John Cameron Mitchell (born April 21, 1963) is an American actor,
playwright, screenwriter, and director.Mitchell was born in El Paso,
Texas and was raised on a variety of army bases in Kansas,
Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Germany. His father, John Henderson
Mitchell, was a U.S. Army major general and the U.S. Commander of West
Berlin from 1984-1988, and his mother, Joan Cameron Mitchell, was a
native of Glasgow, Scotland, who immigrated to the United States as a
young art teacher. He had an older brother who died at birth and three
younger brothers, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Mackenzie, and Samuel
Latham, who died in 1977 when Mitchell was in eighth grade. He was
raised devoutly Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools in both
Scotland and the US, including St. Xavier High School (Junction City,
Kansas) and St. Pius X High School (Albuquerque, New Mexico),
graduating from the latter in 1981. His first stage role was the
Virgin Mary in a Nativity musical staged at a Scottish Benedictine
boys' boarding school when he was 11 years old. He studied theater at
Northwestern University from 1981-85, although he did not
graduate.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.
playwright, screenwriter, and director.Mitchell was born in El Paso,
Texas and was raised on a variety of army bases in Kansas,
Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Germany. His father, John Henderson
Mitchell, was a U.S. Army major general and the U.S. Commander of West
Berlin from 1984-1988, and his mother, Joan Cameron Mitchell, was a
native of Glasgow, Scotland, who immigrated to the United States as a
young art teacher. He had an older brother who died at birth and three
younger brothers, Christopher Lloyd, Colin Mackenzie, and Samuel
Latham, who died in 1977 when Mitchell was in eighth grade. He was
raised devoutly Roman Catholic and attended Catholic schools in both
Scotland and the US, including St. Xavier High School (Junction City,
Kansas) and St. Pius X High School (Albuquerque, New Mexico),
graduating from the latter in 1981. His first stage role was the
Virgin Mary in a Nativity musical staged at a Scottish Benedictine
boys' boarding school when he was 11 years old. He studied theater at
Northwestern University from 1981-85, although he did not
graduate.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.
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