Silas Weir Mitchell

Silas Weir Mitchell (born Silas Weir Mitchell Neilson; September 30, 1969) is an American character actor. He is known for starring as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik in the Fox television series Prison Break (2005–2007), for the recurring role of Donny Jones in My Name Is Earl (2005–2009), and as Monroe in the NBC television series Grimm (2011–2017).

Early life and education Mitchell was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is named after an ancestor, the 19th-century physician and author Silas Weir Mitchell.

He attended The Montgomery County Day School (formerly in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania) for his elementary school years; is a graduate of St. Paul's School, a college-preparatory boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire (1987);

Career Mitchell has had recurring guest roles in such television series as 24 as Eli Stram; Numb3rs; My Name Is Earl as Earl's ex-con friend Donny Jones; and Prison Break as escapee Charles "Haywire" Patoshik. On the DVD commentary for Prison Break, he mentions he had previously auditioned for the roles of Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell and Lincoln Burrows. Mitchell plays the role of an insane prison inmate in both Prison Break and My Name Is Earl. He also appears in Rat Race (2001) as Lloyd (The Hardware Store Guy), and in The Whole Ten Yards as Yermo.

One of his most notable roles is that of mentally unstable recurring character James Hogan on Cold Case. Mitchell also made appearances on ER, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Burn Notice as charming but unstable arms dealer Seymour, Dexter, Monk, Six Feet Under, The X-Files, The Closer, and Boomtown. He also appeared on the show CSI in the Season 6 episode "Room Service".

In 2008, Silas made an appearance in seventh and final season of the U.S. police procedural show The Shield.

In 2009, he appeared in A Fork in the Road, alongside Jaime King, and in Halloween 2. Mitchell also appeared in Fox's TV show, Mental with Chris Vance, also from Prison Break.

In October 2011, Mitchell was cast as Monroe in the NBC TV series Grimm. He portrayed Monroe throughout the series' six year run.

Film

Shorts Year Film Role 1999 Bingo Harry 2002 Ant Bertrand Ethan and Alan Ethan 2009 Waiting for Jevetta 2010 The Killed Sami's Cock

Television Year Series Role Episode/s1995 Silk Stalkings Peter Raymond Wicker "The Lonely Hunter" The Marshal Willy "The New Marshal" 1996 The Big Easy Lyle Tillman "Big Life"1997 Caroline in the City Louis "Caroline and the New Neighbor" Dark Skies Convict "Strangers in the Night" 1997, 1998 ER Luis/Marcus Hainey "Ambush""Stuck on You" 1997, 2000 NYPD Blue Tony/Luke "Remembrance of Humps Past""Everybody Plays the Mule"1998 C-16: FBI "The Art of War" Vengeance Unlimited Capt. Jesse Fisher "Dishonorable Discharge"1999 The X-Files Dougie "Agua Mala" The Pretender Luke Carlo "Risque Business"2000 Other Voices Weeping Man The Practice Anthony Brickman "New Evidence""Hammerhead Sharks" Nash Bridges Roy McNair "Jackpot: Part 1""Jackpot: Part 2"2002 The Agency "The Golden Hour" 24 Eli Stram 5 episodes Push, Nevada Ruhk "The Black Box" Birds of Prey Syrus Waters (Slick) "Slick" Boomtown Erik Sorenson "Coyote" 2003 Six Feet Under Dion Corelli "The Trap" 2003, 2005 Cold Case James Hogan "Sherry Darlin'""Kensington"2004 CSI: Miami Ralph Durst "Stalkerazzi"Crossing Jordan Frank Jones/Alastair Dark "Revealed"2005 Medium Deranged Husband "A Couple of Choices" JAG Reese Pardee "Two Towns" CSI: NY David Scott "Crime and Misdemeanor" Fathers and Sons Max (uncredited) Strong Medicine Wade "Paternity Test" CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Willie Angel "Room Service" 2005–2007 Prison Break Charles "Haywire" Patoshik 13 episodes 2005–2008 My Name Is Earl Donny Jones 6 episodes2006 The PTA "Can't Do" Monk Drugstore Manager "Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike" Without a Trace Luke Seaver "The Things with Feathers"2007 Lesser of Three Evils Motel Manager Also known as Fist of the Warrior Dexter Ken Olson "Dex, Lies, and Videotape"2008 Prairie Fever Frank Video The Closer Father Chris Donahue "Tijuana Brass" The Shield Father Morton "Parricide" Burn Notice Seymour "Rough Seas""Seek and Destroy"2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Owen Walters "Liberties" Mental Vincent Martin "Pilot" Otis E. Stanley Numb3rs Darren Drew "Dreamland"2010 Ticket Out Levi A Fork in the Road Karl Rogers Circle Bennett The Good Guys Vic "Little Things" 2011 The Mentalist Arthur Coffey/Ralph Mercer "Bloodhounds" 2011–2017 Grimm Monroe Main cast2020 Paradise Lost Boyd Suttree Main cast S.W.A.T. Phil Winters Season 4, episode 10 2023, 2025–2026 Criminal Minds Cyrus LeBrun Season 16, episode 5 & 6; Season 18, episode 7; Season 19, episode 3 2024 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Boyd Lynch Season 26, episode 8