Date of Birth
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22-April-1939
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Place of Birth
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Queens
(New York, New York City, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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John Anthony Miller, Jack Miller, Jason Anthony Miller, John Anthony Miller Jr.
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Profession
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Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Jason Miller was an American actor and playwright. He received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play That Championship Season, and was widely recognized for his role as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he reprised briefly in The Exorcist III. He later became Artistic Director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.
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