Daddy's Head

Lion vs The Little People

Best & Bester

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

FBI: International

The Color Purple at Home

Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical

Avenue 5

Johnny English Strikes Again

I'm in the Corner with the Bluebells

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

Ace Discovery

Ako Mitchell is an American actor and filmmaker. Ako directed and co-wrote the short film "I'm in the corner with the bluebells" part of the international shorts competition at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Ako recently played "Klook" in Klook’s Last Stand at London's Park Theatre where he received an Off West End Awards Best Actor nomination. He also recently played esteemed British actor Lenny Henry's brother in Fences in the West End. Ako has also worked at London's Donmar Warehouse and played opposite Patina Miller in Sister Act at The London Palladium.
Ako's credits also include: 

Pilot in Nick Lloyd Webber's The Little Prince (Savoy Theatre-West End);
Mitch in Spelling Bee (Donmar Warehouse);
Mufasa in The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre-West End);
Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre);
Eddie in The Wild Party (The Other Palace);
Preacher in Bonne & Clyde (Arts Theatre);
The Arbiter in Chess (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane-West End);
Principal Duvall in Mean Girls (Savoy Theatre-West End)
Dennis in Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (Film);
Wood Man in Hilda (British TV Show);
Charlie in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Film).
Ako also Co-produced the documentary film 500 Years Later, a winner at the Pan-African Film Festival, Black Berlin International Cinema and Harlem International Film Festival.
In December 2017 he played "Nicely-Nicely Johnson" in Guys and Dolls at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. The production was directed by Michael Buffong.
On 9 December 2020, he played "Papa Who" in NBC's live production of Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Musical! alongside
Matthew Morrison, Denis O'Hare, Booboo Stewart and Amelia Minto, who played The Grinch, Old Max, Young Max and Cindy Lou Who, respectively.

Ako Mitchell