Tracy Letts
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1965-07-04 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- Tracy S. 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).
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Known For
TV Shows (17)
The Simpsons
1989
as Tracy Letts (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Seinfeld
1989
as Counter Guy
Homeland
2011
as Andrew Lockhart
The Drew Carey Show
1995
as Lomax
Strong Medicine
2000
as Ken
Home Improvement
1991
as Henry
Early Edition
1996
as Jonathan / Marksman
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Winner
Profiler
1996
as Alan Chandler
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022
as Jack McKinney
Divorce
2016
as Nick
The Paper
2025
as John Stack
The American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
The Lowdown
2025
as Frank Martin
East of Eden
as Cyrus Trask
Movies (29)
Deep Water
2022
as Don Wilson
Little Women
2019
as Mr. Dashwood
Ford v Ferrari
2019
as Henry Ford II
The Big Short
2015
as Lawrence Fields
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Jack (uncredited)
A House of Dynamite
2025
as General Anthony Brady
Lady Bird
2017
as Larry McPherson
The Post
2017
as Fritz Beebe
U.S. Marshals
1998
as Sheriff Poe
The Woman in the Window
2021
as Dr. Landy (uncredited)
Christine
2016
as Michael
Saturday Night
2024
as Herb Sargent
Imperium
2016
as Dallas Wolf
Elvis & Nixon
2016
as John Finlator
Straight Talk
1992
as Sean (voice)
Rosebush Pruning
2026
as Father
Chicago Cab
1998
as Sports Fan
French Exit
2021
as Franklin Price (voice)
Indignation
2016
as Dean Caudwell
McVeigh
2024
as Richard
Wiener-Dog
2016
as Danny
Guinevere
1999
as Zack
The Lovers
2017
as Michael
I Play Rocky
2026
as Sandy Maddox
Eric LaRue
2025
as Bill Verne
Paramedics
1988
as Van Owner
Liminal
Harmonia
as Reuben
Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts
2021
as Announcer
About Tracy Letts
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… With 46 credits spanning from 1956 to 2026, Tracy Letts has appeared in 29 films and 17 TV shows.
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- Deep Water (2022) — as Don Wilson
- Little Women (2019) — as Mr. Dashwood
- Ford v Ferrari (2019) — as Henry Ford II
- The Big Short (2015) — as Lawrence Fields
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) — as Jack (uncredited)
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