Brian Stokes Mitchell

**Brian Stokes Mitchell** (born October 31, 1957) is an American actor and singer. A powerful baritone, he has been one of the central leading men of the Broadway theatre since the 1990s.[1] He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for his performance in *Kiss Me, Kate*. Mitchell first performed on Broadway in the musical *Mail* in 1988, with music by Michael Rupert and lyrics by Jerry Cocker, winning the Theatre World award.[5] His Broadway credits include an all-black revival of George and Ira Gershwin's *Oh, Kay!* (1990),[6] *Jelly's Last Jam* (1992) based on the works of jazz artist Jelly Roll Morton, and Kander and Ebb's *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (1993).[7]

He performed the role of Coalhouse Walker Jr, in the musical *Ragtime*, which opened on Broadway in January 1998. He received a 1998 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.[8] He appeared in the 1999 revival of Cole Porter's *Kiss Me, Kate* as Fred Graham / Petruchio, winning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.[7][9] He appeared on Broadway in *King Hedley II* in 2001 (Tony Award nomination) and *Man of La Mancha* in 2002 (Tony Award nomination).[7]

He appeared in the New York City Center Encores! staged concert productions of Jule Styne's *Do Re Mi* (1999), Bob Merrill's *Carnival!* (2002), *Kismet* (2006) and *The Band Wagon* in 2014.[10]

He played the title role in the 2002 Kennedy Center production of *Sweeney Todd*, part of the Stephen Sondheim celebration.[11][12]

On June 9, 2005, Mitchell appeared in a concert version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific* at Carnegie Hall. He starred as Emile, alongside Reba McEntire as Nellie Forbush and Alec Baldwin as Luther Billis. The production was taped and telecast by PBS in 2006.[13] Of his performance, Ben Brantley wrote in *The New York Times*, "As for Mr. Mitchell, his place in the pantheon of romantic musical leads is now guaranteed."[14]

Playbill Records released his debut solo CD, *Brian Stokes Mitchell* on June 6, 2006.[15][16] Mitchell has also performed in a Christmas concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir later released as a CD and DVD entitled *Ring Christmas Bells*. His second solo CD, "Simply Broadway," was released October 30, 2012, by CD Baby.[17]

Mitchell returned to Broadway to star with Patti LuPone in the musical version of the Pedro Almodóvar film *Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown*, which opened at the Belasco Theatre in November 2010.[18]

A new musical titled *Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed*, based on the making of *Shuffle Along* opened on Broadway on March 14, 2016 in previews, officially on April 21 at the Music Box Theatre. Mitchell played "F.E. Miller", with Audra McDonald as "Lottie Gee", Billy Porter, Joshua Henry and Brandon Victor Dixon.[19]

Mitchell plays Nicholas Prophet in *Wolverine: The Long Night*, a scripted podcast serial.

Mitchell has a number of television and film credits, including the role of John Dolan in *Roots: The Next Generations* (1979), and a seven-year stint as Dr. Justin 'Jackpot' Jackson on *Trapper John, M.D.* from 1979 to 1986. Mitchell made several appearances as a celebrity panelist on episodes of *$25,000 Pyramid* and *$100,000 Pyramid* in the 1980s, and was considered one of the game's better celebrity players.[20][21] He played recurring roles as Hilary Banks' news anchor fiancé Trevor Newsworthy/Collins on *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* and on *Frasier* as Dr. Frasier Crane's upstairs neighbor and nemesis Cam Winston. He supplied the singing voice of Jethro in the animated feature *The Prince of Egypt* (1998). He guest starred in March 2010 in *Ugly Betty* as Wilhelmina Slater's ex-boyfriend, Don.[22]

He appeared on the 57th episode of *Glee*, titled "Heart" in 2012,[23] and the 58th, titled "On My Way," as one of Rachel's dads (LeRoy) along with Jeff Goldblum.

He also played a recurring role on the USA Network series *Mr. Robot* as Scott Knowles, CTO of E Corp. The series began in June 2015 and ended in December of 2019.[24]

He has also done voice-overs for animation including *Animaniacs*, *Capitol Critters*, *Tiny Toon Adventures*, *A Pup Named Scooby-Doo*, *The Further Adventures of SuperTed*, *Kid 'n Play*, *New Kids on the Block*, *Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf*, *Gravedale High*, *Potsworth & Co.*, *Captain Planet and the Planeteers*, *The Tom and Jerry Kids Show*, *Yo Yogi!*, *Fantastic Max*, *Pound Puppies*, *The Addams Family*, *California Raisins*, *The Angry Beavers*, *James Bond Jr.*, *Batman: The Animated Series*, *Paddington Bear*, *Pinky and the Brain*, *Defenders of Dynatron City*, *The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats*, *Droopy, Master Detective*, *Denver, the Last Dinosaur*, *Mighty Max*, *Don Coyote & Sancho Panda*, *Vampirina* and the two *Flintstones* animated movies *Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby* and *I Yabba-Dabba Do!*.

He voices Alex in Tomodachi LIfe: The TV Series.