# Atticus Mitchell

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{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name              = Atticus Mitchell
| image             = Atticus Mitchell - 2017 CFC Annual BBQ Fundraiser (37026243041) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Mitchell in 2017
| birth_name        = Atticus Dean Mitchell
| occupation        = Actor
| birth_date        = {{Birth year and age<!--|mf=yes -->|1993<!-- |5|16 -->}}
| birth_place       = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Canada
| years_active      = 2009–present
}}

'''Atticus Dean Mitchell''' (born <!-- May 16, -->1993<!-- <ref name="FreshTVADM" /> --><ref name=CH/><!-- one ref says 18 as of Jan 5, 2012, other gives month and day -->) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Benny Weir in the television film ''[My Babysitter's a Vampire](/source/My_Babysitter's_a_Vampire)'' and series [of the same name](/source/My_Babysitter's_a_Vampire_(TV_series)), and Gabe LaViolet in the film ''[Radio Rebel](/source/Radio_Rebel)''.

==Early life==
Mitchell was born in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario.<ref name="FreshTVADM">{{cite web|title=Happy Birthday Atticus Dean Mitchell! |url=http://www.freshtvinc.com/blog/happy-birthday-atticus-dean-mitchell/ |date=May 16, 2013 |first=Brendan |last=Refresh |publisher=[Fresh TV](/source/Fresh_TV) |url-status=dead |accessdate=May 17, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925184107/http://www.freshtvinc.com/blog/happy-birthday-atticus-dean-mitchell/ |archivedate=September 25, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=CH/><ref name=medianet/> Mitchell played rep hockey at the [Ted Reeve Community Arena](/source/Ted_Reeve_Community_Arena) and attended St. John Elementary School. There, he became interested in theatre.<ref name=medianet/> Mitchell originally had plans to pursue a career in music, or journalism before he was sought out by professional agent, Nancy Brown, who signed him up for acting.<ref name="Beach Metro">{{cite web|url=https://beachmetro.com/2015/10/20/beach-fargo-calgary/|title=From the Beach to Fargo to Calgary|author=Jon Muldoon|website=Beach Metro|date=October 20, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> He graduated from [Malvern Collegiate Institute](/source/Malvern_Collegiate_Institute) in Toronto.<ref name=medianet/>

==Career==

===Acting===
Mitchell began his acting career in 2009 with a recurring role in the [YTV](/source/YTV_(Canadian_TV_channel)) series ''[How to be Indie](/source/How_to_be_Indie)'' in which he played the role of Carlos Martinelli in eight episodes during the first season and two more during the second season.<ref name=resume/> It was the first show he auditioned for.<ref name="Beach Metro"/> He played the starring role of Benny Weir in television film and series ''My Babysitter's a Vampire''<ref name=LFP/> and was nominated for a 2011 Gemini award for his performance in the film.<ref name=AwardDB/> In 2012, he starred as Gabe LaViolet in the Disney Channel television film ''Radio Rebel''.<ref name=medianet/> In 2013 he guest starred in two episodes of ''[Hard Rock Medical](/source/Hard_Rock_Medical)'', portrayed Graydon in a post-apocalyptic film, ''[The Colony](/source/The_Colony_(2013_film))'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nugget.ca/2013/04/26/the-colony-cast-back-for-opening|title=The Colony cast back for opening|website=[North Bay Nugget](/source/North_Bay_Nugget)|author=PJ Wilson|date=April 26, 2013|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> and also co-starred as Wookiee in a Disney XD Canada/Family Channel original movie, ''[Bunks](/source/Bunks_(film))''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/922742/young-stars-talk-about-zombie-flick-bunks/|title=Young stars talk about zombie flick Bunks|website=[Global News](/source/Global_News)|date=October 24, 2013|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>

