Silas Weir Mitchell
Biography
Silas Weir Mitchell is an American character actor from Philadelphia who has worked extensively in television and film. After studying theater at Brown University and earning a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California San Diego, he acted in minor New York theater productions before moving into screen work. On television, he played Eli Stram on 24, Donny Jones on My Name Is Earl, and the escapee Charles Patoshik, known as Haywire, on Prison Break. He was also a recurring presence as James Hogan on Cold Case and appeared in shows including ER, Monk, Dexter, The X-Files, and Burn Notice. His film credits include The Whole Ten Yards (2004) and A Fork in the Road (2010). From 2011 to 2017 he portrayed Monroe on the NBC series Grimm.
56years old
Turns 57 on September 30in 351 days
- Born Philadelphia
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 27 years1997 to 2024
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A role that slipped away
On the Prison Break DVD commentary, Mitchell says he had auditioned before for the parts of Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell and Lincoln Burrows.
Early training
Mitchell trained at the University of California San Diego, where he completed a Master of Fine Arts in the graduate acting program.
First role
After he graduated from Brown, Silas Weir Mitchell spent time in New York City, where he acted in minor theater productions.
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