Mitch Rouse
Age: 59 | From: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1964-08-06 07:14:11
Aliases: Edward Mitchell Rouse
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Movie Involvements: 8
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
Biography
Mitch Rouse (born August 6, 1964) is an American film and television actor, director, and screenwriter. He is a well known vet in the world of improvisation. Rouse grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He dropped out of college and moved to Chicago to study improvisation under the late, great Del Close. While there he was asked to join the Second City Theatre, birthplace of his idols John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray. While there Mitch wrote and performed shows with Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Nia Vardalos and Scott Adsit. Mitch made his feature film debut alongside Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau in Rudy. Rouse then moved to New York to star with Amy Sedaris, in the premiere of David Sedaris’ original play Stitches, at La Mama Theatre. In New York, Mitch made a name for himself in TV as a writer/actor on Comedy Central’s EXIT 57, which he created with Stephen Colbert. EXIT was the network's first original sketch comedy series. It received five Cable Ace Award nominations, including Best Actor (Rouse) and Best Writing for a comedy series. Rouse wrote and directed the dark humored independent film Employee of the Month, which starred Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn, and Christina Applegate. The film premiered at The Sundance Film Festival to a standing ovation and rave reviews. Mitch created the cult-hit Strangers With Candy, with Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris. During it’s run the dark comedy attracted guest stars: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Winona Ryder, Steve Carrell, Matthew Broderick, Paul Rudd, Tim Meadows, Allison Janney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman to name a few. David Letterman and World Wide Pants produced the feature film version of Strangers, taking Rouse back to the Sundance film festival for it’s premiere. While co-starring on ABC’s According to Jim, Mitch created SPIKE TV's first foray into comedy with the critically acclaimed FACTORY. Rouse starred in and produced the series with long time friend and Second City alum, David Pasquesi. Other Film & Television: Transparent - Neighbors - RENO 911! - Austin Powers - Friends With Money - Spy School - Without A Paddle - The Heartbreak Kid - Spin City - Lost AT Home - and The Secret Lives Of Men Mitch lives in Los Angeles with his wife Andrea and their kids, Tennessee & Strummer. He continues writing and directing unique characters with original voices.
Most Famous Work
Strangers with Candy
(1999) Creator
Without a Paddle
(2004) Screenplay
Employee of the Month
(2004) Writer
Strangers with Candy
(2006) Writer
The Fighter & The Kid
(2016) Creator
Exit 57
(1995) CreatorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2014 | Richard | |
| 2013 | Mickey | |
| Eddie | ||
| 2008 | Bob | |
| Gary | ||
| Kip Miller | ||
| 2007 | Bicycle Mugger | |
| 2006 | Raymond | |
| 2004 | Virus | |
| Jimmy Riggs | ||
| 2003 | Fireman | |
| Michael Davis | ||
| 2001 | Dr. Ryan Gibson | |
| 1999 | Additional Voices | |
| Mitch Rouse (uncredited) | ||
| Office Savillion | ||
| Officer Savillion | ||
| 1998 | N/A | |
| 1997 | Arliss | |
| 1996 | Steve and Mr. Bungle | |
| Bee Man | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| 1993 | Jim | |
| Bob Clayton | ||
| 1992 | N/A | |
| 1991 | Rob | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Creator | |
| 1999 | Creator | |
| 1995 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Writer | |
| 2004 | Screenplay | |
| Writer | ||
| 1999 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |