Silas Weir Mitchell
Biography
Silas Weir Mitchell is an American character actor recognized for playing disturbing or unstable characters. His biographical details vary by source, with birth information listed as either September 30, 1969, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or May 15, 1974, in Oakland, California. He has been credited in television and theater. Among his notable television work is his role as Monroe, a reformed wolfman or blutbad, in a television series. His career spans dozens of known acting credits across film and television platforms. He is also known internationally with names listed in other languages, and he maintains a presence in entertainment databases and reference sites as a recognizable television and theater performer.
Career overview
Silas Weir Mitchell is an American character actor recognized for portraying disturbing or unstable characters. Known credits on the Movie Database attribute seventy-two acting credits to him. Biographical details from available sources note that he is an American television, theater, and character actor. Regarding his origins, sources provide varying places and dates of birth, listing his birthplace as either Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or Oakland, California, and his birthdate as either September 30, 1969, or May 15, 1974.
Among his notable television roles, Mitchell is recognized for playing Monroe, who is described as a reformed wolfman or blutbad in a television series. His career spans work in television and theater. The actor is also known under alternate script names in international databases. Throughout his career, Mitchell has established a presence as a character actor with a substantial body of known acting credits in television and film productions.
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- Detained (2024) as Sullivan
- Life of Riley (2023) as Simon
- Paradise Lost (2020) as Boyd Suttree
- The Amendment (2018) as Glenn Ake
- S.W.A.T. (2017) as Phil Winter
- The Celery Incident (2014) as FBI
- Grimm (2011) as Monroe
- Portlandia (2011) as FBI
- Heaven's Rain (2011) as Ake
- The Good Guys (2010) as Vic
- A Fork in the Road (2010) as Karl Rogers
- Circle (2010) as Bennett
- Halloween II (2009) as Chett Johns
- Mental (2009) as Vincent Martin
- The Mentalist (2008) as Arthur Coffrey
- Crazy (2008) as Neal
- Prairie Fever (2008) as Frank
- 1% (2008) as Wild Man Sam
- Burn Notice (2007) as Seymour
- The Gray Man (2007) as Albert Fish, Jr.
- Dexter (2006) as Ken Olson
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006) as Lab Tech
- The Phobic (2006) as Vladimir Narcijac
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Cyrus Legare
- Criminal Minds (2005) as Cyrus Lebrun
- Prison Break (2005) as Charles 'Haywire' Patoshik
- The Closer (2005) as Father Chris Donahue
- Medium (2005) as Deranged Husband
- Numb3rs (2005) as Darren Drew
- My Name Is Earl (2005) as Donny Jones
- Fathers and Sons (2005) as Max (uncredited)
- Arthur Hailey's Detective (2005) as Robbins
- Heart of the Beholder (2005) as Lester
- McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? (2005) as Joseph Devine
- CSI: NY (2004) as David Scott
- The Whole Ten Yards (2004) as Yermo
- Life on Liberty Street (2004) as Derek
- Cold Case (2003) as James Hogan
- CSI: Miami (2002) as Ralph Durst
- Monk (2002) as Drugstore Manager
- The Shield (2002) as Father Morton
- Without a Trace (2002) as Luke Seaver
- Birds of Prey (2002) as Silas 'Slick' Waters
- Boomtown (2002) as Erik Sorenson
- Ant (2002) as Bertrand
- Johnson County War (2002) as Mitch Slaughter
- 24 (2001) as Eli Stram
- Crossing Jordan (2001) as Frank Jones / Alastair Dark
- Six Feet Under (2001) as Dion Corelli
- The Agency (2001)
- Rat Race (2001) as Mitchell Lloyd
- Ezekiel (2001) as Dalton
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Willie Angel
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Wade
- Other Voices (2000) as Weeping Man
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Owen Walters
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Boyd Lynch
- Inferno (1999) as Jesse Hogan
- Absence of the Good (1999) as Jack Gaskin
- The Patriot (1998) as Pogue
- The Practice (1997) as Anthony Brickman
- Private Parts (1997) as Patient
- Quicksilver Highway (1997) as Bryan Adams
- Sins of the Mind (1997) as Anderson
- Julian Po (1997)
- Nash Bridges (1996) as Roy McNair
- The Pretender (1996) as Luke Carlo
- Dark Skies (1996)
- Playing Dangerous 2 (1996) as Gregor Tarnopol
- Caroline in the City (1995) as Louis
- The Single Guy (1995) as Floyd
- ER (1994) as Marcus Hainey
- ER (1994) as Luis
- The X-Files (1993) as Dougie
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Jimmy Dale