John Cameron Mitchell

ProducerActorSoundWriterDirector Apr 21 (age 62) El Paso, Texas, USA 1984–2025 (41 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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 producti…

Known For

Film

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig

Film

GLOW

Director

Film

Rabbit Hole

Director

Film

Shortbus

Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence)

Film

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Punk (uncredited)

Film

Tarnation

Executive Producer

Film

City on Fire

Amory

Film

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Self

Filmography

Acting (62)

Movies (43)

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

2025

as Self

Lisbon

Reclaim the Flag

as Self

Cockroach

as James

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open

2023

as Self (interview)

7.6

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

as Self

I Am More

Impresario

John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One

2021

as John Cameron Mitchell

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

as Self

6.5

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020

as Self

6.8

The Spark: The Origins of Pride

2019

as Self

6.2

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

2017

as Punk (uncredited)

6.0

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

2016

as Brent Daniels (voice)

6.7

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger

as Himself

Danny Says

as Self

The Hooping Life

as Himself

Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'

2007

as Himself

6.5

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer

2007

as Himself

7.0

Shortbus

2006

as Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence)

6.3

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema

2006

as Self

5.4

Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig

2006

as Self

6.6

Apparition of the Eternal Church

2006

as Self

Totally Gay!

2003

as Self

7.5

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig

2003

as Self

7.0

Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family

2003

as Self (uncredited)

2.7

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

as Hedwig

I Remember

as Joe

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

1998

as Hedwig Robinson/Tommy Gnosis

David Searching

as Man with Fruit

Girl 6

as Rob

Daybreak

as Lennie

Book of Love

as Floyd

The Dreamer of Oz

as Albert

Misplaced

as Jacek

A Friendship in Vienna

1988

as Tommi Lowberg

6.0

The Stepford Children

as Kenny

Band of the Hand

as J.L.

One More Saturday Night

1986

as Teenager #2

3.3

The Roommate

1984

as Calvin Fitch

Ron Forever

as Ron

Heaven Above Rowen

as Promise (voice)

Television (19)

City on Fire

as Amory

The Sandman

as Hal Carter

Joe vs Carole

as Joe 'Exotic' Schreibvogel

3.9

Dr. Jackie

2022

as John Cameron Mitchell

Yellowjackets

as Caligula

Shrill

as Gabe

The Good Fight

as Felix Staples

Vinyl

as Andy Warhol

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Mozart in the Jungle

as Egon

Girls

as David Pressler-Goings

6.4

Indie Sex

2007

as Self

5.1

The House of Venus Show

as Self

Party Girl

as Derrick

Law & Order

as Eddie

Freddy's Nightmares

as Bryan Ross

MacGyver

as Aaron

The Equalizer

as Ed Donahue

The Twilight Zone

as Tom (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")

7.8

Crew (25)

Movies (24)

Paying for It

2025

Executive Producer

6.7

John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One

2021

Musician

John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One

2021

Vocals

John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One

2021

Writer

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

2017

Director

6.0

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

2017

Producer

6.0

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

2017

Screenplay

6.0

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

Director

Seraph

Producer

Seraph

Writer

Interior. Leather Bar.

2013

Story Consultant

5.2

Agent Provocateur: Control Yourself

Director

Rabbit Hole

Director

Lady Grey London

Director

Lady Grey London

Writer

Shortbus

Director

Shortbus

Producer

Shortbus

Screenplay

Tarnation

Executive Producer

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

Director

7.5

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

Musical

7.5

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

Screenplay

7.5

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

Writer

7.5

Untitled Candy Darling Biopic

Executive Producer

Television (1)

GLOW

2017

Director

7.3