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Jason Miller
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 62
Also known asJohn Anthony Miller Jr. GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn22/04/1939Born inQueens, New York City, New York, USADied13/05/2001Died inScrantonCausemyocardial infarctionWikidataQ1349205TMDb#21736

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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Filmography14 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesMovieSelf - (archive footage)86
2001The Joe Spinell StoryMovieSelf62
1998The Fear of God: 25 Years of The ExorcistMovieSelf - Father Karras59
1993RudyMovieCoach Ara Parseghian54
1990The Exorcist IIIMovieFather Damien Karras / Patient X51
1984A Touch of ScandalMovieGarrett Locke45
1984Toy SoldiersMovieSarge45
1982MonsignorMovieDon Vito Appolini43
1981The Best Little Girl in the WorldMovieClay Orlovsky42
1980The Ninth ConfigurationMovieLt. Frankie Reno41
1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryMovieArthur Miller41
1975The Nickel RideMovieCooper36
1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in HollywoodMovieF. Scott Fitzgerald36
1973The ExorcistMovieFather Damien Karras34