Tracy Letts: podcast appearances and interviews

Tracy Shane Letts, born on July 4, 1965, is an American actor, playwright, podcaster, and screenwriter. He has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre since 1988, performing in various classic plays. Letts made his Broadway acting debut as George in the revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 2013. He has also appeared on Broadway in All My Sons and The Minutes. On television, he is known for his role as Andrew Lockhart in seasons 3 and 4 of Showtime's Homeland from 2013 to 2014. More recently, he portrayed Jack McKinney in the HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty from 2022 to 2023, a role that earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2024. In film, Letts played Henry Ford II in Ford v Ferrari (2019) and Mr. Dashwood in Little Women (2019), an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel. As a playwright, his notable works include Killer Joe, Man from Nebraska, August: Osage County, and The Minutes. His play August: Osage County won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2008 and earned him the Tony Award for Best Play that same year. Letts has also adapted several of his plays into films, including Bug, Killer Joe, and August: Osage County.