E. Roger Mitchell

E. Roger Mitchell
Mitchell at Motor City Comic Con in 2015
Born	(1971-02-18) February 18, 1971 Miami, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Claflin University (B.A.) City University of New York (M.F.A)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present

E. Roger Mitchell (born February 18, 1971) is an American actor. He has had several major roles, including Chaff in Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), Detective Sergeant Morris in American Woman (2018), and Paul on The Walking Dead; as well as television roles on The Shield, One Tree Hill, and as Carlton Pettiway on The Quad.

Early life

Mitchell was born in Miami, Florida. He graduated in 1993 from Claflin University in South Carolina with B.A.s in English and Drama. He was named in the Who's Who Among Americas Colleges and Universities in 1992. Mitchell later studied at Alliance Theatre Professional Actor Internship and earned a Master of Fine Arts from City University of New York's Brooklyn campus in 1999.

Career

Mitchell began his acting career in 1997 with his role in the film Raney. The same year, he went on to play Joseph in the comedy film How I Spent My Summer Vacation. In 2000, he portrayed the character Aaron in the film The Legend of Bagger Vance, featuring Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Matt Damon. In 2013, he appeared as Chaff in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. In 2017, he appeared as Agent Craig McCall in the autobiographical drama film American Made, featuring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemmons, Jayma Mays and Alejandro Edda, which is distributed by Universal Pictures and directed by Doug Liman.

He has also made guest appearances on several television shows, including NCIS, House of Payne, Past Life, Nashville, Drop Dead Diva, The Rickey Smiley Show, Being Mary Jane, Survivor's Remorse, and Powers.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Raney	Charlie
	How I Spent My Summer Vacation	Joseph
2000	The Legend of Bagger Vance	Aaron
2001	Boycott	Bob Phillips	TV movie
	Losing Grace	Chuck
2003	Kings County	Drury
	S.W.A.T.	FBI Agent Kirkland
	Party Animals	New Boyfriend	Short
2005	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Kalvin
	Warm Springs	Pete Collier	TV movie
2006	The Last Adam	Surgeon
	Trust	Myles Rome
	Last Sunset	Officer Jones
2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Joe's Criminal Lawyer
	NY's Dirty Laundry	Mike
2009	Jordyn & Julia	Tyrone	Short
	The Open Road	TSA Manager
	The Driven	Charles Rutherford	Short
2010	Blood Done Sign My Name	William Burgwyn
	The Crazies	Fire Chief Tom
2011	World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles	Company Captain
	Battle	J.T.
	Contagion	Driver
2012	A Smile as Big as the Moon	Principal Tom Keller	TV movie
	Hornet's Nest	Mayor Search	TV movie
	The Next Day	Jake
	Crossing	Henry	Short
	Flight	Craig Matson
2013	The Spectacular Now	Doctor
	John Henry and the Railroad	John Henry	Short
	The Last Exorcism: God Asks. The Devil Commands	Jeffrey
	The Watsons Go to Birmingham	Mr. Williams	TV movie
	CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story	Hospital Doctor	TV movie
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Chaff
	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	Linda's Brother
	The Echo Construct	Detective Carter Phipps	Short
2014	Need for Speed	Detective #1
	Comeback Dad	Marvin
	The Equalizer	Lead Investigator
	Kill the Messenger	Detective
	Selma	Frederick Reese
	Line of Sight	GBI agent	TV movie
2015	Captive	Sgt. Teasley
	Goosebumps	Mayor
	Blackhats	Mosis
	Curveball	Coach Patterson
	Across the Tracks	Daddy	Short
2016	The 5th Wave	White House Spokesman
	Triple 9	Smith
	Definitely Divorcing	Aaron
	Cell	Roscoe
	Eternity Hill	Lieutenant Henson
	Sully	ATC #1
2017	Love by Chance	Frank Moreland
	2016	Ross
	All Eyez on Me	Tupac's Attorney
	American Made	Agent Craig McCall
	A Summer's Day	Tony	Short
2018	American Woman	Det. Sergeant Morris
	A Father's Love	Coach Stevens	Short
	Invasion	Mims	Short
2019	Full Count	Sheriff Darden
2020	Second Samuel	U.S. Simpson
2021	Favorite Son	Pastor B.C. Wilson
	The Black Phone	Detective Wright
2022	Super Turnt	Frank
	A Jazzman's Blues	Buster
	Till	Roy Wilkins
2023	On a Wing and a Prayer	Brian Norton

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Mama Flora's Family	Charlie (1912)	TV mini series
2002-06	The Shield	Lester Hoffman	2 episodes
2003	Threat Matrix	Silo Tech #2	Episode: "Pilot"
	NCIS	M.P	Episode: "Minimum Security"
2004	One Tree Hill	Technician	Episode: "We Might as Well Be Strangers"
2005	Surface	Kenny	Episode: "Episode #1.4"
2007	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	Police Officer	Episode: "Busted"
2010	Past Life	Don	Episode: "Gone Daddy Gone"
2012	One Tree Hill	Detective Colvin	2 episodes
	Coma	Detective Thompson	Episode: "Part Two"
	Nashville	Billy	Episode: "Someday You'll Call My Name"
2013	The Walking Dead	Paul	2 episodes
	Drop Dead Diva	Mr. Beaty	Episode: "The Kiss"
2014	The Originals	Kevin	Episode: "The Battle of New Orleans"
	The Rickey Smiley Show	Officer Ray	Episode: "The Defender"
	Survivor's Remorse	Ferris Murphy	Episode: "The Decisions"
2014–15	Devious Maids	Detective Figueroa	Guest: season 2, recurring cast: season 3
2015	Being Mary Jane	Detective Daniel	Episode: "Freedom"
	Powers	Blue Magma	Episode: "Mickey Rooney Cries No More"
	Complications	Truck Driver Mark	Episode: "Critical Condition"
2016	Born Again Virgin	-	Episode: "Mama-Pause"
	Saints & Sinners	-	Episode: "Don't Go"
	Containment	OPS Officer Jim Blake	Episode: "Path to Paradise"
2017–18	The Quad	Carlton Pettiway	Main cast
2019	Ambitions	Marvin Barnes	Recurring cast
	Tales	Pastor	Episode: "I Gave You Power"
2020	Terror Lake Drive	Arnez	Recurring cast
2020-21	The Oval	Jake Shields	Recurring cast: season 1-2
	Outer Banks	Heyward	Recurring cast
2021	Swagger	Glenn	Episode: "Mano a Mano"
2022	Our Kind of People	Detective	Episode: "Just Desserts"

External links

• E. Roger Mitchell at IMDb
• YouTube interview by TSC News