Silas Weir Mitchell

Birth Name:

Silas Weir Mitchell

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Soundtrack

Graduated from Brown University with a degree in Theater and Religion and earned his Master's in Theater from the University of California, San Diego
His first acting role was as Hansel in a grade school production of "Hansel and Gretel," which he considers ironic now because of his role in "Grimm․"
Quote: "There was a period before I started working on 'Grimm,' where I hadn't worked in a long while, and I was thinking about maybe stopping․ And I realized I still wanted to do it, I'm not done with it yet, or it's not done with me․"
Quote: "(On "Grimm"): "It's a show that looks at the real world that we live in through a different lens․ We're all very invested in the imaginary world that we're in․ Everybody knows that we have this weird little world that we want to enrich․""
Best known for his role as Monroe in "Grimm" and as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik in "Prison Break․"
Spent many years as a character actor playing roles that were "disturbing or unstable․"
Was the producer of the 2002 short film "Ant" and the 2008 documentary "Cat Dancers," and the director of the 2010 short film "Song in a Convenience Store․"

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