Character on Jericho: Eric Green

Born: November 25, 1974

Hometown: Toronto, Ontario

Biography: Kenneth Alexander Mitchell
When Kenneth was growing up, he attended a high school for the arts in Toronto, studying everything from acting to painting.He spent summers at Kilcoo Camp in Minden, attending first as a camper before graduating to camp instructor and counselor. "That was a big part of my life," he says. "It taught me many things about people, friendships, love of the environment, learning to laugh and cry, learning to appreciate people, love and dance." The experience also gave him his first chance to perform. "I loved to do skits in front of everyone. I loved to play guitar at campfires. That's where I say it all started - Saturday skit night." Looking for a way to combine his artistic bent with something that offered more secure career prospects - "I didn't want to become a starving artist" - he chose landscape architecture and the University of Guelph.

While at U of G ,Mitchell spent five years studying landscape architecture, including a final year in Australia, before graduating with a silver medal from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. After graduation, he went to work right away in the landscape

architecture department of ESG International Inc., an environmental consulting firm based in Guelph, where he worked on designs of trail master plans - including the TransCanada Trail - the City of Toronto bicycle master plan and a multi-use outdoor sports facility for Guelph. While still working in Guelph, he had begun to get parts in televisioncommercials for everything from athletic gear to potato chips to beer. After transferring to ESG's Toronto office, he met an agent and began working with acting coach David Rotenberg, learning to prepare for parts and how to listen and "be present" in a scene. Mitchell says he even found himself drawing on aspects of his undergraduate program, especially presentation and social skills.


Career Bio: He was dating a successful Canadian actress when he decided to try acting."I had gone to the arts camp for kids," Mitchell said. "I really enjoyed doing things onstage."
Mitchell co-starred in two short-lived series. There was "Leap Year"; there was "Odyssey 5," in which he played the "normal" one whose father and brother had a science-fiction adventure.
He also had a meaty role in "Miracle" as the hockey player who just missed the cut for the U.S. hockey team that went gold. For a Canadian who played hockey as a boy and soccer in college, it was a dream job.






Television:

• "Jericho" (19 episodes, 2006-2007) Eric Green
• "The Unit" (1 episode, 2006) Keith Soto
• "CSI: Miami" (1 episode, 2006) Robert Gordon
• "Grey's Anatomy" (1 episode, 2006) Wade Solomon
• "Odyssey 5" (11 episodes, 2002-2003) Marc Taggart
• "Leap Years" (9 episodes, 2001) Spencer Matthew

Film:

• Iron Road (2008) Edgar - (Filming)
• Home of the Giants (2007) Keith Morrison
• 5-25-77 (2007) John Dykstra
• Tennis, Anyone...? (2005) Nick Allen
• Miracle (2004) Ralph Cox
• The Recruit (2003) Alan
• Why Don't You Dance (2002) Chris
• Charms for the Easy Life (2002) (TV Movie) Tom Hawkings III
• Odyssey 5 (2002) (TV Movie) Marc Taggart
• The Green (2001) Ric
• No Man's Land (2000/II) Soldier

Trivia:
He played Soccer at University, as a striker
After graduation from college, he worked at an environmental consulting firm

He spent his final year at University studying in Australia.

He was a Landscape Architect in his hometown of Toronto when he became an actor, and is a recipient of The Canadian Society of Landscape Architecture Silver Medal award





Quotes:
"I love the feeling I get performing for people. I love to provoke emotions in myself and have an outlet for my emotions. I love to see people laugh and cry."



Family:
Married to actress Susan May Pratt in May 2006; they have one child, Lilah Ruby Mitchell, born 07/07/07