Jason Miller
Known for Acting
Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.; April 22, 1939 – May 13, 2001) 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.
Filmography
The Exorcist
1973
as Father Damien Karras
Rudy
1993
as Coach Ara Parseghian
The Exorcist III
1990
as Father Damien Karras / Patient X
The Ninth Configuration
1980
as Lt. Frankie Reno
Monsignor
1982
as Don Vito Appolini
Toy Soldiers
1984
as Sarge
A Home of Our Own
1975
as Father William Wasson
Light of Day
1987
as Benjamin Rasnick
A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977
as Aristides Ungria
The Eternal
1998
as The Doctor
Reward
1980
Writer
Vampire
1979
as John Rawlins
Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders
2026
as Self (archive footage)
That Championship Season
1999
Screenplay
That Championship Season
1999
Theatre Play
Deadly Care
1987
as Dr. Miles Keefer
The Best Little Girl in the World
1981
as Clay Orlovsky
Finding Home
2003
as Lester Brownlow
Mommy
1995
as Lt. March
A Touch of Scandal
1984
as Garrett Locke