Acting • AGE 63
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,...


Cockroach
James
2026

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Self
2025

Reclaim the Flag
Self
2025

Lisbon
2025

Paying for It
Executive Producer
2025

AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
Self
2023

Nicole Kidman: Eyes Wide Open
Self (interview)
2023

City on Fire
Amory
2023

Dr. Jackie
John Cameron Mitchell
2022

The Sandman
Hal Carter
2022

I Am More
2022

Impresario
2022

Joe vs Carole
Joe 'Exotic' Schreibvogel
2022

Yellowjackets
Caligula
2021

John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask: Nation of One
John Cameron Mitchell
2021

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
2020

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Self
2020

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self
2020

The Spark: The Origins of Pride
Self
2019

Shrill
Gabe
2019

How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Punk (uncredited)
2017

GLOW
Director
2017

The Good Fight
Felix Staples
2017

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Brent Daniels (voice)
2016

Vinyl
Andy Warhol
2016

Larry Kramer In Love & Anger
Himself
2015

Danny Says
Self
2015

The Hooping Life
Himself
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014

Mozart in the Jungle
Egon
2014

Interior. Leather Bar.
Story Consultant
2013

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Director
2013

Girls
David Pressler-Goings
2012

Rabbit Hole
Director
2010

Nurse Jackie
Director
2009

Indie Sex
Self
2007

Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Himself
2007

Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
Himself
2007

Shortbus
Sextra (one of the participants in the orgy sequence)
2006

Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig
Self
2006

Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Self
2006

Apparition of the Eternal Church
Self
2006

The House of Venus Show
Self
2005

Tarnation
Executive Producer
2003

Whether You Like It or Not: The Story of Hedwig
Self
2003

Totally Gay!
Self
2003

Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family
Self (uncredited)
2003

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig
2001

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Hedwig Robinson/Tommy Gnosis
1998

David Searching
Man with Fruit
1997

Girl 6
Rob
1996

Daybreak
Lennie
1993

The Dreamer of Oz
Albert
1990

Law & Order
Eddie
1990

Book of Love
Floyd
1990

Freddy's Nightmares
Bryan Ross
1988

A Friendship in Vienna
Tommi Lowberg
1988

The Stepford Children
Kenny
1987

One More Saturday Night
Teenager #2
1986

Band of the Hand
J.L.
1986

MacGyver
Aaron
1985

The Twilight Zone
Tom (segment "The Last Defender of Camelot")
1985

The Equalizer
Ed Donahue
1985

The Roommate
Calvin Fitch
1984

Broadway: The Next Generation
Self

Heaven Above Rowen
Promise (voice)

Ron Forever
Ron

Untitled Candy Darling Biopic
Executive Producer