Mitchell Anderson

Mitchell Ogren Anderson (born August 21, 1961) is an American character actor and chef.

Anderson was born in Jamestown, New York, to a retail store owner mother and a businessman father. He attended Jamestown High School and Williams College before going on to attend Juilliard School. In 1985, he appeared on the Bert Convy-hosted Super Password, where he won $400. Anderson is openly gay and came out during the 1996 GLAAD Media Awards, after which point he became active with gay causes and the Human Rights Campaign. Anderson lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his partner of many years Richie Arpino, and owns a restaurant called MetroFresh.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1986 SpaceCamp Banning 1987 Jaws: The Revenge Sean Brody 1988 Deadly Dreams Alex Torme 1988 One Fine Night Michael Short film 1988 It's Cool to Care Short film 1992 All-American Murder Doug Sawyer 1995 The Midwife's Tale Sir Giles 1998 Relax...It's Just Sex Vincey Sauris 1999 Taking the Plunge Short film 2002 The Last Place on Earth Ken 2026 Once More: The Karen Carpenter Story Reunion Himself

Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Days of Our Lives Kip 8 episodes 1985 Hill Street Blues Mitch Carey Episode: "Davenport in a Storm" 1985 Riptide Chris 'Spud' Miller Episode: "Wipeout" 1985 Crazy Like a Fox Episode: "Eye in the Storm" 1985 Cagney & Lacey Teenager Episode: "Old Ghosts" 1986 Intimate Encounters Sean TV film 1987 Highway to Heaven Danny Briggs Episode: "A Night to Remember" 1987 The Hitchhiker Butchie Episode: "Why Are You Here?" 1987 21 Jump Street Scott Crowe Episode: "My Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" 1987 Jake and the Fatman Peter Brock Episode: "Love for Sale" 1987 Student Exchange Rod TV film 1988 Goodbye, Miss 4th of July Henderson kerr TV film 1989 - 1993 Doogie Howser, M.D. Dr. Jack McGuire Regular; 51 episodes 1989 The Karen Carpenter Story Richard Carpenter) TV film 1989 The Comeback Bo TV film 1989 In the Heat of the Night Bobby Skinner Episode: "Country Mouse, City Mouse" 1990 Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn TV film 1993 Jack's Place Peter Halleran Episode: "The Seventh Meal" 1993 Melrose Place Rex Weldon Episode: "Picture Imperfect" 1993 Matlock Ryland Hayward Episode: "The Godfather" 1994 Is There Life Out There? Joshua TV film 1994 - 2000 Party of Five Ross Werkman 20 episodes 1999 - 2001 Popular Mr. Bennett 2 episodes 2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Arnold TV film 2003 Beggars and Choosers Jason Episode: "Hello, Dalai!" 2018 - present After Forever Jason 19 episodes