Jez Butterworth
Jez Butterworth was born in London in 1969. His plays include Mojo (1995), The Night Heron (2002), The Winterling (2006), Parlour Song (2008), Jerusalem (2009), The River (2012), and The Ferryman (2017).
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BIO
Jez Butterworth was born in London in 1969. His plays include Mojo (1995), The Night Heron (2002), The Winterling (2006), Parlour Song (2008), Jerusalem (2009), The River (2012), and The Ferryman (2017). His plays have won two Olivier Awards, three Evening Standard Awards, Four Writer's Guild Awards and Three Critics Circle Awards. In 2007 he was given the E.M. Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His screenwriting credits include Fair Game, Get on Up (2014), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Black Mass (2015), and Spectre (2015).
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Playwright Jez Butterworth, Director Sam Mendes & The Cast of 'The Hills of California' including Laura Donnelly, Lara McDonnell, Helena Wilson, Nicola Turner, Ophelia Lovibond, Sophia Ally, Nancy Allsop, Leanne Best, Bryan Dick, Richard Short, David Wilson Barnes, Richard Lumsden, Ta’Rea Campbell, Sawyer Barth, Ellyn Heald, Cameron Scoggins, Max Roll, Erin Rose Doyle, Sadie Veach, Liz Pearce, Jessica Baglow, Liam Bixbany and Q. Smith
From: Photos: The Cast of THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA Meets the Press
Productions
Writing
Awards and Nominations
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Videos
Photos/Video: Nathan Sykes, Fayth Ifil, and More in HADESTOWN in London
by Stephi Wild - 2026-09-24 08:44:56
Video: Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan Return in MOBLAND Season 2 Teaser
by Josh Sharpe - 2026-07-09 10:29:55
Video: Brian D’Arcy James Looks Back on Playing King George in HAMILTON
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-12-22 14:02:15
Video: Watch James Corden Play Musical Theater-Themed Game on THE TONIGHT SHOW
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-10-28 10:37:01
Video: Laura Donnelly Looks Back on the Challenge of Her Dual (Tony Nominated) Roles
by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge - 2025-05-22 14:45:34
Video: Watch Brian d'Arcy James Sing 'I Miss the Mountains' From NEXT TO NORMAL at MISCAST
by Michael Major - 2024-12-02 16:20:28
Exclusive Video: Watch a Scene From THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA on Broadway
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2024-11-01 15:00:35
Video: Cast of THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA Explains the Story Behind the Play
by Joshua Wright - 2024-07-25 12:42:59
VIDEO: James Corden Stars in Prime Video's THE MAMMALS Series Trailer
by Michael Major - 2022-11-07 09:23:44
News
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 15, 2026
Advent Carolndar, the wildly festive holiday spectacular created by Joel Waggoner (School of Rock) and Tony Award- and Grammy Award-nominated Julia Mattison (Death Becomes Her) will make its triumphant return to the New York stage at The Town Hall on Monday, December 14 at 8:00 PM.
by Rachel Stone - Oct 13, 2026
Season two, episode five of the crime drama will stream on Paramount+, featuring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren as the Harrigan family faces mounting tensions and violence.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2026
Trap Door Theatre will present a dark absurdist comedy written by S.L. Daniels and directed by Spencer Huffman, featuring Shawna Franks, Camilla Frontain, Lenin Izquierdo, and Lawrence Grimm.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 5, 2026
Park Theatre announced its 2027 season, headlined by the first London revival in 14 years of Jez Butterworth's Olivier Award-winning MOJO, alongside new plays, operatic works, and the theatrical debuts of award-winning comedy duo Max & Ivan.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 24, 2026
Brand new production photos and video footage have been released of the West End production of Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Hadestown, which has recently welcomed new cast members to the Lyric Theatre, London.
by Rachel Stone - Sep 3, 2026
MOBLAND's season 3 release date isn't set yet, but Paramount+ has renewed the crime drama with Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren returning.
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2026
All new photos have been released of the new cast members joining the West End production of Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Hadestown. Check out the photos here!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2026
Animal Stone Productions will present a workshop staging of BROKE, a new musical inspired by Maggie Dubris's memoir BrokeDown Palace, at Theatre 4 on Theatre Row, starring Rebecca Pitcher and Maggie Hollinbeck.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 31, 2026
Ensemble Theatre will present Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN, starring a cast of local actors, as the opening production of its new season in Cleveland.
by Joshua Wright - Aug 26, 2026
Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films, will step into the role again - this time onstage and as a grown man - in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 24, 2026
West End Productions will stage Jez Butterworth's THE RIVER, directed by Joe Feldman, at North Fourth Theater in Albuquerque, starring Dave Yakubik and Maria Latiolais.
by Rachel Stone - Aug 13, 2026
Paramount+ released the season two trailer for MOBLAND, with Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren returning as the crime drama's global premiere approaches.
by Joshua Wright - Jul 22, 2026
Paramount+ greenlit LAIRD, a drama series starring Kenneth Branagh as a Scottish laird defending his ancestral lands from a wealthy American billionaire. The series was created by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Georgia Lee, with Joe Wright set to direct the pilot.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 20, 2026
Kristianne Kurner announced she will leave New Village Arts at the end of the 2026–2027 season after 25 years leading the Carlsbad theater company.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2026
West End Productions will present Jez Butterworth's THE RIVER at North Fourth Theatre in Albuquerque, directed by Joe Feldman with David Yakubik, Maria Latiolais, and Rachel Foster.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2026
Five new principal cast members announced for HADESTOWN at London's Lyric Theatre, including The Wanted's Nathan Sykes as Orpheus and Olivier Award-winner Danielle de Niese as Persephone.
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 9, 2026
A new teaser trailer has been released for season two of MobLand, featuring Tom Hardy returning as fixer Harry da Souza, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren as the heads of the Harrigan family, Conrad and Maeve. Watch it now.
by Josh Sharpe - Jul 5, 2026
Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums.
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 24, 2026
It's the end of an era on Broadway. As BroadwayWorld reported last month, the curtain has officially come down on Boneau/Bryan-Brown, the iconic Broadway press office founded by ATPAM-members Chris Boneau and Adrian Bryan-Brown, after more than three decades representing theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway and around the world.
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 3, 2026
Ensemble Theatre of Cleveland announced its upcoming season, featuring a World Premiere, two Cleveland Premieres, and a revival, including Jez Butterworth's THE FERRYMAN and Seamus Heaney's THE BURIAL AT THEBES.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Jez Butterworth has written 6 shows including Mojo (Playwright), The Night Heron (Playwright), Parlour Song (Playwright), Jerusalem (Playwright), The Ferryman (Royal Court) (Playwright), The Hills of California (Playwright).
Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Ferryman, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Ferryman, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Jerusalem, Best New Comedy (Olivier Awards) for Parlour Song, Best New Play (Olivier Awards) for Jerusalem , Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Jerusalem, Best Comedy (Olivier Awards) for Mojo and Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright (Evening Standard Awards) for Mojo.
Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for The Ferryman, Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Ferryman, Best Play (Evening Standard Awards) for Jerusalem, Best Comedy (Olivier Awards) for Mojo, and Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright (Evening Standard Awards) for Mojo.
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