{{short description|American actor (born 1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox person |image= |birth_name=John Mitchell Morris |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1979|10|15}} |birth_place=Corpus Christi, Texas, United States |occupation=Film, television actor }} '''John Mitchell Morris''' (born October 15, 1979), known professionally as '''Mitch Morris''', is an American actor.
==Biography== Morris was raised in Portland, Texas. He graduated from Gregory-Portland High School in 1998. As a trumpet player, he was offered a music scholarship to the University of North Texas, but turned it down to study Radio, Television and Film. After moving to Los Angeles, he first appeared as a model in an ad campaign for American Eagle Outfitters. Soon after, he began making guest appearances on shows such as ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''ER'' and ''Presidio Med''.
In 2003, Morris made his stage debut in the LA revival of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play ''Summertree''. He then led the "pink posse," as Cody Bell on Showtime's ''Queer as Folk'' before playing CIA tech-genius Ken Watkins on Jerry Bruckheimer's ''E-Ring''. Morris can also be seen in the police drama, ''Honor''.
Morris played the role of Griff in Todd Stephens' sex comedy, ''Another Gay Movie'',<ref name="Another Gay Move Official Website">[http://www.anothergaymovie.com Another Gay Movie Official Website]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/im-going-to-give-them-the-gayest-movie-ever-made-an-1846702985|title = An oral history of 2006's Another Gay Movie, "the gayest movie ever made"|website = The A.V. Club| date=April 27, 2021 }}</ref> which made its world premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Morris holds a B.A. in psychology from California State University, Northridge and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law and a MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College.<ref name="John Mitchell Morris">[http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/287586 State Bar of California Official Records: John Mitchell Morris]</ref> Morris practiced with the Kane Law Firm in Los Angeles.<ref name="John Mitchell 'Mitch' Morris">[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-mitchell-morris/62/11a/209 LinkedIn page: John Mitchell "Mitch" Morris]</ref> As of 2022, his law license is still active and is a member of the California Bar.<ref name="John Mitchell Morris"/> He then became a lecturer in writing and a chair of college writing at Purchase College in Purchase, New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purchase.edu/live/profiles/516-john-morris |title=John Mitchell Morris • School of Humanities • Purchase College |website=purchase.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503032740/https://www.purchase.edu/live/profiles/516-john-morris |archive-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref>
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