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Ako Mitchell

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Ako Mitchell
Born
Ako Mitchell
Occupation(s)Actor, filmmaker

Ako Mitchell is a British-American[citation needed] actor and filmmaker. Ako directed and co-wrote the short film "I'm in the corner with the bluebells" part of the international shorts competition at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Ako recently played "Klook" in Klook’s Last Stand at London's Park Theatre where he received an Off West End Awards Best Actor nomination. He also recently played esteemed British actor Lenny Henry's brother in Fences in the West End. Ako has also worked at London's Donmar Warehouse and played opposite Patina Miller in Sister Act at The London Palladium.

Ako's credits also include:

Ako also Co-produced the documentary film 500 Years Later, a winner at the Pan-African Film Festival, Black Berlin International Cinema and Harlem International Film Festival.[1]

In December 2017 he played "Nicely-Nicely Johnson" in Guys and Dolls at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. The production was directed by Michael Buffong.

On 9 December 2020, he played "Papa Who" in NBC's live production of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical! alongside Matthew Morrison, Denis O'Hare, Booboo Stewart and Amelia Minto, who played The Grinch, Old Max, Young Max and Cindy Lou Who, respectively.

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 2009-09-13 at the Wayback Machine site
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