Silas Weir Mitchell Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Brown University with a degree in Theater and Religion and earned his Master's in Theater from the University of California, San Diego
• His first acting role was as Hansel in a grade school production of "Hansel and Gretel," which he considers ironic now because of his role in "Grimm․"
• Quote: "(On "Grimm"): "It's a show that looks at the real world that we live in through a different lens․ We're all very invested in the imaginary world that we're in․ Everybody knows that we have this weird little world that we want to enrich․""
• Quote: "There was a period before I started working on 'Grimm,' where I hadn't worked in a long while, and I was thinking about maybe stopping․ And I realized I still wanted to do it, I'm not done with it yet, or it's not done with me․"
• Best known for his role as Monroe in "Grimm" and as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik in "Prison Break․"
• Spent many years as a character actor playing roles that were "disturbing or unstable․"
• Was the producer of the 2002 short film "Ant" and the 2008 documentary "Cat Dancers," and the director of the 2010 short film "Song in a Convenience Store․"