Honeydripper, a film by John Sayles

Hailing from the Windy City, Kel Mitchell began his acting career at the young age of 12 with the ETA Creative Arts Foundation. Young Kel wowed audiences with his on-stage performances in Chicago theatrical productions such as Kasimu & the Coconut Palm and Dirt. But it was his outstanding performance in Eden at the historic Victory Gardens Theater which caught the attention of a prominent talent agent.

At the age of 14, Mitchell got the opportunity of a lifetime. He flew to Florida to be on a TV show on the then new network for kids, Nickelodeon. He beat out thousands of other kids and was cast in what soon became a groundbreaking TV show, All That. The success of that show lead to a spin-off show, Kenan & Kel, and eventually to the film Good Burger.

Mitchell has been awarded the prestigious Cable Ace Award in 1998 for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Series, a Kids’ Choice Award in 1999 for Best Male Actor in a Comedy Series as well as nominations for the Daytime Emmys and the NAACP Image Awards.

Additionally, Mitchell has penned music featured in some of the films in which he has starred including Clifford the Big Red Dog and Mystery Men. He also stepped behind the camera writing and producing the film Ganked and the Kel Videos Live DVD series.

Mitchell is currently touring his one-man show entitled Kel On Earth which he wrote and directed. Additionally he can be seen weekly on BET’s Take the Cake parodying today’s most popular music artists.

In addition to Honeydripper, Mitchell stars in the upcoming film Caught on Tape written and directed by Kirk “Sticky Fingaz” Jones and starring Cedric the Entertainer, Vivica A. Fox, and Malik Yoba and the romantic comedy Xs & Os also starring Clayne Crawford.