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BIO

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

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2022
Mayor Superba


[Broadway]
Roundabout Theatre Company Broadway Revival, 2019
Joe Keller


[Off-Broadway]
Barrow Street Theatricals Off-Broadway Production, 2018
Guest Performer


[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2014
Bob Jones


[Broadway]
Steppenwolf Theatre Company Production, 2012
George


[Off-Broadway]
Barrow Street Theatre Production, 2005
Ken


Productions

 
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Writing

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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

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

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


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The Pulitzer Prize - 2008 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Tracy Letts, August: Osage County


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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

Videos

News


Jessie Mueller Joins Free Songbook Academy Event
by Stephi Wild - Jun 11, 2025

Tony and GRAMMY award-winning Broadway performer Jessie Mueller will join Great American Songbook Foundation Founder Michael Feinstein for a free public event.
Review: BUG at Dirt Dogs Theatre Company
by Brett Cullum - May 20, 2025

They have managed to restage BUG for 2025, and boy, is it a doozy! You don’t want to miss this revival and reimagining of the Tracy Letts cult classic. The entire company goes for broke, and they create a fiery display of acting, visuals, and audio landscapes that will blow you back in your chair.
THE MINUTES By Tracy Letts To Be Presented At Terrific New Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2025

Award-winning playwright Tracy Letts' newest play “The Minutes” will close Terrific New Theatre's 2024/25 abbreviated season (“2024-25 Mini-Season: The Return of TNT”). The production will open on June 12 and run Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. until June 29.
Interview: Malinda Beckham & Curtis Barber of BUG at DIRT DOGS
by Brett Cullum - May 14, 2025

So I think, first and foremost, Bug, believe it or not, is a love story. Without loneliness and without loss and without vulnerability, we don't get to the place that we need to be, where this crater of ache exists inside Agnes, which opens her up to Peter. Which really is the beginning of the infestation.
Video: Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close & More Star in Teaser for Ryan Murphy's ALL FAIR
by Josh Sharpe - May 14, 2025

Hulu has dropped the first teaser trailer for All's Fair, a new legal drama series from TV guru Ryan Murphy. Soundtracked to a rendition of Chicago's 'Cell Block Tango,' the teaser also showcases the all-star cast, including Sarah Paulson and Glenn Close. Watch the teaser now!
Noah Reid Brings His Solo Tour “Live Again” to Thousand Oaks
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2025

Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Noah Reid will bring his new tour “Live Again” to the Fred Kavli Theatre in September. Learn more about the performance here.
Which Shows Have Been Revived the Most in the 21st Century?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - May 11, 2025

Three of this season’s plays and two of this season’s musicals are already getting revived for the second or third time this century! Twenty-five years into the 21st century and Broadway has already seen multiple revivals of Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, and Sunset Boulevard. 
BUG Begins In May At Dirt Dogs Theatre Co.
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 30, 2025

Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. (DDTCo.) closes out its ninth season with Bug, the cult thriller by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts. Co-directed by Malinda L. Beckham and Curtis Barber.
Review: THE MINUTES Exposes the Complicity of Silence
by Robert Encila-Celdran - Apr 29, 2025

At the heart of THE MINUTES lies the bitter debate over the town's origin—a controversy surrounding a long-commemorated event that reveals uncomfortable contradictions under closer scrutiny. What begins as a procedural discussion about a public monument gradually evolves into a broader struggle over whose version of history will prevail and at what cost.
Photos: BUG at Tacoma Little Theatre
by Emmy Rice - Apr 26, 2025

Tacoma Little Theatre has relased productions photos for its upcoming show, Bug. Bug is written by the Pulitzer and Tony-Award winning author, Tracy Letts, and will be directed by Blake R. York. See the photos here! 
Student Blog: Writing for Yourself
by Student Blogger: Michael Lakind - Apr 21, 2025

Hello y’all! For the next couple of months, I’m shining a light on one of the coolest parts of UC San Diego’s theatre department. Every spring quarter features a culmination of artistry that brings grads and undergrads together from all theatrical disciplines: the Wagner New Play Festival. The engine that revs the festival to life is the cohort of MFA playwrights. Each of them spends fall and winter quarters working on a piece ahead of its world premiere production in the spring. We have five playwrights this year, so this article is the fifth installment of a five-part series where I’ll be sitting down for a conversation with each of them. I hope reading these will be half as much fun as I had putting this together.
Lindsay Mendez and Jessie Mueller to Headline BROADWAY IN THE PARK
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 8, 2025

Signature Theatre and Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has revealed the headliners for the fifth annual musical theater collaboration, Broadway in the Park, featuring Lindsay Mendez and Jessie Mueller. Learn more!
Clubbed Thumb Announces Complete SUMMERWORKS Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 7, 2025

Tony Award-nominated and Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb will present the complete line-up for the 28th SUMMERWORKS festival of new plays.
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Iconic Plays That Shaped American Theater
by Sidney Paterra - Mar 30, 2025

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is one of the most prestigious honors in American theater, celebrating outstanding works that have made a significant impact on the stage. Here's a closer look at what the Pulitzer Prize for Drama is, how it works, and why it matters.
Tacoma Little Theatre to Present BUG
by Emmy Rice - Mar 29, 2025

Tacoma Little Theatre will bring the disturbing thriller, Bug, to its stage. Bug will run Friday, April 25, through Sunday, May 11, 2025, for a total of 10 performances.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld March 18, 2025
by - Mar 18, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 18, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Review Roundup: Phylicia Rashad Directs PURPOSE By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' On Broadway
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 18, 2025

The great Phylicia Rashad makes her Broadway directorial debut, with PURPOSE by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, opening tonight at the Helen Hayes Theater. Find out how the critics felt about their visit with the influential and dysfunctional Jasper family on Broadway. Read the reviews!
James Taylor Musical FIRE & RAIN Is In Development
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 17, 2025

BroadwayWorld has just learned that the music of Grammy Award Winner James Taylor will be featured in a new stage musical titled FIRE & RAIN, featuring an original story written by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts and directed by Tony Award-winner David Cromer. We have all of the details!
How Glenn Davis Shepherded PURPOSE on Its Path to Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 16, 2025

Glenn Davis had a huge part to play in the Purpose's journey, not only as a cast member in Chicago and now on Broadway, but as Steppenwolf's co-Artistic Director and the person behind pushing along its development in recent years.
Meet the Cast of GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, Now in Previews on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Mar 12, 2025

Good Night, and Good Luck is now in previews on Broadway,  The new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer, stars Clooney in his Broadway debut. Meet the cast here!

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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