[4] The family moved from Sydney, to Melbourne, Perth and Los Angeles as Mitchell's father was a minister of religion until he decided to quit.
[5] Mitchell appeared in several bit parts, until he secured his "big break" in 1990, when he was cast as Bevan Quinn in the Seven Network police drama Skirts.
[10] After his character was written out of Neighbours, Mitchell went to the UK and took over the role of Wishee Washee in Aladdin from his former co-star Jeremy Angerson.
[12] He also co-hosted an episode of Ryantown,[13] and appeared with his former Neighbours co-stars Simone Robertson and Felice Arena on children's variety show Hangar 17.
[20][20][21] Acts to have appeared at Acoustic Trip included Kate Havnevik, James Blunt, Cookie, Smoke Fairies, Louis Eliot (Rialto) and Martha Tilston.
Mitchell's fourth album, Slow Is The New Fast was produced by Matt Walker (Australian musician) and was released on 10 October 2019.
It features Claire Worrall from Robbie Williams band on keyboards, Pete Cuthbert (Rialto) on drums, Ben Sargeant (from The Script) on bass guitar and was co-produced by Mitchell and Ken Brake at Regal Lane Studios, Primrose Hill.
Mitchell's 2015 independent release, Chance To Love, featured 17 songs, each of which was played on radio stations Australia wide,[33] and in Ireland and UK.
It features Andy Taite on bass, Glenn Maynard (Pollyanna) on drums and Shane Reilly (Tex Perkins, Lost Ragas) on pedal steel and baritone guitar.