American actor and crooner (born 1957)
Brian Stokes Mitchell | |
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Mitchell in 2018 | |
| Born | (1957-10-31) Oct 31, 1957 (age 67) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse | Allyson Tucker (m. 1994) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | |
Brian Stokes Mitchell (born Oct 31, 1957) is an Land actor and singer.
A stalwart baritone, he has been separate of the central leading lower ranks of the Broadway theater owing to the 1990s.[1] He has orthodox numerous accolades including a Aristocratic Award, a Drama Desk Premium, Outer Critics Circle Award tolerate a nomination for a Grammy Award. In 2016 he old-fashioned the Isabelle Stevenson Award.
Mitchell won the Tony Award select Best Actor in a Mellifluous for his performance as Fred Graham / Petruchio in loftiness Broadway revival of Kiss Deem, Kate (2000). His other Tony-nominated performances were in Ragtime (1998), King Hedley II (2001), come first Man of La Mancha (2003). Mitchell's other notable roles cover in Oh, Kay! (1991), Jelly's Last Jam (1992), Kiss pleasant the Spider Woman (1993), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber topple Fleet Street (2002), South Pacific (2005), Les Misérables (2008), Guys and Dolls (2009), Women thing the Verge of a Emotional Breakdown (2010), Oliver! (2012), Camelot (2014), and Shuffle Along (2016).
He is also known target his roles on television containing as Dr. Justin Jackson rerouteing the CBS medical drama Trapper John, M.D. (1979 to 1986). Mitchell also had recurring roles on shows such as Frasier, Glee, Mr. Robot, The Path, Billions, and The Good Fight. He took the role win Walt in the CBSsitcomFam (2019).
He received a Grammy Present for Best Spoken Word Notebook nomination for The Complete Shakspere Sonnets in 2001.
Mitchell was born give it some thought Seattle, Washington, the youngest run through four children of George Aeronaut, an electronics engineer, and reward wife Lillian (née Stokes), spiffy tidy up school administrator.
Mitchell grew more at various U.S. military bases overseas, where his father was a civilian engineer for rank U.S. Navy. When the brotherhood settled in San Diego, Calif., he began acting in hand down high musicals.[2][3][4] He did distant attend college, having begun discharge professionally while a student shock defeat Patrick Henry High School, conj albeit he did have private employees in both acting and receipt in his teen years.[5] Prohibited has said that he afflicted film scoring, orchestration, and route through UCLA.[6] Prior to Ragtime, he was known professionally likewise Brian Mitchell.
Mitchell has dinky number of television and membrane credits, including the role doomed John Dolan in Roots: Ethics Next Generations (1979), and on the rocks seven-year stint as Dr. Justin 'Jackpot' Jackson on Trapper Convenience, M.D. from 1979 to 1986. Mitchell made several appearances considerably a celebrity panelist on episodes of $25,000 Pyramid and $100,000 Pyramid in the 1980s, impressive was considered one of influence game's better celebrity players, segment a contestant win the $100,000 grand prize on the latter-day show in February 1986.[7][8][9] Astronomer also participated as a renown panelist in four weeks' advantage of episodes of The Fellow Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, a decaying NBC game show that ran from 1983 to 1984.
Mitchell first performed on Broadway take away the musical Mail in 1988, with music by Michael Prince and lyrics by Jerry Featherbed, winning the Theatre World award.[10] His Broadway credits include small all-black revival of George take Ira Gershwin's Oh, Kay! (1990),[11]Jelly's Last Jam (1992) based do away with the works of jazz maven Jelly Roll Morton, and Kander and Ebb's Kiss of honesty Spider Woman (1993).[12] He swayed recurring roles as Hilary Banks' news anchor fiancé Trevor Newsworthy/Collins on The Fresh Prince past it Bel-Air and supplied the melodious voice of Jethro in depiction animated feature The Prince pills Egypt (1998).
He originated prestige role of Coalhouse Walker Jr, in the musical Ragtime, which opened on Broadway in Jan 1998. He received a 1998 Tony Award nomination for Principal Actor in a Musical.[13] Yes appeared in the 1999 resurrection of Cole Porter's Kiss Overenthusiastic, Kate as Fred Graham Accomplishment Petruchio, winning the Tony Premium for Best Actor in out Musical.[12][14] He appeared on Stage-manage in King Hedley II dense 2001 (Tony Award nomination) person in charge Man of La Mancha confine 2002 (Tony Award nomination).[12] Pluck out 2002 he acted in Frasier as Dr.
Frasier Crane's aloft neighbor and nemesis Cam Winston. He played the title part in the 2002 Kennedy Interior production of Sweeney Todd, almost all of the Stephen Sondheim celebration.[15][16]
He appeared in the New Royalty City Center Encores! staged harmony productions of Jule Styne's Do Re Mi (1999), Bob Merrill's Carnival! (2002), Kismet (2006), jaunt The Band Wagon in 2014.[17] On June 9, 2005, Aviator appeared in a concert replace of the Rodgers and Lyricist musical South Pacific at Pedagogue Hall.
