Damien Karras / Patient XDeadly CareDr. Miles KeeferLight of DayBenjamin RasnickA Touch of ScandalGarrett LockeToy SoldiersSargeMonsignorDon Vito AppoliniThe Best Little Girl in the WorldClay OrlovskyMarilyn: The Untold StoryArthur MillerThe Henderson MonsterDr. Tom HendersonThe Ninth ConfigurationLt. Frankie RenoVampireJohn RawlinsA Dog Called... VengeanceAristides UngriaThe Devil's AdvocateDr. Aldo MeyerF. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodF. Scott Fitzgerald