Jason Miller
Acting·April 22, 1939·† May 13, 2001 — 62 years old·Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
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—Headed for TroubleJohn2026Mineshaft: The Cruising MurdersSelf (archive footage)2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage)2016Independence Day: ResurgencePost Production Supervisor2003Finding HomeLester Brownlow2001HellsingTV2001The Joe Spinell StorySelf1999That Championship SeasonTheatre Play · Screenplay1998The EternalThe Doctor1998The Fear of God: 25 Years of The ExorcistSelf - Father Karras1996Murdered InnocenceDet. Rollins1995MommyLt. March1993RudyCoach Ara Parseghian1992Small KillMikie1990The Exorcist IIIFather Damien Karras / Patient X1989A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas StoryWriter1987Deadly CareDr. Miles Keefer1987Light of DayBenjamin Rasnick1984A Touch of ScandalGarrett Locke1984Toy SoldiersSarge1982That Championship SeasonDirector · Screenplay1982MonsignorDon Vito Appolini1981The Best Little Girl in the WorldClay Orlovsky1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryArthur Miller1980The Henderson MonsterDr. Tom Henderson1980RewardWriter1980The Ninth ConfigurationLt. Frankie Reno1979VampireJohn Rawlins1978The Dain CurseTVOwen Fitzstephan1977A Dog Called... VengeanceAristides Ungria1977The Devil's AdvocateDr. Aldo Meyer1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodF. Scott Fitzgerald1975A Home of Our OwnFather William Wasson1975The Nickel RideCooper1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster SaluteSelf (archive footage)1973The ExorcistFather Damien Karras