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.

Filmography

• 2016Independence Day: Resurgence — Post Production Supervisor
• 2003Finding Home — Lester Brownlow
• Hellsing
• 1999That Championship Season — Screenplay, Theatre Play
• 1998The Eternal — The Doctor
• 1996Murdered Innocence — Det. Rollins
• 1995Mommy — Lt. March
• 1993Rudy — Coach Ara Parseghian
• 1992Small Kill — Mikie
• 1990The Exorcist III — Father Damien Karras / Patient X
• 1989A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story — Writer
• 1987Deadly Care — Dr. Miles Keefer
• 1987Light of Day — Benjamin Rasnick
• 1984A Touch of Scandal — Garrett Locke
• 1984Toy Soldiers — Sarge
• 1982Monsignor — Don Vito Appolini
• 1982That Championship Season — Director, Screenplay
• 1981The Best Little Girl in the World — Clay Orlovsky
• 1980Marilyn: The Untold Story — Arthur Miller
• 1980Reward — Writer
• 1980The Henderson Monster — Dr. Tom Henderson
• 1980The Ninth Configuration — Lt. Frankie Reno
• 1979Vampire — John Rawlins
• The Dain Curse — Owen Fitzstephan
• 1977A Dog Called... Vengeance — Aristides Ungria
• 1977The Devil's Advocate — Dr. Aldo Meyer
• 1975A Home of Our Own — Father William Wasson
• 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood — F. Scott Fitzgerald
• 1975The Nickel Ride — Cooper
• 1973The Exorcist — Father Damien Karras
• Headed for Trouble — John

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2026Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self (archive footage)
• 2001The Joe Spinell Story — Self
• 1998The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist — Self - Father Karras
• 1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute — Self (archive footage)