Actor
Jason Miller
Born April 22, 1939 in Queens, New York City, New York, USADied May 13, 200124 films
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.
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First watchThe Exorcist19737.7as Father Damien KarrasWhen a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
24 films as actor- TBAHeaded for TroubleJohn
- 2003Finding HomeLester Brownlow
- 1998The EternalThe Doctor
- 1996Murdered InnocenceDet. Rollins
- 1995MommyLt. March
- 1993RudyCoach Ara Parseghian
- 1992Small KillMikie
- 1990The Exorcist IIIFather Damien Karras / Patient X
- 1987Deadly CareDr. Miles Keefer
- 1987Light of DayBenjamin Rasnick
- 1984A Touch of ScandalGarrett Locke
- 1984Toy SoldiersSarge
- 1982MonsignorDon Vito Appolini
- 1981The Best Little Girl in the WorldClay Orlovsky
- 1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryArthur Miller
- 1980The Henderson MonsterDr. Tom Henderson
- 1980The Ninth ConfigurationLt. Frankie Reno
- 1979VampireJohn Rawlins
- 1977A Dog Called... VengeanceAristides Ungria
- 1977The Devil's AdvocateDr. Aldo Meyer
- 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodF. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1975A Home of Our OwnFather William Wasson
- 1975The Nickel RideCooper
- 1973The ExorcistFather Damien Karras