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Tracy Letts is a multifaceted award-winning actor and playwright. Letts received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County and a Tony Award for his portrayal of George in the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He has written the screenplays of three films adapted from his own plays: BUG and Killer Joe, both directed by William Friedkin, and August: Osage County directed by John Wells. In 2019, Letts was seen portraying Henry Ford II in James Mangold’s Academy Award-nominated racing drama “Ford v Ferrari,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. He also starred in the Academy nominated and critically-acclaimed adaption of Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women.”





Upcoming, Letts will star opposite Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck in the 20th Century Studios thriller “Deep Water.” Letts stars and also penned the screenplay for the film adaptation of A.J. Finn’s best-seller, The Woman in the Window, released on Netflix.



Steppenwolf production of The Minutes by Tracy Letts will make its return to Broadway in March 2022. The play, a Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Drama, shows the inner workings of a city council meeting in the fictional town of Big Cherry. Other recent stage projects include Letts’s play Linda Vista, which saw a successful limited run at Broadway’s Hayes Theatre in late 2019.



In 2017, Letts appeared in Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” alongside Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. The film was selected as the Best Film of 2017 by the National Board of Review and nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture and for a Critics’ Choice Award in the category of Best Acting Ensemble. Also in 2017, Letts received critical acclaim for his performance opposite Saoirse Ronan in Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” which was selected as one of the Top Ten Films of 2017 by the National Board of Review, nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Best Ensemble and an Oscar in the category of Best Film.



Additional film credits include “The Lovers” with Debra Winger, which was nominated for a 2018 Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay; Antoni Campos’ biographical drama “Christine,” “Indignation,” James Schamus’ directorial debut and the Oscar nominated film “The Big Short” directed by Adam McKay.



On the small screen, Letts starred in the second season of HBO’s “Divorce” alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon and Talia Balsam. In 2013 and 2014, Letts played CIA Director Andrew Lockhart on Showtime’s “Homeland.” The cast was nominated for a SAG Award in the category of Best Drama Ensemble in 2013. Tracy resides in Chicago with his wife, Carrie Coon, and is an active member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

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STAGE CREDITS

The Minutes The Minutes
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2022
Mayor Superba
All My Sons All My Sons
[Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival, 2019
Joe Keller
Nassim Nassim
[Off-Broadway]
Barrow Street Theatricals Off-Broadway Production, 2018
Guest Performer
The Realistic Joneses The Realistic Joneses
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2014
Bob Jones
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
[Broadway]
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production, 2012
George
Orson's Shadow
[Off-Broadway]
Barrow Street Theatre Production, 2005
Ken

Productions

Bug
 
[Broadway, 2026]
Playwright
Mary Page Marlowe
 
[West End, 2025]
Playwright
August: Osage CountyAugust: Osage County
 
[Broadway, 2007] [Replacement]
Playwright[Replacement]

Writing

Bug
Playwright
August: Osage County
Playwright
Playwright
Superior Donuts
Playwright
Killer Joe
Playwright
The Minutes
Playwright
Linda Vista
Playwright

Movies

Paramedics
[ 1988 ] Van Owner
Straight Talk
[ 1992 ] Sean
Chicago Cab
[ 1997 ] Sports Fan
U.S. Marshals
[ 1998 ] Sheriff Poe
Guinevere
[ 1999 ] Zack
Bug
[ 2006 ] writer
Killer Joe
[ 2011 ] writer
August: Osage County
[ 2013 ] writer
The Big Short
[ 2015 ] Lawrence Fields
Imperium
[ 2016 ] Dall Wolf
Wiener-Dog
[ 2016 ] Danny
Indignation
[ 2016 ] Dean Caudwell
Elvis & Nixon
[ 2016 ] John Finlator
Christine
[ 2016 ] Michael
The Post
[ 2017 ] Fritz Beebe
Lady Bird
[ 2017 ] Larry McPherson
The Lovers
[ 2017 ] Michael
Ford v Ferrari
[ 2019 ] Henry Ford II
Little Women
[ 2019 ] Mr. Dhwood
French Exit
[ 2020 ] Franklin Price
The Woman in the Window
[ 2021 ] writer
Deep Water
[ 2022 ] Don Wilson
Saturday Night
[ 2024 ] Herb Sargent
A House of Dynamite
[ 2025 ] General Anthony Brady

TV Shows

Divorce
Nick
Early Edition
Jonathan, Marksman
Homeland
Andrew Lockhart
The Simpsons
Tracy Letts
Mr. Throwback
Mitch Grossman
The Simpsons
Tracy Letts
Mr. Throwback
Mitch Grossman
The Paper
[ 2025-2025 ] John Stack
The Lowdown
[ 2025-2025 ] Frank Martin
East of Eden
[ 2026-2026 ] Cyrus Trask