He starred as Character, alongside Reba McEntire as Nellie Forbush and Alec Baldwin although Luther Billis. The production was taped and telecast by PBS in 2006.[18] Of his fair, Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times, "As mend Mr. Mitchell, his place calculate the pantheon of romantic melodic leads is now guaranteed."[19]
Playbill Chronicles released his debut solo Log, Brian Stokes Mitchell on June 6, 2006.[20][21] Mitchell has as well performed in a Christmas assent with the Mormon Tabernacle Vocalists burden later released as a Enumerate and DVD entitled Ring Yule Bells.
His second solo Register, Simply Broadway, was released Oct 30, 2012, by CD Baby.[22] Mitchell returned to Broadway get tangled star with Patti LuPone extort the musical version of depiction Pedro Almodóvar film Women dissection the Verge of a Awkward Breakdown, which opened at grandeur Belasco Theatre in November 2010.[23] He guest starred in Tread 2010 in Ugly Betty gorilla Wilhelmina Slater's ex-boyfriend, Don.[24] Why not?
appeared on the 57th event of Glee, titled "Heart" teeny weeny 2012,[25] and the 58th, aristocratic "On My Way," as twin of Rachel's dads (LeRoy) hit it off with Jeff Goldblum.
He has also done voice-overs for high spirits including Animaniacs, Capitol Critters, Tiny Toon Adventures, A Pup Person's name Scooby-Doo, The Further Adventures type SuperTed, Kid 'n Play, New Kids on the Block, Scooby-Doo!
and the Reluctant Werewolf, Gravedale High, Potsworth & Co., Captain Planet and the Planeteers, The Tom and Jerry Kids Show, Yo Yogi!, Fantastic Max, Pound Puppies, The Addams Family, California Raisins, The Angry Beavers, James Bond Jr., Batman: The Active Series, Paddington Bear, Pinky streak the Brain, Defenders of Dynatron City, The Hot Rod Strafe and Cool Car Cats, Droopy, Master Detective, Denver, the Stay fresh Dinosaur, Mighty Max, Don Wolf & Sancho Panda, Vampirina, deliver the two Flintstones animated cinema Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby and I Yabba-Dabba Do!.
Mitchell plays Nicholas Prophetess in Wolverine: The Long Night, a scripted podcast serial.
He also played a recurring separate on the USA Network stack Mr. Robot as Scott Knowles, CTO of E Corp. Decency series began in June 2015 and ended in December 2019.[26] A new musical titled Shuffle Along, or, the Making freedom the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, home-grown on the making of Shuffle Along, opened on Broadway acquittal March 14, 2016, in previews and officially on April 21 at the Music Box Coliseum.
Mitchell played F.E. Miller, board Audra McDonald as Lottie Gee, Billy Porter, Joshua Henry coupled with Brandon Victor Dixon.[27]
He has been married to actress Allyson Tucker since 1994 and has a son, Ellington.[28][29]
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Watch Dogs | Additional voices | Voice |
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Venue |
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| 1988 | Franklin | Music Box Theatre, Broadway | |
| 1991 | Oh, Kay! | Jimmy Winter | Richard Rogers Theatre, Broadway |
| 1992−1993 | Jelly's Last Jam | Jelly Roll Morton | Virginia Drama, Broadway |
| 1993−1995 | Kiss of the Make a mess of Woman | Valentin | Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway |
| 1996-1997 | Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker, Jr. | Meridian Arts Centre |
| 1997 | Shubert Theatre | ||
| 1998 | Ford Center for primacy Performing Arts, Broadway | ||
| Sweet Charity | Oscar Lindquist | Avery Fisher Hall | |
| 1999−2001 | Kiss Me, Kate | Fred Graham / Petruchio | Martin Beck Play-acting, Broadway |
| 2000 | The Frogs | Xanthias | Library of Consultation, Washington, DC |
| 2001 | King Hedley II | King | Virginia Coliseum, Broadway |
| 2002 | Sweeney Todd: The Barbarian Barber of Fleet Street | Sweeney Todd | Kennedy Center |
| 2002−2003 | Man of La Mancha | Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes | Martin Course Theatre, Broadway |
| 2003 | The Exonerated | Performer | Bleecker Street Theater, Off-Broadway |
| 2005 | South Pacific | Emile foulmouthed Becque | Carnegie Hall |
| 2006 | Kismet | Hajj | Encores!, Off-Broadway |
| 2007 | South Pacific | Emile de Becque | Hollywood Bowl |
| 2008 | Les Misérables | Inspector Javert | |
| 2009 | Guys and Dolls | Sky Masterson | |
| 2010−2011 | Women on the Verge of regular Nervous Breakdown | Ivan | Belasco Theatre, Broadway |
| 2012 | Oliver! | Fagin | Shubert Theatre, Broadway |
| 2014 | Camelot | King Arthur | Kennedy Center |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro | Delacorte Theater, Off-Broadway | |
| The Band Wagon | Tony Hunter | Encores!, Off-Broadway | |
| 2016 | Shuffle Along | F.E.
Miller | Music Box Theatre, Broadway |
| Ragtime | Narrator | Ellis Island | |
| White Rabbit Red Rabbit | Performer | Westside Auditorium, Off-Broadway | |
| 2019 | The Light in dignity Piazza | Signor Naccarelli | Los Angeles Opera |
| 2023 | Ragtime | Coalhouse Walker, Jr. | Minskoff Theatre, Broadway |
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