John Cameron Mitchell

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 production of Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's musical adaptation of The Secret Garden, which won several Tony Awards. In the early 1990s, together with musician Stephen Trask, he developed the character of Hedwig, a transgender rock musician who grew up in East Berlin, for performances in the New York drag bar Squeezebox. This led to the successful Off-Broadway musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 1998, which won two Obie Awards, and three years later to the film version of the musical, again with himself in the title role. The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Director's and Audience Awards, and the play won the 2001 Lambda Literary Award. At the 2002 Chlotrudis Aw…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Sandman (2022) — Hal Carter
2. Yellowjackets (2021) — Caligula
3. MacGyver (1985) — Aaron
4. Law & Order (1990) — Eddie
5. Shortbus (2006) — Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence)
6. Girls (2012) — David Pressler-Goings
7. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) — Hedwig
8. How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) — Punk (uncredited)
9. The Good Fight (2017) — Felix Staples
10. Mozart in the Jungle (2014) — Egon
11. The Twilight Zone (1985) — Tom (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
12. Vinyl (2016) — Andy Warhol
13. Freddy's Nightmares (1988) — Bryan Ross
14. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self - Guest
15. Girl 6 (1996) — Rob
16. The Equalizer (1985) — Ed Donahue
17. Shrill (2019) — Gabe
18. Band of the Hand (1986) — J.L.
19. Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020) — Self
20. City on Fire (2023) — Amory
21. Daybreak (1993) — Lennie
22. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016) — Brent Daniels (voice)
23. Joe vs Carole (2022) — Joe 'Exotic' Schreibvogel
24. Indie Sex (2007) — Self
25. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) — Self
26. Danny Says (2015) — Self
27. Book of Love (1990) — Floyd
28. The Stepford Children (1987) — Kenny
29. Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open (2023) — Self (interview)
30. David Searching (1997) — Man with Fruit
31. The Dreamer of Oz (1990) — Albert
32. Larry Kramer In Love & Anger (2015) — Himself
33. American Playhouse (1982) — Calvin Fitch
34. The Spark: The Origins of Pride (2019) — Self
35. One More Saturday Night (1986) — Teenager #2
36. Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp (2020) — Self
37. Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig (2006) — Self
38. I Am More (2022)
39. AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2023) — Self
40. Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family (2003) — Self (uncredited)

Directed

1. Rabbit Hole (2010) — Director
2. Shortbus (2006) — Director
3. GLOW (2017) — Director
4. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) — Director
5. How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017) — Director
6. Nurse Jackie (2009) — Director
7. Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment (2013) — Director