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2019 - Distinguished Performance Award

Tracy Letts, All My Sons

The Pulitzer Prize - 2018 - Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Tracy Letts, The Minutes

Drama League Awards - 2014 - Distinguished Performance Award

Tracy Letts, The Realistic Joneses

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Drama League Awards - 2013 - Distinguished Performance Award

Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Actor in a Play

Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Tony Awards - 2013 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Tracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Olivier Awards - 2009 - Best New Play

Tracy LettsAugust: Osage County


winner
New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 2008 - Best Play

Tracy Letts, August: Osage County


winner
The Pulitzer Prize - 2008 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Tracy Letts, August: Osage County


winner
Tony Awards - 2008 - Best Play

Tracy Letts, August: Osage County


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Play

Tracy Letts, August: Osage County

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2004 - John Gassner Playwriting Award

Tracy Letts, Bug

The Pulitzer Prize - 2004 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Tracy LettsMan from Nebraska

The Pulitzer Prize - 2004 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Tracy LettsMan from Nebraska

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Spotlight on Plays: Winter 2025/26 Photo
Spotlight on Plays: Winter 2025/26
by Team BWW - Nov 15, 2025

The Fall 2025 season is in full swing, and with it, comes new plays for theatre lovers of all kinds. Whether you live for intense dramas or would rather escape with zaney comedies, there's something for everyone both on and off-Broadway in Winter 2025/26.
BWW Q&A: Ian Barford of AMADEUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company Photo
BWW Q&A: Ian Barford of AMADEUS at Steppenwolf Theatre Company
by Joshua Wright - Nov 14, 2025

Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation’s premier ensemble theater company, is pleased to continue its 50th Anniversary Season with Peter Shaffer’s Oscar and Tony Award-winning masterpiece Amadeus, directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls in his Steppenwolf debut. 
From Chicago to NYC: Steppenwolf’s Broadway Boom Photo
From Chicago to NYC: Steppenwolf’s Broadway Boom
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2025

Many Steppenwolf productions have made the jump to Broadway, with three shows transferring in 2025 alone. Learn more about Purpose, Bug, The Minutes, and more!
Review: THE MINUTES at Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. Photo
Review: THE MINUTES at Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.
by Jonathan Netek - Oct 27, 2025

Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Tracy Letts and nominated for Best Play at the 2022 Tony Awards, THE MINUTES is a political satire infused with dark humor, offering a timely critique of power dynamics, political corruption, and the manipulation of history.
Hot Tickets of the Week: SCHMIGADOON, ALL OUT, and More Photo
Hot Tickets of the Week: SCHMIGADOON, ALL OUT, and More
by Team BWW - Oct 20, 2025

Let BroadwayWorld and Ticketmaster be your guide to which plays and musicals are the most buzz-worthy this week, starting October 20, 2025. Check out five Broadway shows we recommend that you should snag tickets to right now!
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 15, 2025- OH, MARY Welcomes Jane Krakowski and Mor Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 15, 2025- OH, MARY Welcomes Jane Krakowski and More
by - Oct 15, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 15, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Tickets to BUG on Broadway Starring Carrie Coon on Sale Photo
Tickets to BUG on Broadway Starring Carrie Coon on Sale
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 14, 2025

Tickets for the Broadway premiere of Bug, written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer are now on sale. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 10, 2025- THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Begins Broadway Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 10, 2025- THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES Begins Broadway Previews and More
by - Oct 10, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 10, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Video: Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close & More in New Trailer for Ryan Murphy's ALL FAIR Photo
Video: Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close & More in New Trailer for Ryan Murphy's ALL FAIR
by Josh Sharpe - Oct 9, 2025

Hulu has dropped a new trailer for All's Fair, the new legal drama series from TV guru Ryan Murphy. The trailer for the highly anticipated series showcases the all-star cast led by Kim Kardashian and Naomi Watts, along with Broadway alums Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close, and Judith Light.Watch it now.
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Susan Surandon's London Debut in MARY P Photo
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Susan Surandon's London Debut in MARY PAGE MARLOWE?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Oct 9, 2025

Mary Page Marlowe is an accountant from Ohio. She's led an ordinary life, making the difficult decisions we all face as we try to figure out who we really are and what we really want. As Tracy Letts brings us moments-both pivotal and mundane-from Mary's life, a portrait of a surprisingly complicated woman emerges. Intimate and moving, Mary Page Marlowe shows us how circumstance, impulse and time can combine to make us mysteries...even to ourselves. Susan Surandon makes her London stage debut, alongside Andrea Riseborough, who returns to the stage after 15 years.
Review: MARY PAGE MARLOWE, Starring Susan Sarandon and Andrea Riseborough Photo
Review: MARY PAGE MARLOWE, Starring Susan Sarandon and Andrea Riseborough
by Laura Jones - Oct 9, 2025

