“You're on Facebook, and you're supposed to know your sexual orientation at 13... Nobody really knows what's going on at that time, and people seem to... know stuff, or they have to act like they do, and they make decisions before they really need to.”

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.