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Mitch Rouse

Mitch Rouse

Actor · b. 1964 · Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Mitch Rouse (born August 6, 1964) is an American film and television actor, director, and screenwriter. He is a well known vet in the world of improvisation. Rouse grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. He dropped out of college and moved to Chicago to study improvisation under the late, great Del Close. While there he was asked to join the Second City Theatre, birthplace of his idols John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray. While there Mitch wrote and performed shows with Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Nia Vardalos and Scott Adsit. Mitch made his feature film debut alongside Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau in Rudy. Rouse then moved to New York to star with Amy Sedaris, in the premiere of David Sedaris’ original play Stitches, at La Mama Theatre. In New York, Mitch made a name for himself in TV as a writer/actor on Comedy Central’s EXIT 57, which he created with Stephen Colbert. EXIT was the network's first original sketch comedy series. It received five Cable Ace Award nominations, including Best Actor (Rouse) and Best Writing for a comedy series. Rouse wrote and directed the dark humored independent film Employee of the Month, which starred Matt Dillon, Steve Zahn, and Christina Applegate. The film premiered at The Sundance Film Festival to a standing ovation and rave reviews. Mitch created the cult-hit Strangers With Candy, with Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris. During it’s run the dark comedy attracted guest stars: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Winona Ryder, Steve Carrell, Matthew Broderick, Paul Rudd, Tim Meadows, Allison Janney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman to name a few. David Letterman and World Wide Pants produced the feature film version of Strangers, taking Rouse back to the Sundance film festival for it’s premiere. While co-starring on ABC’s According to Jim, Mitch created SPIKE TV's first foray into comedy with the critically acclaimed FACTORY. Rouse starred in and produced the series with long time friend and Second City alum, David Pasquesi. Other Film & Television: Transparent - Neighbors - RENO 911! - Austin Powers - Friends With Money - Spy School - Without A Paddle - The Heartbreak Kid - Spin City - Lost AT Home - and The Secret Lives Of Men Mitch lives in Los Angeles with his wife Andrea and their kids, Tennessee & Strummer. He continues writing and directing unique characters with original voices.​

Series18

  • TV8.0

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    2000 · 976 votes

  • TV7.4

    Home Improvement

    1991 · 747 votes

  • TV6.5

    According to Jim

    2001 · 404 votes

  • TV7.2

    Reno 911!

    2003 · 200 votes

  • TV7.0

    Spin City

    1996 · 349 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV7.5

    Harry's Law

    2011 · 51 votes

  • TV6.8

    The Hughleys

    1998 · 14 votes

  • TV6.8

    Still Standing

    2002 · 65 votes

  • TV8.0

    Liv and Maddie

    2013 · 408 votes

  • TV6.4

    Transparent

    2014 · 178 votes

  • TV7.5

    Strangers with Candy

    1999 · 47 votes

  • TV6.5

    Rutherford Falls

    2021 · 31 votes

  • TV9.0
  • TV8.0

    Exit 57

    1995 · 4 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    Lost at Home

    2003 · 1 votes

  • TV5.0

Movies16

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie5.8

    The Heartbreak Kid

    2007 · 1.8K votes

  • Movie5.1

    Friends with Money

    2006 · 618 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Rudy

    1993 · 786 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Employee of the Month

    2004 · 164 votes

  • Movie5.1
  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.1
  • Movie6.8
  • Movie4.7

    Spy School

    2008 · 59 votes

  • Movie3.6

    Nobody Knows Anything!

    2004 · 26 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.5
  • Movie9.0

    Mario and the Mob

    1992 · 1 votes

  • Movie4.3

    Sweethearts

    1997 · 4 votes

  • Movie