- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Anthony Miller Jr.
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Character actor and playwright Jason Miller had a variety of jobs before he started a writing career and wrote his own play, "That Championship Season", for which he received the Pulitzer Prize Award. Miller gave up his professional writing career in the early seventies to start acting. In 1973, he starred as a troubled priest in the horror film classic The Exorcist (1973), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1982, he directed the revival of his play, That Championship Season (1982), to the screen. The father of actor Jason Patric and actor/director/writer Joshua John Miller, Miller's other film credits include playing the title role in the made-for-television film F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975), The Ninth Configuration (1980), Toy Soldiers (1984), The Exorcist III (1990) and Rudy (1993)". Miller died in Scranton, Pennsylvannia at the age of 62.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpousesRuth Josem(May 16, 1984 - 1990) (divorced)Sue Bernard(1974 - 1983) (divorced, 1 child)Linda Miller(March 9, 1963 - 1973) (divorced, 3 children)
- Children
- At the time of his death, he had just finished the first draft of a play with his son Joshua John Miller. The play was about a playwright father who dies, leaving his son to complete the script.
- Was on the set of The Exorcist (1973) and engrossed in his priest role when he was informed that he had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing "That Championship Season.".
- Was in rehearsal as Oscar Madison in a revival of "The Odd Couple" when he died of a massive heart attack. Many years earlier, he had been in a different production of "The Odd Couple" (in Fort Worth, Texas) when he wrote his play "That Championship Season.".
- Won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "That Championship Season".
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