About RJ Mitte
Roy Frank "RJ" Mitte III (; born August 21, 1992) is an American actor and producer. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Mitte was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was three. He moved to Hollywood in 2006, and worked with a personal talent manager to find acting opportunities where his disability could educate viewers. After playing minor roles in sitcoms, he was cast in his breakthrough role as Walter White Jr. on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013). Mitte has starred in the ABC family drama series Switched at Birth (2014) and the Netflix animated series The Guardians of Justice (2022). He has appeared in films like Who's Driving Doug, the thriller drama Time Share (2018), the independent comedy Standing Up for Sunny (2019), the thriller The Oak Room (2020), and the drama Triumph (2021), the lattermost of which he executive produced. Mitte has advocated for cerebral palsy and other disabilities. He is a Screen Actors Guild spokesman for actors with disabilities, and a celebrity ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy. He received the SAG-AFTRA Harold Russell Award in 2013. Mitte was fitted with leg braces and used crutches throughout most of his childhood; however, over time, his body became stronger through sports and exercise; he no longer needed any walking devices by his teenage years. After she became paralyzed, Mitte assumed financial responsibility for his family at the age of 13, which by then also included his sister, who had been born when he was 11. After receiving several roles as an extra, including in the Disney series Hannah Montana, Mitte became interested in films and decided to take acting lessons.
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