Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Non-binary
Birthday
4/21/1963
Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, United States
Also Known As
John Mitchell
John Cameron Mitchell
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. 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...
Known For
Shortbus
as Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence)
Girl 6
as Rob
Daybreak
as Lennie
Band of the Hand
as J.L.
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
as Himself
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
as Self
The Roommate
as Calvin Fitch
Book of Love
as Floyd
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
as Brent Daniels (voice)
The Stepford Children
as Kenny
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as Self
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
as Punk (uncredited)
A Friendship in Vienna
as Tommi Lowberg
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
as Self
The Dreamer of Oz
as Albert
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
as Hedwig
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
as Self
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
as Himself
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self