Background
Mitte was born in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Mitte was born in Lafayette, Louisiana.
He is best known for his role as Walter "Flynn" White Junior. on the Administrative Management College series Breaking Bad (2008-2013). Like his character on the show, he has mild cerebral palsy. After moving to Hollywood in 2006, he began training with personal talent manager Addison Witt.
They sought acting opportunities where his disability would serve to educate viewers, which led him to audition for the role in Breaking Bad.
He was delivered by emergency caesarian and was not breathing at the time of his birth, which resulted in permanent brain damage. He was adopted a few weeks later by Roy Frank Mitte Junior. and Dyna Mitte, who later separated.
He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of three, and doctors put his legs in casts for six months in an attempt to straighten his feet. Mitte was fitted with leg braces and used crutches throughout most of his childhood.
However, over time, his body became stronger through sports and exercise and he no longer needed any walking devices by the time he was a teenager.
He remains responsible, and takes on multiple jobs to bring in an income. After receiving several roles as an extra, including in the Disney series Hannah Montana, Mitte became interested in films and decided to take acting lessons. Shortly after, he was offered the role of Walter White Junior., who also has cerebral palsy, in the Administrative Management College series Breaking Bad.
The Screen Actors Guild named Mitte as the spokesman for actors with disabilities and he is the representative of "Inclusion in the Arts and Media of Performers with Disabilities", which employs artists with disabilities.
Mitte will star in the film Wildflowers. Mitte is one of the producers on the project
He is also working as a producer on a documentary called The Kids of Widney High. He hopes to branch out into directing.
In 2011 he starred in the short horror film Stump.
That same year, he worked as executive producer of the documentary Vanished: The Tara Calico Story, that deals with the disappearance of Tara Calico. In 2012 Mitte was cast in the thriller film House of Last Things. In 2013, Mitte appeared in the music video for "Dead Bite" by rapcore band Hollywood Undead.
In January 2014, he began a recurring role on the American Broadcasting Company Family drama series Switched at Birth portraying Campbell, a premed student paralyzed from a snowboarding accident who uses a wheelchair.
Mitte appeared on the cover of the February/March 2015 issue of Neurology Now (published by the American Academy of Neurology). The issue included a short biography and his views on cerebral palsy, bullying, and his acting career.
He is also a celebrity ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy. In Spring 2014, Mitte modelled for a Gap campaign.In June 2015, Mitte walked for Vivienne Westwood on a catwalk.