Jason Mitchell is an American actor. He had roles in the films
Contraband (2012) and
Broken City (2013), both of which starred
Mark Wahlberg. In 2015, Mitchell played Compton rapper Eazy-E in the biopic
Straight Outta Compton (2015), with his performance being met with significant praise by critics. In 2016 he appeared in
Keanu (2016), which starred
Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele. He followed with projects on Netflix:
Barry (2016) and
Mudbound (2017),
Kong: Skull Island (2017), Sony's
SuperFly (2018) remake, and
The Mustang (2019) for Focus Features. On the first two seasons on the television front, Jason was the lead of Lena Waithe's
The Chi (2018) for the Showtime Television Network.