Jason Mitchell
Biography
Jason Mitchell is an American actor born in New Orleans who began his screen career with small parts, making his film debut in 2011 in Texas Killing Fields and then appearing in the action thriller Contraband (2012) and the neo-noir Broken City. His breakthrough came when he played the rapper Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton (2015), a performance critics praised and which brought him a Screen Actors Guild ensemble nomination. He went on to roles in the comedy Keanu (2016), the Netflix film Barry (2016), Kong: Skull Island (2017), The Disaster Artist (2017), Detroit (2017), Mudbound (2017), for which he shared an Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award and a Gotham Award for ensemble performance, and Zola (2020). His television work includes Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams and Forever, and he was cast in The Chi, Lena Waithe's Showtime drama series, in 2018.
39years old
Turns 40 on January 5in 84 days
- Born New Orleans
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 11 years2012 to 2023
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First role
Mitchell made his film debut in 2011, playing a cashier at a 7-Eleven in the crime film Texas Killing Fields.
Big break
Mitchell's career took off in 2014 when he was cast as rapper Eazy-E in F. Gary Gray's Straight Outta Compton, a performance that drew significant critical praise.
Jason Mitchell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Jason Mitchell shares two films with Caleb Landry Jones, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Caleb Landry Jones's page
Corey Hawkins's page
Samuel L. Jackson's page
Bruce Dern's page
J.K. Simmons's page
John Goodman's page
Jordan Vogt-RobertsDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
F. Gary GrayDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by F. Gary Gray
All films by Baltasar Kormákur
Box office
What Jason Mitchell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$911 million
8 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$567M62.2% of the total
- 2$202M22.1% of the total
- 3$96M10.6% of the total
- 4$21M2.3% of the total
- 5$21M2.3% of the total
- 6$3.5M0.4% of the total
- 7$1.1M0.1% of the total
- 8$995K0.1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.