page_title: Jason Miller (playwright)
hierarchical_section_title: Jason Miller (playwright)
caption_attribution_description: English: Headshot of Jason Miller c. 1972 for his play That Championship Season
context_page_description: Jason Miller was an American actor and playwright. He received 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. He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.
context_section_description: Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.; April 22, 1939 – May 13, 2001) was an American actor and playwright. He received 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. He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.
caption: Miller in c. 1972
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