[2][1][3] Mitchell played rep hockey at the Ted Reeve Community Arena and attended St. John Elementary School.

[3] Mitchell originally had plans to pursue a career in music, or journalism before he was sought out by professional agent, Nancy Brown, who signed him up for acting.

[3] In 2013 he guest starred in two episodes of Hard Rock Medical, portrayed Graydon in a post-apocalyptic film, The Colony,[8] and also co-starred as Wookiee in a Disney XD Canada/Family Channel original movie, Bunks.

[9] In 2014, Mitchell earned one of the lead roles in the 2015 sitcom, Young Drunk Punk, playing the character, Andrew Shinky.

[12] Mitchell was a drummer in a band called The Fishwives that played local shows in Toronto.