[5] In 1989, Mitchell was in an AT&T commercial in which he played a man in a phone booth trying to dial Phoenix and was instead repeatedly getting Fiji.
Other recurring roles included the short-lived series Roxie (1987; most of the episodes were unaired), L.A. Law (1987−88), Reasonable Doubts (1992–93), Matlock (1988−95), and Dawson's Creek.
Guest roles have ranged from Laverne & Shirley, CHiPs, The Outer Limits, One Tree Hill, Night Court, Prison Break, MacGyver, Beauty and the Beast, Midnight Caller, Empty Nest, and Jake and the Fatman.
[2] In the early 1990s he performed the role of Ben Arnold on the soap opera Santa Barbara.
He also has acted in feature films such as Stepfather II, The Runestone, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and Urban Mythology, and TV movies (especially in the 1990s) including The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery; Perfect Crime; To Love, Honor and Deceive; Kiss and Tell; Deadly Pursuits; Inflammable; and Death in Small Doses.