In 2014, Mitchell earned one of the lead roles in the 2015 sitcom, ''[Young Drunk Punk](/source/Young_Drunk_Punk)'', playing the character,  Andrew Shinky.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2014/09/26/tim-carlson-atticus-mitchell-topline-young-drunk-punk/|title=Tim Carlson, Atticus Mitchell topline Young Drunk Punk|author=Julianna Cummins|website=[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))|date=September 26, 2014|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> He starred in the 2017 TV series, ''[Killjoys](/source/Killjoys_(TV_series))'' as Pippin Foster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2018/08/01/killjoys-atticus-mitchell-talks-pippins-heroics/|title=Killjoys:Atticus Mitchell Talks Pippin's Heroic|website=TV-Eh|author=Greg David|date=August 1, 2018|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> In 2020, he played the role of JB Cox, on ''[The Hardy Boys](/source/The_Hardy_Boys_(2020_TV_series))''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://playbackonline.ca/2021/06/18/the-hardy-boys-get-the-greenlight-for-season-two/|title=The Hardy Boys get the greenlight for season two|website=[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))|author=Kelly Townsend|date=June 18, 2021|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>

===Music===
Mitchell was a drummer in a band called The Fishwives that played local shows in Toronto.<ref name=medianet/><ref name=themagca/> Since 2017 he has [self-released](/source/self-released) albums and singles on [Spotify](/source/Spotify).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Hf4DVR70bScx7APVEzuiU|title=Atticus Dean|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=July 17, 2024}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|2013
|data-sort-value="Colony, The" | ''[The Colony](/source/The_Colony_(2013_film))''
|Graydon
|
|-
|2014
|''[What We Have](/source/What_We_Have)''
|Lyes
|
|-
|2015
|''[Stonewall](/source/Stonewall_(2015_film))''
|Matt
|
|-
|2018
|''Darker Than Night''
|Bill
|also known as ''Blindsided''
|-
|2019
|''[Riot Girls](/source/Riot_Girls)''
|Cracker
|
|-
|2021
|''[Lune](/source/Lune_(2021_film))''
|Rob
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|2009
|''[How to Be Indie](/source/How_to_Be_Indie)''
|Carlos Martinelli
|3 episodes
|-
|2010
|''[Living in Your Car](/source/Living_in_Your_Car)''
|Teenage Boy
|Episode: "Chapter Six"
|-
|2010
|''[My Babysitter's a Vampire](/source/My_Babysitter's_a_Vampire)''
|Benny
|Television film
|-
|2011–2012
|''[My Babysitter's a Vampire](/source/My_Babysitter's_a_Vampire_(TV_series))''
|Benny Weir
|Main role
|-
|2012
|''[Radio Rebel](/source/Radio_Rebel)''
|Gabe LaViolet
|Television film
|-
|2013
|''[Hard Rock Medical](/source/Hard_Rock_Medical)''
|Caleb
|Episodes: "Love, Labour, Loss" & "Down Under"
|-
|2013
|''[Bunks](/source/Bunks_(film))''
|Wookiee
|Television film
|-
|2014
|''[Fargo](/source/Fargo_(TV_series))''
|Mickey Hess
|3 episodes
|-
|2015
|''[Young Drunk Punk](/source/Young_Drunk_Punk)''
|Andrew Shinky
|Main role
|-
|2016
|''[Second Jen](/source/Second_Jen)''
|Garth
|4 episodes
|-
|2017–2019
|''[Killjoys](/source/Killjoys_(TV_series))''
|Pippin Foster
|Recurring role, 11 episodes
|-
|2018
|data-sort-value="Expanse, The" | ''[The Expanse](/source/The_Expanse_(TV_series))''
|Ensign Sinopoli
|Episodes: "Reload", "Triple Point"
|-
|2020
|''[New Eden](/source/New_Eden)''
|Travis
|Voice role, 2 episodes
|-
|2020–2023
|data-sort-value="Hardy Boys, The" | ''[The Hardy Boys](/source/The_Hardy_Boys_(2020_TV_series))''
|JB Cox
|Main role
|-
|2022
|''[Transplant](/source/Transplant_(TV_series))''
|Jake Cooper
|5 episodes
|-
|2024
|''[Law & Order Criminal Intent: Toronto](/source/Law_and_Order%3A_Criminal_Intent%3A_Toronto)''
|Paolo Marcotti
|1 episode
|}

