Mitchell Anderson

For other people with the same name, see Mitch Anderson.

Mitchell Ogren Anderson (born August 21, 1961) is an American character actor and chef.^[1][2]

Mitchell Anderson
Born	Mitchell Ogren Anderson (1961-08-21) August 21, 1961 (age 64) Jamestown, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–2003, 2018–present

Anderson was born in Jamestown, New York, to a retail store owner mother and a businessman father. He attended Jamestown High School and Williams College before going on to attend Juilliard School.^[3] In 1985, he appeared on the Bert Convy-hosted Super Password, where he won $400. Anderson is openly gay and came out during the 1996 GLAAD Media Awards, after which point he became active with gay causes and the Human Rights Campaign.^[4] Anderson lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his partner of many years Richie Arpino, and owns a restaurant called MetroFresh.^[5][6][7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	SpaceCamp	Banning
1987	Jaws: The Revenge	Sean Brody
1988	Deadly Dreams	Alex Torme
1988	One Fine Night	Michael	Short film
1988	It's Cool to Care		Short film
1992	All-American Murder	Doug Sawyer
1995	The Midwife's Tale	Sir Giles
1998	Relax...It's Just Sex	Vincey Sauris[8]
1999	Taking the Plunge		Short film
2002	The Last Place on Earth	Ken

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Days of Our Lives	Kip	8 episodes
1985	Hill Street Blues	Mitch Carey	Episode: "Davenport in a Storm"
1985	Riptide	Chris 'Spud' Miller	Episode: "Wipeout"
1985	Crazy Like a Fox		Episode: "Eye in the Storm"
1985	Cagney & Lacey	Teenager	Episode: "Old Ghosts"
1986	Intimate Encounters	Sean	TV film
1987	Highway to Heaven	Danny Briggs	Episode: "A Night to Remember"
1987	The Hitchhiker	Butchie	Episode: "Why Are You Here?"
1987	21 Jump Street	Scott Crowe	Episode: "My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
1987	Jake and the Fatman	Peter Brock	Episode: "Love for Sale"
1987	Student Exchange	Rod	TV film
1988	Goodbye, Miss 4th of July	Henderson kerr	TV film
1989 - 1993	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Dr. Jack McGuire	Regular; 51 episodes
1989	The Karen Carpenter Story	Richard Carpenter)[9][10]	TV film
1989	The Comeback	Bo	TV film
1989	In the Heat of the Night	Bobby Skinner	Episode: "Country Mouse, City Mouse"
1990	Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn	Huckleberry Finn[11][12]	TV film
1993	Jack's Place	Peter Halleran	Episode: "The Seventh Meal"
1993	Melrose Place	Rex Weldon	Episode: "Picture Imperfect"
1993	Matlock	Ryland Hayward	Episode: "The Godfather"
1994	Is There Life Out There?	Joshua	TV film
1994 - 2000	Party of Five	Ross Werkman	20 episodes
1999 - 2001	Popular	Mr. Bennett	2 episodes
2000	If These Walls Could Talk 2	Arnold	TV film
2003	Beggars and Choosers	Jason	Episode: "Hello, Dalai!"
2018 - present	After Forever	Jason	19 episodes