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John Cameron Mitchell

Acting 62 years old El Paso, Texas, United States ★ 0.9
Born: April 21, 1963

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 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.

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Filmography

Acting Credits (62)

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X Self 2025
Cockroach
Cockroach James 2025
Reclaim the Flag
Reclaim the Flag Self 2025
Lisbon
Lisbon 2025
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex Self 2023
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open Self (interview) 2023
City on Fire
City on Fire Amory 2023
Dr. Jackie
Dr. Jackie John Cameron Mitchell 2022
The Sandman
The Sandman Hal Carter 2022
I Am More
I Am More 2022
Impresario
Impresario 2022
Joe vs Carole
Joe vs Carole Joe 'Exotic' Schreibvogel 2022
Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets Caligula 2021
John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One
John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One John Cameron Mitchell 2021
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies Self 2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp Self 2020
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
The Spark: The Origins of Pride Self 2019
Shrill
Shrill Gabe 2019
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
How to Talk to Girls at Parties Punk (uncredited) 2017
The Good Fight
The Good Fight Felix Staples 2017
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea Brent Daniels (voice) 2016
Vinyl
Vinyl Andy Warhol 2016
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger Himself 2015
Danny Says
Danny Says Self 2015
The Hooping Life
The Hooping Life Himself 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
Mozart in the Jungle
Mozart in the Jungle Egon 2014
Girls
Girls David Pressler-Goings 2012
Indie Sex
Indie Sex Self 2007
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Himself 2007
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' Himself 2007
Shortbus
Shortbus Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence) 2006
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig Self 2006
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema Self 2006
Apparition of the Eternal Church
Apparition of the Eternal Church Self 2006
The House of Venus Show
The House of Venus Show Self 2005
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig Self 2003
Totally Gay!
Totally Gay! Self 2003
Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family Self (uncredited) 2003
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig 2001
I Remember
I Remember Joe 1999
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig Robinson/Tommy Gnosis 1998
David Searching
David Searching Man with Fruit 1997
Party Girl
Party Girl Derrick 1996
Girl 6
Girl 6 Rob 1996
Daybreak
Daybreak Lennie 1993
The Dreamer of Oz
The Dreamer of Oz Albert 1990
Law & Order
Law & Order Eddie 1990
Book of Love
Book of Love Floyd 1990
Misplaced
Misplaced Jacek 1989
Freddy's Nightmares
Freddy's Nightmares Bryan Ross 1988
A Friendship in Vienna
A Friendship in Vienna Tommi Lowberg 1988
The Stepford Children
The Stepford Children Kenny 1987
One More Saturday Night
One More Saturday Night Teenager #2 1986
Band of the Hand
Band of the Hand J.L. 1986
MacGyver
MacGyver Aaron 1985
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone Tom (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot") 1985
The Equalizer
The Equalizer Ed Donahue 1985
The Roommate
The Roommate Calvin Fitch 1984
Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway: The Next Generation Self
Heaven Above Rowen
Heaven Above Rowen Promise (voice)
Ron Forever
Ron Forever Ron

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