RJ Mitte
Actor
- Born
- August 21, 1992 · Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Died
- October 12, 2026 (age 34)
Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III (August 21, 1992 – October 12, 2026) was an American actor and producer. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Mitte was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was three. He moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, in 2006, and worked with a personal talent manager to find acting opportunities where his disability could educate viewers. After playing minor roles in sitcoms, he was cast in his breakthrough role as Walter White Jr. on the AMC neo-Western crime drama television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013).
Mitte starred in the ABC Family teen and family drama television series Switched at Birth (2014) and the Netflix live-action/adult animated mixed media superhero television series The Guardians of Justice (2022). He appeared in films like Who's Driving Doug (2016), the thriller-drama Time Share (2018), the independent comedy Standing Up for Sunny (2019), the thriller The Oak Room (2020), and the coming-of-age drama Triumph (2021), the lattermost of which he executive produced.
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He advocated for cerebral palsy and other disabilities. He was a Screen Actors Guild spokesman for actors with disabilities, and a celebrity ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy. He received the SAG-AFTRA Harold Russell Award in 2013.
Mitte passed away on October 12th, 2026, in Brownsville, TX, USA.
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Known for
Acting26
- 2027Cassi as Isaac
- 2026One Eye Open as Brad Everett
- 2026Westhampton as Fitz
- 2024Love Me Dead as Issac
- 2023The Unseen as Tommy Olson
- 2021Triumph as Mike
- 2021All the Little Things We Kill as Jamie King
- 2020The Oak Room as Steve
- 2020Not a Game
- 2019Carol of the Bells as Scott Johnson
