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3	Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
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5	Born in Oklahoma to a musician mother and actor/professor father, Tracy was interested in show business from an early age. After a short stint in Dallas where he worked as a waiter and telemarketer while establishing himself as an actor, Letts moved to Chicago at the age of 20 where he became involved in the Steppenwolf and Theatre Company, Famous Door, and the Bang Bang Spontaneous Theatre. It was there that he met fellow actor Creator/MichaelShannon, with whom he has since collaborated many times.
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7	In the late 90s, Letts decided to try his hand at playwriting with the result being the acclaimed black comedy thriller ''Theatre/KillerJoe''. He has since written 10 plays, including ''Theatre/{{Bug}}'', ''Theatre/ManFromNebraska'', ''Theatre/TheMinutes'', and the UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize -winning ''Theatre/AugustOsageCounty''. Letts has often cited Creator/TennesseeWilliams and Creator/WilliamFaulkner as inspirations for his writing, and his plays often reflect this.
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9	Throughout this time, Letts has also maintained as active career as an actor on stage, television, and film. He won a [[MediaNotes/TonyAwardWinners Tony Award]] for Best Actor in a Play when he starred in a 2012 revival of ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' and has also made acclaimed appearances in TV shows like ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' and films such as ''Film/LadyBird''.
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11	Letts has been married to actress Creator/CarrieCoon since 2013.
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14	!!Work as a writer(* notes it's a theatrical production; notes he wrote the film production; * indicates both)
15	[[index]]
16	* ''Film/KillerJoe'' (1993)***
17	* ''Film/{{Bug\|2006}}'' (1996)***
18	* ''Theatre/ManFromNebraska'' (2003)*
19	* ''Theatre/AugustOsageCounty'' (2007)***
20	* ''Theatre/SuperiorDonuts'' (2008)*
21	* ''Theatre/ThreeSisters'' (2009)*
22	* ''Theatre/TheStretch'' (2015)*
23	* ''Theatre/MaryPageMarlowe'' (2016)*
24	* ''Theatre/LindaVista'' (2017)*
25	* ''Theatre/TheMinutes'' (2017)*
26	* ''Literature/{{The Woman in the Window\|2018}}'' (2021)**
27	[[/index]]
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29	!!Work as an actor
30	* ''Film/StraightTalk'' (1992) - Sean
31	* ''Series/HomeImprovement'' (1995) - Henry, episode "Jill's Surprise Party"
32	* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' (1997) - Counter Guy, episode "The Strike"
33	* ''Film/USMarshals'' (1998) - Sheriff Poe
34	* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' (1998) - Lomax, episode "Drew and the Conspiracy"
35	* ''Series/JudgingAmy'' (1999) - Mr. Kleinman, pilot episode.
36	* ''Series/PrisonBreak'' (2006) - Peter Tucci (2 episodes)
37	* ''Series/{{Homeland}}'' (2013-2014) - Andrew Lockheart
38	* ''Film/TheBigShort'' (2016) - Lawrence Fields
39	* ''[[Film/Christine2016 Christine]]'' (2016) - Mike Nelson
40	* ''Film/WienerDog'' (2016) - Danny
41	* ''Film/{{Indignation}}'' (2016) - Hawes D. Caudwell
42	* ''Series/{{Divorce}}'' (2015-2019) - Nick
43	* ''Film/TheLovers'' (2017) - Michael
44	* ''Film/LadyBird'' (2017) - Larry [=McPherson=]
45	* ''Film/ThePost'' (2017) - Fritz Beebe
46	* ''Series/TheSinner'' (2018) - Jack Novak (7 episodes)
47	* ''Film/FordVFerrari'' (2019) - Henry Ford II
48	* ''[[Film/LittleWomen2019 Little Women]]'' (2019) - Mr. Dashwood
49	* ''Film/FrenchExit'' (2020) - Franklin Price
50	* ''Film/DeepWater'' (2022) - Don Wilson
51	* ''Series/WinningTime'' (2022) - Jack [=McKinney=] (8 episodes)

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