Kenneth Mitchell (actor)

Mitchell was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Guelph where he studied landscape architecture and played for the school soccer team as a striker. He attended and worked at Kilcoo Camp in Minden, Ontario, where he claims to have discovered his love for acting and performing

In 2004 Mitchell was cast in the film Miracle with Kurt Russell, in the role of hockey player Ralph Cox who was the last player cut from the 1980 Mens Olympic Hockey Team.[1]

Mitchell appeared as Eric Green in the U.S. television drama Jericho, which was cancelled by CBS in May 2007 but was brought back onto the 2007–08 schedule following a fan campaign to save the show.[2]

He has appeared in single episodes of Flashpoint, CSI: Miami, Detroit 187, Grey's Anatomy, The Unit, and Law & Order: LA.

In 2014, Mitchell was cast in ABC's The Astronaut Wives Club television drama series, playing the role of Deke Slayton.[3] Mitchell played 3 recurring Klingon characters in seasons 1 and 2 of Star Trek: Discovery: Kol, his father Kol-Sha and Tenavik. He also appeared in season 3 as Aurellio.

He stars in the television advertisements for the Samsung Galaxy S4 and Volkswagen.

In May 2006, Mitchell married actress Susan May Pratt. They have two children, a daughter (born 2007) and a son (born 2012).[4] In February 2020, Mitchell revealed that he suffers from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He has used a wheelchair since October 2019.[5] To incorporate Mitchell's wheelchair, the showrunners of Star Trek: Discovery created a character called "Aurellio", a scientist similarly paralyzed by illness, for the season 3 episode "There Is a Tide...".[6]

• Kenneth Mitchell at IMDb