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John Cameron Mitchell

Birth Place: El Paso, TX, USA

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BIO

In 1998, Mitchell wrote (along with composer Stephen Trask) and starred in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, an Obie Award-winning off-Broadway rock musical about a genderqueer East German rock musician chasing after an ex-lover who plagiarized her songs.



Three years later, he directed and starred in the feature-film version of the play for which he won Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. His performance was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy.

Mitchell's first professional stage role was Huckleberry Finn in a 1985 Organic Theater adaptation at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. His first New York acting role was Huck Finn in the Broadway musical Big River (1985). He originated the role of Dickon on Broadway in The Secret Garden, and appeared in the original cast of the off-Broadway musical Hello Again. He received Drama Desk nominations for both roles, and can be heard on the original cast recordings for each.

He appeared in the original cast of John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation (both off- and on-Broadway), and starred in Larry Kramer's off-Broadway sequel to The Normal Heart, The Destiny of Me, for which he received an Obie Award and a Drama Desk nomination.

Mitchell's early television work includes guest-starring roles in Daybreak, MacGyver, Head of the Class, Law & Order, The New Twilight Zone, Freddy's Nightmares, The Equalizer, Our House, The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story, and The Stepford Children. He was a regular cast member on the 1996 Fox sitcom Party Girl, and was the long-running voice for Sydney, an animated kangaroo that appeared in commercials for Dunk-a-roos cookies.

Starring and co-starring film roles include a homicidal new waver in Band of the Hand (1986), a Polish immigrant violinist in Misplaced (1990), and a teen Lothario poet in Book of Love (1990). Mitchell had a single line ("Delivery!") in Spike Lee's Girl Six (1996) as a man auditioning for a pornographic film. Mitchell is a founding member of the Drama Department Theater Company, for which he adapted and directed Tennessee Williams' Kingdom of Earth starring Cynthia Nixon and Peter Sarsgaard.

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STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2014
Hedwig [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1998
Hedwig

Hedwig

[Off-Broadway]
1995
Steve

[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1993
The Young Thing

[Off-Broadway]
1992
Alexander Weeks

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1991
Dickon

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1990
Trent

[Off-Broadway]
1990
Trent

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1985
Performer (Swing) [Replacement]

Huckleberry Finn (Understudy) [Replacement]

Productions

 
[Off-Broadway, 1996]
Director

Writing


Movies

Band of the Hand
[ 1986 ] J.L.
One More Saturday Night
[ 1986 ] Teenager #2
Higher Education
[ 1988 ] Student #1 John Mitchell
Misplaced
[ 1989 ] Jacek
Book of Love
[ 1990 ] Floyd
Girl 6
[ 1996 ] Rob
David Searching
[ 1997 ] Man with Fruit
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
[ 2001 ] Hedwig
Shortbus
[ 2006 ] director
Interior. Leather Bar.
[ 2013 ] story consultant
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
[ 2016 ] Brent Daniels
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
[ 2017 ] producer

TV Shows

Girls
David Pressler-Goings
Head of the Class
Manfred Lutz, Manfred
Shrill
Gabe Parrish
The Good Fight
Felix Staples

Awards and Nominations


winner
Tony Awards - 2015 - Special Tony Award

John Cameron Mitchell

Drama Desk Awards - 1998 - Outstanding Actor - Musical

John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch


winner
Obie Awards - 1998 - Special Citations

John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig And The Angry Inch

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 1998 - Best Actor - Musical

John Cameron Mitchell , Hedwig and the Angry Inch


winner
Obie Awards - 1993 - Performance

John Cameron Mitchell, The Destiny of Me

Drama Desk Awards - 1992 - Outstanding Actor - Play

John Cameron Mitchell, The Destiny of Me

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has John Cameron Mitchell been in?

John Cameron Mitchell has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.

How many West End shows has John Cameron Mitchell been in?

John Cameron Mitchell has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has John Cameron Mitchell been nominated for?

Special Tony Award (Tony Awards), Outstanding Actor - Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Special Citations (Obie Awards) for Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Best Actor - Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hedwig and the Angry Inch , Performance (Obie Awards) for The Destiny of Me and Outstanding Actor - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Destiny of Me.

What awards has John Cameron Mitchell won?

John Cameron Mitchell has won a Special Tony Award at the Tony Awards, and he has received Special Citations at the Obie Awards for Hedwig And The Angry Inch. Additionally, he won a Performance award at the Obie Awards for The Destiny of Me.

How many shows has John Cameron Mitchell written?

John Cameron Mitchell has written 1 shows including Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Bookwriter).

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