Mitchell Laurance

Mitchell "Mitch" Laurance is an American film and television actor and sports broadcaster.

Early life, family and education Mitchell was born in Queens, New York City, New York and raised in Hewlett, New York. He has an identical twin brother, Matthew (born four minutes later), who is also a professional actor.

Both brothers are graduates of Tufts University.

In 1989, Mitchell was in an AT&T commercial in which he played a man in a phone booth trying to dial Phoenix and was instead repeatedly getting Fiji. In the same year, Mitchell hosted a unsold pilot for a U.S. version of the long-running British game show Mastermind, announced by Charlie O'Donnell and was produced by A Mac III Production. The pilot was taped on August 19, 1989.

Mitchell appeared on Not Necessarily the News during the 1980s. Other recurring roles included the short-lived series Roxie (1987; most of the episodes were unaired), L.A. Law (1987−88), Reasonable Doubts (1992–93), Matlock (1988−95), and Dawson's Creek. Guest roles have ranged from Laverne & Shirley, CHiPs, The Outer Limits, One Tree Hill, Night Court, Prison Break, MacGyver, Beauty and the Beast, Midnight Caller, Empty Nest, and Jake and the Fatman. He was in the "Apollo One" episode of the mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998). They reside in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

He is a golf enthusiast, having played in pro-am golf tournaments.