Watching Mary Page Marlowe you feel like you're constantly trying to piece together a mosaic of one woman’s life, glimpsed in snapshots, lit by moments of clarity, yet never forming a complete picture. Under Matthew Warchus’s direction, in his final season as Artistic Director at the Old Vic, the production stages Tracy Letts’s play non-chronologically, across 11 scenes spanning seven decades, that show Mary at various ages. 
Review: THE MINUTES at Tower Grove Abbey Photo
Review: THE MINUTES at Tower Grove Abbey
by Rob Levy - Oct 8, 2025

Tense, terse, and at times testy, The Minutes is almost two plays in one. While the first half gives off the vibe of a comedic tale of small-town bureaucracy, the second half is a darker and more cynical examination of the erosion of power structures.
THE MINUTES Regional Premiere to be Presented at Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. Photo
THE MINUTES Regional Premiere to be Presented at Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 8, 2025

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. will open its 10th season with the regional premiere of The Minutes, nominated for the Tony Award for best play of 2022, written by Tracy Letts. Learn more!
Video: Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss & More in FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 12 Trailer Photo
Video: Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss & More in FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 12 Trailer
by Josh Sharpe - Oct 8, 2025

Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss, Tracy Letts, and more are opening up the family archives in the Season 12 trailer of Finding Your Roots. The new season will premiere on January 6, 2026. Watch the trailer now!
Tracy Letts' SUPERIOR DONUTS Comes to The Den Theatre Photo
Tracy Letts' SUPERIOR DONUTS Comes to The Den Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2025

The Artistic Home announced it will stage Tracy Letts' Chicago-set SUPERIOR DONUTS for a five-week run. This comedy drama, which premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre in 2008 and transferred to Broadway in 2009, is set in a run-down donut shop.
Tracy Letts Shares Update on James Taylor Musical FIRE & RAIN- 'We're Not Quite There Photo
Tracy Letts Shares Update on James Taylor Musical FIRE & RAIN- 'We're Not Quite There'
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 1, 2025

Tracy Letts shares insights on the status of the James Taylor musical FIRE & RAIN in his recent chat on Marc Maron's podcast WTF.
Photos: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Anthony Ramos, & More at A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE Premier Photo
Photos: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Anthony Ramos, & More at A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE Premiere
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 30, 2025

Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite held its New York Film Festival Premiere at Alice Tully Hall. In attendance were several cast members from the film, including Hamilton alums Renée Elise Goldsberry and Anthony Ramos. Take a look at the photos here!
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Comes to Theater J Photo
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Comes to Theater J
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2025

Theater J will bring Amy Herzog's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People to the stage. Learn more about the upcoming production and how to get tickets here!
Previews: Tracy Letts’ THE MINUTES to Have Regional Premiere at Stray Dog Theatre Photo
Previews: Tracy Letts’ THE MINUTES to Have Regional Premiere at Stray Dog Theatre
by James Lindhorst - Sep 27, 2025

One of the most anticipated shows this fall is the regional premiere of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes at Stray Dog Theatre. The Minutes allows the audience to eavesdrop on a closed session of a small-town city council meeting. Hypocrisy and greed are exposed during the 90-minutes council meeting in the fictional town of Big Cherry. Broadway World had the opportunity to sit down with director Justin Been and St. Louis Theater Circle Award winner Stephen Peirick to talk about The Minutes
Video: Tracy Letts & More in Trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE Photo
Video: Tracy Letts & More in Trailer for Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
by Josh Sharpe - Sep 25, 2025

Check out the new trailer for A House of Dynamic, the latest film from award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, and Tracy Letts.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Tracy Letts been in?

Tracy Letts has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.

How many West End shows has Tracy Letts been in?

Tracy Letts has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Tracy Letts been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for All My Sons, Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for The Minutes , Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for The Realistic Joneses, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Outstanding Actor in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Best New Play (Olivier Awards) for August: Osage County, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for August: Osage County, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for August: Osage County, Best Play (Tony Awards) for August: Osage County, Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for August: Osage County, John Gassner Playwriting Award (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Bug, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Man from Nebraska and The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Man from Nebraska.

What awards has Tracy Letts won?

Tracy Letts has won several prestigious awards for August: Osage County, including Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Best Play at the Tony Awards, and Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards.

How many shows has Tracy Letts written?

Tracy Letts has written 8 shows including Killer Joe (Playwright), Bug (Playwright), August: Osage County (Playwright), Superior Donuts (Playwright), Mary Page Marlowe (Author), Man from Nebraska (Playwright), The Minutes (Playwright), Linda Vista (Playwright).

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