Mitch Rouse
Biography
Mitch Rouse is an American actor, filmmaker, and television creator who began by studying acting in Atlanta and improvisation in Chicago, where he worked with Del Close and Second City. Born in Knoxville, he grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and moved to New York with Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello and staged the play Stitches Off-Broadway. In 1995 he co-created Comedy Central's sketch show Exit 57 and starred in it, and the show drew favorable reviews and five CableACE Award nominations. He and Sedaris then developed the idea that became Strangers with Candy, which ran from 1999 to 2000. His screen acting includes Friends with Money (2006), Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999), and Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013). He also created and starred in Factory, a Spike TV comedy series from 2008, and he directed and co-wrote Employee of the Month and co-wrote Without a Paddle.
62years old
Turns 63 on August 6in 267 days
- Born Knoxville
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 17 years1996 to 2013
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Early training
Rouse studied acting in Atlanta, then improvisation in Chicago, where he worked with Del Close and Second City Theatre and met David Pasquesi, Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello. He, Dinello and Sedaris later staged a play called Stitches Off-Broadway at LaMama theater in New York City.
A first
In 1995 Rouse co-created and starred in Exit 57, a Comedy Central sketch show, with Sedaris, Dinello and Stephen Colbert. It lasted only 12 episodes but got five CableACE Award nominations, including best writing, performance and comedy series.
Big break
After their show was canceled, Rouse and Sedaris developed a pitch based on after-school specials. MTV turned it down, but once Dinello and Colbert joined, Comedy Central picked it up.
Behind the camera
Mitch Rouse co-wrote Without a Paddle, which featured Seth Green and Dax Shepard, and he also directed and co-wrote Employee of the Month, a movie with Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn, Christina Applegate and Andrea Bendewald.
Mitch Rouse movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Mitch Rouse shares two films with Lea Thompson, 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
Lea Thompson's page
Edward Asner's page
Joe Pantoliano's page
Ernie Hudson's page
Tress MacNeille's page
Jason Isaacs's page
All films by Nicole Holofcener
Michael LehmannDirector, 1 film, 1996
All films by Michael Lehmann
Gil JungerDirector, 1 film, 2008
All films by Gil Junger
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.