James Mitchell

James Mitchell

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 is an Australian actor who is best known for playing Jonah/Michael Abraham in the popular soap opera Home and Away

Home and Away

Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...

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He starred in an episode of a British serial drama called The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

 in 2008 as a murder suspect of a young prostitute called Adele Jones.

James was trained in acting at NIDA

National Institute of Dramatic Art

The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...

 (and later taught there). His acting credits include numerous Australian theatre productions as well as a telemovie of the film Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

The mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films, and popular songs, many of which take considerable liberties with the facts. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the...

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He also appeared on Cycle 3 of Australia's Next Top Model as himself in episode 9 for an acting challenge.