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Mitchell – “Kong: Skull Island” Los Angeles Premiere – Arrivals – Dolby Theatre, 6801 Hollywood Boulevard – Hollywood, CA, USA, 2017 – Photo Credit: Julian Blythe\/HNW \/ PRPhotos.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: January 5, 1987<\/p>\n

Ethnicity: African-American, Creole [African, French]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Mitchell is an American actor. His roles include the films Texas Killing Fields<\/em>, Contraband<\/em> (2012), Dragon Eyes<\/em>, Straight Outta Compton<\/em>, Keanu<\/em>, Vincent N Roxxy<\/em>, Barry<\/em> (2016), Kong: Skull Island<\/em>, Detroit<\/em> (2017), Mudbound<\/em>, The Disaster Artist<\/em>, Tyrel<\/em>, Superfly<\/em> (2018), The Mustang<\/em>, Zola<\/em>, For the Love of Money<\/em> (2021), Call Her King<\/em>, and Scarborn<\/em>, and the series Freedom Fighters: The Ray<\/em>, The Chi<\/em>, and Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jason’s maternal grandfather is Branco Brimmer (the son of Ellis Brimmer and Odies Lee Williams). Branco was born in Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Jason’s maternal grandmother was Gladys Decuir (the daughter of Daniel Decuir and Mabel Olivier). Gladys was born in Louisiana. Daniel was the son of John Decuir and Marie\/Mary Broussard. Mabel was the daughter of Bertrand Olivier and Mary Jacquet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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