Jason Mitchell (born January 5, 1987) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as rapper Eazy-E in the Music/NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton and starring in the drama series The Chi.
In 2019, he was fired from The Chi after numerous sexual harassment complaints from actress Tiffany Boone and showrunner Ayanna Floyd Davis and was also fired from the film Desperados due to sexual harassment complaints. In 2020, he was arrested for drugs and weapons charges
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Partial Filmography
Film
- Texas Killing Fields (2011) - 7-Eleven Cashier
- Contraband (2012) - Walter
- Dragon Eyes (2012) - J-Dog
- Broken City (2013) - Cast Friend #1
- Straight Outta Compton (2015) - Eazy-E
- Keanu (2016) - Bud
- Vincent N Roxxy (2016) - Cordell
- Barry (2016) - PJ
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) - Glenn Mills
- Detroit (2017) - Carl Cooper
- Mudbound (2017) - Ronsel Jackson
- The Disaster Artist (2017) - Nate
- Tyrel (2018) - Tyler
- Superfly (2018) - Eddie
- The Mustang (2019) - Henry
- Zola (2021) - Dion
Television
- Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017–18) - John Trujillo/Black Condor, voice
- The Chi (2018–19) - Brandon Johnson, 20 episodes
- Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2018) - Lenny, Episode: "Kill All Others"
- Forever (2018) - Andre, Episode: "Andre and Sarah"
