Brian Stokes Mitchell
| Brian Stokes Mitchell | |
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| Born |
October 31, 1957 Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, composer, vocalist |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Spouse(s) | Allyson Tucker (1994–present) |
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| www.brianstokes.com | |
Brian Stokes Mitchell (born October 31, 1957) is an American stage, film and television actor. A powerful baritone, he has been one of the central leading men of the Broadway theatre since the early 1990s. He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for his performance in Kiss Me, Kate.
Biography
Mitchell was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of four children of George Mitchell, an electronics engineer, and his wife Lillian, a school administrator. Mitchell grew up at various U.S. military bases overseas, where his father was a civilian engineer for the U.S. Navy. As a teenager, he lived in San Diego, California, where he began acting in school musicals.[1]
Mitchell's Broadway credits include Mail (1988), an all-black revival of George and Ira Gershwin's Oh, Kay! (1990), Jelly's Last Jam (1992) based on the works of jazz artist Jelly Roll Morton, Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Ragtime (1998)(Tony nomination), the 1999 revival of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate (Tony award), King Hedley II (2001) (Tony nomination) and Man of La Mancha (2002)(Tony nomination). He appeared in the City Center Encores! productions of Jule Styne's Do Re Mi (1999), Bob Merrill's Carnival! (2002), and Kismet (2006), and in the title role in the 2002 Kennedy Center revival of Sweeney Todd, part of Stephen Sondheim's 70th birthday celebration.
Mitchell has a number of television and film credits, including the role of John Dolan in Roots: The Next Generations (1979), and a seven-year stint as Dr. Justin 'Jackpot' Jackson on Trapper John, M.D. from 1979 to 1986. Mitchell made several appearances as a celebrity panelist on episodes of $25,000 Pyramid and $100,000 Pyramid in the 1980s, and was considered one of the game's better celebrity players.[2][3] He played recurring roles as Hilary Banks' news anchor fiancé Trevor Newsworthy/Collins on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and on Frasier as Dr. Frasier Crane's upstairs neighbor and nemesis Cam Winston. He supplied the singing voice of Jethro in the animated feature The Prince of Egypt (1998). He guest starred in March 2010 in Ugly Betty as Wilhelmina Slater's ex-boyfriend, Don.[4]
On June 9, 2005, Mitchell appeared in a concert version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, at Carnegie Hall. He starred as Emile, alongside Reba McEntire as Nellie Forbush and Alec Baldwin as Luther Billis. The production was taped and telecast by PBS on April 26, 2006.
Prior to Ragtime, he had been known professionally as Brian Mitchell. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Actor's Fund, and his debut solo CD Brian Stokes Mitchell was released on June 6, 2006 on Playbill Records. Mitchell has also performed in a Christmas concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir later released as a CD and DVD entitled Ring Christmas Bells. His second solo CD, "Simply Broadway," was released October 30, 2012, by CD Baby.
In the fall of 2010, Mitchell returned to Broadway to star along with Patti LuPone in the musical version of the Pedro Almodóvar film Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.[5]
He appeared on the 57th episode of Glee, titled "Heart," and the 58th, entitled "On My Way," as one of Rachel's dads along with Jeff Goldblum.
Personal life
He has been married to actress Allyson Tucker since 1994 and has a son, Ellington.
Awards and nominations
- 2003 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical Man of La Mancha (nominee)
- 2001 Tony Award Best Actor in a Play King Hedley II (nominee)
- 2000 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical Kiss Me Kate (winner)
- 1998 Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical Ragtime (nominee)
Discography
- Brian Stokes Mitchell, June 6, 2006
- Track listing
- Something's Coming (West Side Story)
- The Best Is Yet to Come (Cy Coleman)
- Pretty Women (Sweeney Todd)
- Just In Time (Bells are Ringing)
- Lazy Afternoon (The Golden Apple)
- Another Hundred People (Company)/Take the A Train
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Funny Face)
- Life is Sweet (Wonderful Town)
- Losing My Mind (Follies)
- Being Alive (Company)
- How Glory Goes (Floyd Collins)
- Grateful
Notes
- ↑ Zoglin, Richard. "From Coalhouse to Cole Porter", November 1999, Time magazine, accessed January 25, 2010
- ↑ "The New $25,000 Pyramid - Frank/Cindy 1/3". YouTube.com. March 18, 1983.
- ↑ "$100,000 Pyramid - Brian Mitchell". YouTube.com. October 1986.
- ↑ Abrams, Natalie (January 25, 2010). "Ugly Betty Casts Tony Winner as Willie's Ex". TVGuide.com.
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam (July 26, 2010). "Patti LuPone, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sherie Rene Scott Cast in Broadway's Women on the Verge". Playbill.com.
References
- "Playbill Records and Legacy Recordings Present Brian Stokes Mitchell". Playbill Records. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- "Brian Stokes Mitchell". Legacy Recordings. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
External links
- Brian Stokes Mitchell official website
- Brian Stokes Mitchell at the Internet Broadway Database
- Brian Stokes Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database
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