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Jason Mitchell

Actor

Jason Mitchell

Born January 5, 1987 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA26 films

Jason Mitchell (born January 5, 1987) is an American actor, best known for portraying Eazy-E in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton.

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Mitchell had roles in the films Contraband and Broken City, both of which starred Mark Wahlberg, as well as Mudbound, Detroit, and the MonsterVerse film, Kong: Skull Island.

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Straight Outta Compton posterFirst watchStraight Outta Compton20157.8as Eazy-EIn 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon…View film

Essential films

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Kong: Skull Island poster6.6Kong: Skull Island2017The Disaster Artist poster7.1The Disaster Artist2017Detroit poster7.2Detroit2017Mudbound poster7.4Mudbound2017Contraband poster6.3Contraband2012Broken City poster6.0Broken City2013Keanu poster6.0Keanu2016The Mustang poster6.9The Mustang2019

Filmography

26 films as actor
  1. TBAMercy Mercy MeKhaos
  2. TBAHigh Rollers
  3. 2025The Late Night Creep
  4. 2025Black HeatMalik
  5. 2024ScarbornDomingo
  6. 2023Family Portrait
  7. 2023Call Her KingSean Samuels
  8. 2023Everything Is BothCam
  9. 2021For the Love of MoneyGregory
  10. 2021ZolaDion
  11. 2019The MustangHenry
  12. 2018TyrelTyler
  13. 2018Freedom Fighters: The RayBlack Condor / John Trujillo (voice)
  14. 2018SuperFlyEddie
  15. 2017MudboundRonsel Jackson
  16. 2017DetroitCarl Cooper
  17. 2017The Disaster ArtistNate (uncredited)
  18. 2017Kong: Skull IslandGlenn Mills
  19. 2016BarryPJ
  20. 2016KeanuBud
  21. 2016Vincent N RoxxyCordell
  22. 2015Straight Outta ComptonEazy-E
  23. 2013Broken CityCast Friend #1
  24. 2012Dragon EyesJ-Dog
  25. 2012ContrabandWalter
  26. 2011Texas Killing Fields7-Eleven Cashier