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John Cameron Mitchell
Actor

John Cameron Mitchell

21 Apr 1963Born
63Age
47Credits
El Paso, Texas, USABirthplace

Biography

American writer, director, actor. Mitchell, the son of a U.S. Army general and a Scottish mother, grew up on various army bases, including Berlin; later the family lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he attended a Catholic school.

Since the mid-1980s, he has worked as a theatre actor and director in New York City and played small roles in television and film productions. Among other things, he directed a play by Tennessee Williams.

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From 1991, he appeared in the original Broadway production of Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's musical adaptation of The Secret Garden, which won several Tony Awards.

In the early 1990s, together with musician Stephen Trask, he developed the character of Hedwig, a transgender rock musician who grew up in East Berlin, for performances in the New York drag bar Squeezebox. This led to the successful Off-Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 1998, which won two Obie Awards, and three years later to the film version of the musical, again with himself in the title role. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Director's and Audience Awards, and the play won the 2001 Lambda Literary Award. At the 2002 Chlotrudis Awards, he won the prize for best leading actor. At the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in 2001, the film was shown in the ‘PANORAMA’ section and won the Teddy Award.

In 2003, he produced the film Tarnation by Jonathan Caouette, which was honoured as best documentary film by the US National Society of Film Critics, among others. In 2004, Mitchell shot the music video for the Scissor Sisters' single Filthy/Gorgeous with stars from the New York drag scene. The clip was not shown on American MTV due to its explicit sexual depictions.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBARon ForeverFilm: Ron
  2. 2026Heaven Above RowenFilm: Promise (voice)
  3. 2026CockroachFilm: James
  4. 2025LisbonFilm
  5. 2023City on FireSeries: Amory (8 episodes)
  6. 2022Dr. JackieSeries: John Cameron Mitchell (1 episode)
  7. 2022The SandmanSeries: Hal Carter (3 episodes)
  8. 2022I Am MoreFilm
  9. 2022ImpresarioFilm
  10. 2022Joe vs CaroleSeries: Joe 'Exotic' Schreibvogel (8 episodes)
  11. 2021YellowjacketsSeries: Caligula (1 episode)
  12. 2021John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of OneFilm: John Cameron Mitchell, Writer
  13. 2019ShrillSeries: Gabe (22 episodes)
  14. 2017How to Talk to Girls at PartiesFilm: Punk (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
  15. 2017GLOWSeries: Director (1 episode)
  16. 2017The Good FightSeries: Felix Staples (5 episodes)
  17. 2016My Entire High School Sinking Into the SeaFilm: Brent Daniels (voice)
  18. 2016VinylSeries: Andy Warhol (3 episodes)
  19. 2014Mozart in the JungleSeries: Egon (5 episodes)
  20. 2013It's a Miserable LifeFilm: Byran Ross
  21. 2013Sigur Rós: Valtari Film ExperimentFilm: Director
  22. 2013SeraphFilm: Writer
  23. 2012GirlsSeries: David Pressler-Goings (5 episodes)
  24. 2010Rabbit HoleFilm: Director
  25. 2009Nurse JackieSeries: Director (1 episode)
  26. 2006ShortbusFilm: Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence), Director, Screenplay
  27. 2001Hedwig and the Angry InchFilm: Hedwig, Director, Writer
  28. 1999I RememberFilm: Joe
  29. 1998Hedwig and the Angry InchFilm: Hedwig Robinson/Tommy Gnosis
  30. 1997David SearchingFilm: Man with Fruit
  31. 1996Party GirlSeries: Derrick (6 episodes)
  32. 1996Girl 6Film: Rob
  33. 1993DaybreakFilm: Lennie
  34. 1990The Dreamer of OzFilm: Albert
  35. 1990Law & OrderSeries: Eddie (1 episode)
  36. 1990Book of LoveFilm: Floyd
  37. 1989MisplacedFilm: Jacek
  38. 1988Freddy's NightmaresSeries: Bryan Ross (1 episode)
  39. 1988A Friendship in ViennaFilm: Tommi Lowberg
  40. 1987The Stepford ChildrenFilm: Kenny
  41. 1986One More Saturday NightFilm: Teenager #2
  42. 1986Band of the HandFilm: J.L.
  43. 1985MacGyverSeries: Aaron (1 episode)
  44. 1985The Twilight ZoneSeries: Tom (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot") (1 episode)
  45. 1985The EqualizerSeries: Ed Donahue (1 episode)
  46. 1984The RoommateFilm: Calvin Fitch
  47. 1982American PlayhouseSeries: Calvin Fitch, 1st Android (segment 'Teach 109'), Jacek Nowak (1 episode)

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