1943- Born
1960- He worked as an actor and rock musician before turning to playwriting; his early one-act dramas and practice plays were performed Off-Broadway & he won several Obie Awards.
1972- His successful full-length plays, noticed for their often surreal images drawn from the American West, science fiction, and popular culture, include The Tooth of Crime,
1976- Curse of the Starving Class
1979- Buried Child (Pulitzer Prize),
1980- True West,
1983-1985- Fool for Love,
1996- Simpatico
1984- He wrote the screenplay for Paris, Texas, and acted in numerous movies
1978- Days of Heaven
1983- The Right Stuff
1960- He worked as an actor and rock musician before turning to playwriting; his early one-act dramas and practice plays were performed Off-Broadway & he won several Obie Awards.
1972- His successful full-length plays, noticed for their often surreal images drawn from the American West, science fiction, and popular culture, include The Tooth of Crime,
1976- Curse of the Starving Class
1979- Buried Child (Pulitzer Prize),
1980- True West,
1983-1985- Fool for Love,
1996- Simpatico
1984- He wrote the screenplay for Paris, Texas, and acted in numerous movies
1978- Days of Heaven
1983- The Right Stuff