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My Take
Tracy Letts is one of those rare talents who excels on both sides of the curtain — the guy wrote August: Osage County, won the Pulitzer Prize and a Tony for Best Play in 2008, then turned around and won another Tony in 2013 as an actor playing George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Broadway. That is not a normal career arc. Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and cutting his teeth with Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago for decades, there's a Midwestern rawness to his work that never lets you get comfortable — his plays dig into American family dysfunction with a scalpel, not a butter knife. And his screen work (Lady Bird, Ford v Ferrari, The Lovers) proves he can translate that intensity into a camera lens just as convincingly. The man is quietly one of the most complete dramatic artists of his generation.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tracy Letts
- Name (Japanese)
- トレイシー・レッツ
- Reading
- とれいしー・れっつ
- Born
- July 4, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Snake
- Origin
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
- Occupation
- screenwriter / playwright / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
- 2022 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2008 Tony Award for Best Play
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | I Play Rocky | — |
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Tracy Letts born?
Born July 4, 1965 (age 61).
Where is Tracy Letts from?
Tracy Letts is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
What does Tracy Letts do?
Tracy Letts works as screenwriter, playwright, stage actor, film actor, television actor.
What is Tracy Letts known for?
Notable works include I Play Rocky.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.