“You get all these French directors who have all these pretty, vacuous stars of their movies - from Jean Seberg on - who have become iconic but were never really good actors.”

American actor, director, playwright and singer

John Cameron Mitchell is an American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, singer, songwriter and producer. He won a Tony Award and is best known for writing, directing and starring in the 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch. That film grew out of the stage musical of the same name. Mitchell later co-created the 2019 musical audio series Anthem: Homunculus and played Joe Exotic in the 2022 Peacock limited series Joe vs. Carole. His work often moves between theatre, film and music.