John Cameron Mitchell
Acting
65
Acting Credits
7
Directed
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
Filmography
Heaven Above Rowen
2026
as Promise (voice)
Cockroach
2026
as James
Lisbon
2025
Reclaim the Flag
2025
as Self
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
2025
as Self
AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
2023
as Self
Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
2023
as Self (interview)
City on Fire
2023
as Amory
Impresario
2022
I Am More
2022
Joe vs Carole
2022
as Joe 'Exotic' Schreibvogel
Dr. Jackie
2022
as John Cameron Mitchell
The Sandman
2022
as Hal Carter
John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One
2021
as John Cameron Mitchell
Yellowjackets
2021
as Caligula
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Self
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
The Spark: The Origins of Pride
2019
as Self
Shrill
2019
as Gabe
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
2017
as Punk (uncredited)
The Good Fight
2017
as Felix Staples
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
2016
as Brent Daniels (voice)
Vinyl
2016
as Andy Warhol
Danny Says
2015
as Self
Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
2015
as Himself
The Hooping Life
2014
as Himself
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
as Egon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
It's a Miserable Life
2013
as Byran Ross
Girls
2012
as David Pressler-Goings
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
2007
as Himself
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
2007
as Himself
Indie Sex
2007
as Self
Apparition of the Eternal Church
2006
as Self
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006
as Self
Shortbus
2006
as Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence)
Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig
2006
as Self
The House of Venus Show
2005
as Self
Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
2003
as Self
Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
2003
as Self (uncredited)
Totally Gay!
2003
as Self
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001
as Hedwig
I Remember
1999
as Joe
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
1998
as Hedwig Robinson/Tommy Gnosis
David Searching
1997
as Man with Fruit
Girl 6
1996
as Rob
Party Girl
1996
as Derrick
Daybreak
1993
as Lennie
Book of Love
1990
as Floyd
The Dreamer of Oz
1990
as Albert
Law & Order
1990
as Eddie
Misplaced
1989
as Jacek
A Friendship in Vienna
1988
as Tommi Lowberg
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
as Bryan Ross
The Stepford Children
1987
as Kenny
Band of the Hand
1986
as J.L.
One More Saturday Night
1986
as Teenager #2
MacGyver
1985
as Aaron
The Equalizer
1985
as Ed Donahue
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Tom (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
The Roommate
1984
as Calvin Fitch
American Playhouse
1982
as Calvin Fitch
American Playhouse
1982
as 1st Android (segment 'Teach 109')
American Playhouse
1982
as Jacek Nowak