John Mitchell is an American actor and director. He also writes screenplays. The audience is known for his role in the musical "Hedwig and the Miserable Inch." Later, he played in the film adaptation of this musical play.
Biography and personal life
The full name of the actor is John Cameron Mitchell. He was born on April 21, 1963 in El Paso in Texas. John grew up in the family of a retired major general in the US Army. The actor’s mother emigrated from Scotland. She worked as a teacher. Mitchell's childhood took place at military bases. John was educated at a Catholic school. From the time of apprenticeship, Mitchell became interested in theater.
In 1981, John entered Northwestern University. Upon completion, he played in Broadway productions. In parallel, Mitchell received small roles in films and TV shows. During his acting career, John was nominated for the Drama Desk Theater Award and Obie Award. At age 22, Mitchell admitted to being close in his homosexual orientation. He supports the LGBT International Film Festival Side by Side.
Actor career
At the beginning of his television career, John played in an episode of the series ABC Specially After School, which ran from 1972 to 1997. Then he was invited to the role of Kelvin Fitch in the American Theater. The main roles in the fantastic melodrama were played by Edward Herrmann, Robert Minkoff, Dianna Danagan and Seda Thompson. This comedy received an Emmy in 1993. In 1984, he again played the character in the movie Roommate. His partners on the set were Lance Guest, Elmer Tu Crowe, Melissa Ford and John Muller.
In the series "Equalizer" John could be seen in the role of Ed Donahue. The main roles in the crime action movie were played by Edward Woodward, Keith Sharabaika, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis and William Zabka. The series tells about the work of a private detective who, through his connections, helps clients solve problems of various, sometimes very delicate, nature. In the Twilight Zone, John can be seen as Tom. His colleagues on the set were Robin Ward, Charles Aidman, Richard Mulligan, William Atherton and Julie Haner. Mitchell got the role of Aaron in the TV series Secret Agent McGyver, which has been going on for 8 years since 1985.
Then he was invited to the paintings "United" and "Another Saturday Night" in 1986. In the same year he began to work in the series "Headman of the class." In it, he got the role of Manfred. William J. Schilling, Jeanette Arnett, Dan Frischman and Robin Givens also starred in this comedy. John could be seen as Brian Ross in the series Freddy’s Nightmares, as Eddie in Law and Order, as Albert in The Dreamer of Oz, and as Floyd in The Book of Love. In 1990, he starred in the short film Teacher Number 109. After 3 years, John got a role in the series "Class 96". The main roles in this drama were given to Jason Gedrick, Megan Ward, Brandon Douglas, Perry Moore and Lisa Dean Ryan.
In the same year, he played Lenny in the television drama "Beginning of the Day." The action of this fantastic melodrama takes place in the USA in the distant future. The country is experiencing an epidemic of the disease, which is transmitted intimately. The infected people are quarantined and branded with special tattoos. The main characters are struggling with such a regime. The roles in the action movie were performed by Moira Kelly, Cube Gooding Jr., Martha Plimpton, Omar Epps and Amir Williams. Then he could be seen in the 1996 film "Girl No. 6" as Rob and in the 1997 film "David in Search" in a small role. In parallel, he receives an invitation to the series "Nothing Holy" for the role of Matt Evans. The main characters were played by Kevin Anderson, Anne Dowd, Bruce Altman, Scott Michael Campbell and Jose Suniga. Then he starred in a short drama with the original name I Remember. His colleagues on the set were Miles Chapin, Christopher Ives and Cullen O. Johnson. This film by David Chartier was presented at the Sundance Film Festival.
Then Mitchell got the lead role in the 2001 series Hedwig and The Angry Inch. This musical tells the story of an ambitious rock singer who came to America for fame and money. The film received the prize of the Berlin Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival. Also, the melodrama was nominated for the Golden Globe. The film was shown at events such as the LGBT Film Festival in Connecticut, the Atlanta Film Festival, the LGBT Film Festival in North Carolina, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Athens Film Festival, the Cinefest International Film Festival in Sudbury, the International Film Festivals in Warsaw, Bergen, Vienna, Vienna, Bergen, Vienna and Rotterdam, the Cineteca Nacional Film Festival, the International LGBT Film Festival in London, and the American Film Festival in
Poland.
After a long break, he played David in the TV series Girls, which went from 2012 to 2017. Also, John played the role of Egon in “Mozart in the Jungle”, Andy in the series “Vinyl”, Felix Staples in “Good Fight”, Parrish in “Upstart”.
