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| Talent Agent: |
Gersh Agency, The - Roland Scahill
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| Profession: |
Actor / Composer / Soundtrack |
| Born: |
31 October 1957, Seattle, Washington, USA (age 52) |
| Height: |
6' 1" (1.85 m) |
| Spouse: |
Allyson Tucker (3 September 1994 - present) 1 child
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| Nickname: |
Stokes |
| Also Known As: |
Brian Mitchell / Brian Stokes Mitchell |
| Credited Years: |
1979 - 2009 |
Real Life Quotes
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"I'm one of the few lucky actors in the world. I've never waited tables. I never pumped gas. I've always earned a living. I never had to borrow from my parents. I was the first in our family to own a new car." |
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"[T]hey didn't know what to do with me. 'He looks black but kinda white, maybe Hispanic.' And they don't want somebody to think of that when they've got their thirty seconds and $6 million on the line. They're going for very specific markets. In a sense, that is a form of racism, and it is still practiced." |
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"My family's very, very mixed. I am, I guess, a kind of melting pot person." |
Trivia
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Won Broadway's 2000 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for a revival of Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate." He has been Tony-nominated three other times: twice as Best Actor (Musical), in 1998 for portraying Colehouse Walker in "Ragtime" and in 2003 for playing the Cervantes/Don Quixote character in a revival of "Man of La Mancha;" and once as Best Actor (Play), in 2001 for August Wilson's "King Hedley II." |
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Was nominated for a 1998 Tony for "Best Actor in a Musical" for his portrayal of "Coalhouse Walker" opposite Audra McDonald. |
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Added "Stokes" to his name because there were too many Brian Mitchells running around. Stokes is his mother's maiden name. |
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Began taking piano lessons at age six. |
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He found work in the mid to late 1970s with the Twelfth Night Repertory Company as both an actor and resident composer. |
Other Works
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(2000) 'Kiss Me Kate' (Tony award: Best Leading Actor, Musical) |
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(1998) Starred in the musical "Ragtime" on Broadway as Coalhouse Walker Jr. |
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(1999-2000) Starred on Broadway in "Kiss Me, Kate" as Fred Graham |
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(May 2002): Plays Sweeney Todd in "Sweeney Todd" musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler (Kennedy Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA). |
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(October 2002): Plays Cervantes/Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha" musical by Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion and Dale Wasserman (National Theater, Washington, District of Columbia, USA). |
Where Are They Now?
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It has been announced that he will play Cervantes and Don Quixote in an all-new staging of "Man of La Mancha", opposite Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Aldonza/Dulcinea. | |
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