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RJ Mitte
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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 tele…
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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. 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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Cassi
as Isaac
One Eye Open
as Brad Everett
Westhampton
as Fitz
Love Me Dead
as Issac
The Unseen
as Tommy Olson
Triumph
as Mike
All the Little Things We Kill
as Jamie King
The Oak Room
as Steve
Not a Game
Carol of the Bells
as Scott Johnson
Standing Up for Sunny
as Travis
River Runs Red
as Officer Thomas
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion
as Self
Time Share
as Tom
The Recall
as Brendan
Who's Driving Doug
as Doug
Dixieland
as CJ
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self
Weird Science 2: Strange Chemistry
as Nerd
House of Last Things
as Tim
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Stump
as Tim
Butch Cassidy's Forgotten Outlaw
as Bub Meeks
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Talking to Strangers
as Joshua
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Escape from Paradise
as Royce
Stigma: Raised in Hollywood
as Self
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Somebody Like You
as Will Collison