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Brian Stokes Mitchell (born October 31, 1957) is an American stage, film and television actor and singer. A powerful baritone, he has been one of the central leading men of the Broadway theatre since the early 1990s. He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for his performance in ''Kiss Me, Kate''. ==Career== Mitchell was born in Seattle, Washington, the youngest of four children of George Mitchell, an electronics engineer, and his wife Lillian, a school administrator. Mitchell grew up at various U.S. military bases overseas, where his father was a civilian engineer for the U.S. Navy. As a teenager, he lived in San Diego, California, where he began acting in school musicals.〔Zoglin, Richard. ("From Coalhouse to Cole Porter" ), November 1999, ''Time'' magazine, accessed January 25, 2010〕 Prior to ''Ragtime'', he was known professionally as Brian Mitchell. Mitchell's Broadway credits include ''Mail'' (1988), an all-black revival of George and Ira Gershwin's ''Oh, Kay!'' (1990), ''Jelly's Last Jam'' (1992) based on the works of jazz artist Jelly Roll Morton, Kander and Ebb's ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' (1993), ''Ragtime'' (1998) (Tony Award nomination), the 1999 revival of Cole Porter's ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (Tony Award), ''King Hedley II'' (2001) (Tony Award nomination) and ''Man of La Mancha'' (2002) (Tony Award nomination). He appeared in the New York City Center ''Encores!'' staged concert productions of Jule Styne's ''Do Re Mi'' (1999), Bob Merrill's ''Carnival!'' (2002), ''Kismet'' (2006) and ''The Band Wagon'' in 2014.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Hops on City Center's 'The Band Wagon', Beginning Tonight" ) playbill.com, November 6, 2014〕 He played the title role in the 2002 Kennedy Center production of ''Sweeney Todd'', part of the Stephen Sondheim celebration.〔("Special Events, Concerts, and Benefit Performances" ) sondheimguide.com, accessed August 10, 2015〕〔Gans, Andrew. ("D.C.'s Sondheim Celebration Ends as Night Music Closes Aug. 25" ) playbill.com, August 25, 2002〕 Mitchell has a number of television and film credits, including the role of John Dolan in ''Roots: The Next Generations'' (1979), and a seven-year stint as Dr. Justin 'Jackpot' Jackson on ''Trapper John, M.D.'' from 1979 to 1986. Mitchell made several appearances as a celebrity panelist on episodes of ''$25,000 Pyramid'' and ''$100,000 Pyramid'' in the 1980s, and was considered one of the game's better celebrity players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New $25,000 Pyramid - Frank/Cindy 1/3 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=$100,000 Pyramid - Brian Mitchell )〕 He played recurring roles as Hilary Banks' news anchor fiancé Trevor Newsworthy/Collins on ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' and on ''Frasier'' as Dr. Frasier Crane's upstairs neighbor and nemesis Cam Winston. He supplied the singing voice of Jethro in the animated feature ''The Prince of Egypt'' (1998). He guest starred in March 2010 in ''Ugly Betty'' as Wilhelmina Slater's ex-boyfriend, Don. He has also done voice-overs for animation including ''Animaniacs'', ''Capitol Critters'', ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'', ''The Further Adventures of SuperTed'', ''Kid 'n Play'', ''The New Kids on the Block'', ''Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf'', ''Gravedale High'', ''Potsworth & Co.'', ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'', ''The Tom and Jerry Kids Show'', ''Yo Yogi!'', ''Fantastic Max'', ''Pound Puppies'', ''The Addams Family'', ''California Raisins'', ''The Angry Beavers'', ''James Bond Jr.'', ''Batman: The Animated Series'', ''Paddington Bear'', ''Pinky and the Brain'', ''Defenders of Dynatron City'', ''The Hot Rod Dogs and Cool Car Cats'', ''Droopy, Master Detective'', ''Denver, the Last Dinosaur'', ''Mighty Max'', ''Don Coyote & Sancho Panda'' and the two ''Flintstones'' animated movies ''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' and ''I Yabba-Dabba Do!''. On June 9, 2005, Mitchell appeared in a concert version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''South Pacific'', at Carnegie Hall. He starred as Emile, alongside Reba McEntire as Nellie Forbush and Alec Baldwin as Luther Billis. The production was taped and telecast by PBS on April 26, 2006. His debut solo CD ''Brian Stokes Mitchell'' was released on June 6, 2006 on Playbill Records. 〔Gans, Andrew. ("Playbill Records' "Brian Stokes Mitchell" CD Hits Stores June 6" ) playbill.com, playbill.com, June 6, 2006〕 Mitchell has also performed in a Christmas concert with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir later released as a CD and DVD entitled ''Ring Christmas Bells''. His second solo CD, "Simply Broadway," was released October 30, 2012, by CD Baby. In the fall of 2010, Mitchell returned to Broadway to star along with Patti LuPone in the musical version of the Pedro Almodóvar film ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown''. He appeared on the 57th episode of ''Glee'', titled "Heart," (2012)〔Gans, Andrew. ("Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jeff Goldblum Are Lea Michele's Gay Dads on 'Glee' " ) playbill.com, January 18, 2012〕 and the 58th, entitled "On My Way," as one of Rachel's dads (LeRoy) along with Jeff Goldblum. He has been cast in a recurring role on the USA Network series Mr. Robot as Scott Knowles, CTO of Evil Corp. The series began in June 2015.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Brian Stokes Mitchell Lands Recurring Role in New TV Series" ) playbill.com, May 2015〕 A new musical based on the making of ''Shuffle Along'' is scheduled to open on Broadway on March 14, 2016 in previews, officially on April 21 at the Music Box Theatre. The musical is titled ''Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed''. It is expected to star Audra McDonald as Lottie Gee, and to feature Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Joshua Henry and Brandon Victor Dixon.〔Purcell, Carey. ("Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald Will Reunite on Broadway in ''Shuffle Along'', Billy Porter Joins Them" ), Playbill.com, August 9, 2015〕 He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Actor's Fund of America, having been elected in 2004.〔Gans, Andrew. ("Brian Stokes Mitchell Elected Actors' Fund President" ) playbill.com, May 24, 2004〕〔("Chairmen" ) actorsfund.org, accessed August 10, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Stokes Mitchell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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