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of albums with selected details
! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Sonder''
| 
* Released: May 6, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5CgUOqpB5EjtkoJofCtBqN|title=Sonder – Album by Atticus Mitchell|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: [DL](/source/Music_download)
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Pantomime''
| 
* Released: June 26, 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7s6B8yp5WCRKNOSF05x7oK|title=The Pantomime – Album by Atticus Mitchell|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: DL
|-
! scope="row"| ''Plot Armor''
| 
* Released: November 11, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7hLHPRUBFUzxEqmQGVf3Iv|title=Plot Armor – Album by Atticus Mitchell|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: DL
|}

===Extended plays===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of extended plays with selected details
! scope="col" style="width:10em;" | Title
! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Album details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Red Giant''
| 
* Released: May 12, 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/15Mn2gF9PPkO86uiUpqfrY|title=Red Giant – EP by Atticus Mitchell|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: [DL](/source/Music_download)
|-
! scope="row"| ''Black Light''
| 
* Released: November 2, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3Rha6Iy2a08VnSVX3ZVKEh|title=Black Light – EP by Atticus Mitchell|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
* Label: Self-released
* Format: DL
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles
|-
! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Zurich"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2cJsVM5TYTe7ZgIbWnXmg2|title=Zurich - Single by Atticus Dean|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
| 2018
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| "We Will Endure the Long Nights"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2thXPKKsIaIP8QNe4he3pf|title=We Will Endure the Long Nights - Single by Atticus Dean|website=[Spotify](/source/Spotify)|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref>
| 2022
| ''Plot Armor''
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==

{| class="wikitable" 
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! Refs
|-
| 2011
| {{nowrap|[Gemini Award](/source/Gemini_Award)}}
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
| {{nowrap|''[My Babysitter's a Vampire](/source/My_Babysitter's_a_Vampire_(TV_series))''}}
| {{Nominated}}
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref name=AwardDB/>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=resume>[http://garygoddardagency.com/clients/atticus-mitchell Atticus Mitchell resume] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428150619/http://garygoddardagency.com/clients/atticus-mitchell |date=2014-04-28 }} at Gary Goddard Agency</ref>

<ref name=LFP>{{cite web|title='My Babysitter's a Vampire' on a roll |url=https://lfpress.com/entertainment/tv/2012/01/02/19190616.html |date=January 2, 2012 |first=Bill |last=Harris |publisher=[The London Free Press](/source/The_London_Free_Press) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202064833/http://www.lfpress.com/entertainment/tv/2012/01/02/19190616.html |url-status=live |archivedate=February 2, 2012 }}</ref>

<ref name=medianet>{{cite web|title=Atticus Dean Mitchell - Gabe |url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3143912&type=mitchell |publisher=Disney Channel Medianet |year=2012 |archivedate=April 8, 2013 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130408221703/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=3143912&type=mitchell |url-status=live }}</ref>

<ref name=themagca>{{cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE Interview with Atticus Mitchell |url=http://www.themagazine.ca/2012/09/10/exclusive-interview-with-atticus-mitchell#.UTI0ZRmmUoE |date=September 10, 2012 |first=Dina |last=Ginzburg |publisher=The Magazine.ca |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413022110/http://www.themagazine.ca/2012/09/10/exclusive-interview-with-atticus-mitchell/#.UTI0ZRmmUoE |url-status=dead |archivedate=April 13, 2013 |access-date=March 2, 2013 }}</ref>

<ref name=AwardDB>{{cite web|title=Canada's Awards Database - Atticus Mitchell |url=http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20793&shownum=26&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 |publisher=[Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_%26_Television) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127021144/http://academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?categid=20793&shownum=26&winonly=0&awards=2&rtype=5&curstep=4 |url-status=dead |archivedate=November 27, 2020 }}</ref>

<ref name=CH>{{cite web|title=Vampires make tweens titter, think |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/48880-vampires-make-tweens-titter-think |date=January 5, 2012 |first=Cassandra |last=Szklarski |publisher=[The Chronicle Herald](/source/The_Chronicle_Herald) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502102409/http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/48880-vampires-make-tweens-titter-think |url-status=live |archivedate=May 2, 2012 |quote=18-year-old Mitchell, from Toronto }}</ref>

}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3620184|Atticus Mitchell}}

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