Jason Mitchell

Actor, Producer

Birthdate: Jan 5, 1987

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Jason Mitchell is an American actor. He had roles in the films Contraband (2012) and Broken City (2013), both of which starred Mark Wahlberg. In 2015, Mitchell played Compton rapper Eazy-E in the biopic Straight Outta Compton (2015), with his performance being met with significant praise by critics. In 2016 he appeared in Keanu (2016), which starred Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. He followed with projects on Netflix: Barry (2016) and Mudbound (2017), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Sony's SuperFly (2018) remake, and The Mustang (2019) for Focus Features. On the first two seasons on the television front, Jason was the lead of Lena Waithe's The Chi (2018) for the Showtime Television Network.

Jason Mitchell Movies

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2023 |
Call Her Kingas Sean Samuels
2023 |
Dishonorableas Marlowe
2023 |
Everything Is Bothas Cam
2023 |
Scarbornas Domingo
2021 |
For the Love of Money
For the Love of Money
2021
R
1h 39m
Drama, Thriller
4.4
When a single mother is pushed to her limit, she turns to the only world she knows, a world she's spent a lifetime running from, to protect her daughter.
asGregory
2021 |
Zola
Zola
2021
R
1h 26m
Comedy, Crime, Drama
6.4
A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.
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asDion
2019 |
The Mustang
The Mustang
2019
R
1h 36m
Drama
6.8
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
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asHenry
2018 |
Tyrel
Tyrel
2018
Other
1h 26m
Comedy, Drama
5.5
Tyler, a sole black man, attends an otherwise all-white weekend of drunken bro debauchery on a birthday trip to a cabin in the Catskills.
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asTyler
2018 |
SuperFly
SuperFly
2018
R
1h 56m
Action, Crime, Thriller
5.3
With retirement on his mind, a successful Atlanta-based drug dealer sets up one last big job while dealing with trigger-happy colleagues and the police.
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asEddie
2017 |
Mudboundas Ronsel Jackson
2016 |
Vincent N Roxxyas Cordell
2017 |
Kong: Skull Island
Kong: Skull Island
2017
1h 58m
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
6.7
After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong and must fight to escape a primal Eden.
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asMills
2016 |
Barryas PJ
2016 |
Keanu
Keanu
2016
R
1h 40m
Action, Comedy, Crime
6.2
When the adorable kitten of an L.A. crime kingpin unexpectedly enters the life of two cousins, they will have to go through tough gangs, pitiless hit-men, and ruthless drug dealers who all claim him, to get him back. How hard can it be?
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asBud
2015 |
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton
2015
TV-14
2h 27m
Biography, Drama, History, Music
7.8
The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes hip-hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
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asEazy-E
2012 |
Contraband
Contraband
2012
R
1h 49m
Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.4
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
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asWalter