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Jason Miller

Actor, Writer, Director
Born April 22, 1939Died May 13, 2001 (62 years)
Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.; April 22, 1939 – May 13, 2001) 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.

Known For

  • The Exorcist
  • The Exorcist III
  • The Ninth Configuration
  • That Championship Season
  • The Nickel Ride
  • Toy Soldiers
  • Vampire
  • That Championship Season
  • The Eternal
  • A Dog Called... Vengeance
  • Light of Day
  • Monsignor
  • The Dain Curse
  • A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
  • Murdered Innocence
  • Mommy
  • Finding Home
  • Small Kill
  • Des Teufels Advokat

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    Filmography

    2003
    Finding Home · as Lester Brownlow
    2002
    Paradox Lake · as Cast
    1998
    The Eternal · as The Doctor
    1996
    Murdered Innocence · as Det. Rollins
    1995
    Mommy · as Lt. March
    1993
    Rudy · as Coach Ara Parseghian
    1992
    Small Kill · as Mikie
    1990
    The Exorcist III: Legion · as Patient X
    1990
    The Exorcist III · as Father Damien Karras / Patient X
    1987
    Deadly Care · as Dr. Miles Keefer
    1987
    Light of Day · as Benjamin Rasnick
    1985
    Night Heat (TV Series) · as Officer Jack Narin
    1984
    A Touch of Scandal · as Garrett Locke
    1984
    Toy Soldiers · as Sarge
    1984
    Terror in the Aisles · as Father Karras
    1982
    Monsignor · as Don Vito Appolini
    1981
    1980
    Marilyn: The Untold Story · as Arthur Miller
    1980
    The Henderson Monster · as Dr. Tom Henderson
    1980
    The Ninth Configuration · as Lt. Frankie Reno
    1979
    Vampire · as John Rawlins
    1978
    The Dain Curse (TV Series) · as Owen Fitzstephan
    1977
    A Dog Called... Vengeance · as Aristides Ungria
    1977
    Des Teufels Advokat · as Dr. Aldo Meyer
    1974
    The Nickel Ride · as Cooper
    1973
    The Exorcist · as Father Damien Karras

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