Person
Jason Miller
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- April 22, 1939 · 62 years
- Death
- May 13, 2001
- Origin
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Technical Alias
John Anthony Miller Jr.
Professional Trajectory
Jason Miller was an American playwright and actor. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he reprised in The Exorcist III (1990). He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.
