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Ako Mitchell is an American actor and filmmaker. He directed and co-wrote the short film "I'm in the corner with the bluebells", part of the international shorts competition at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Mitchell was nominated for the 2014 Offie for "Best Actor in a Play". In the West End production Fences he portrayed the brother of British actor Lenny Henry. Mitchell has also worked at London's Donmar Warehouse and played opposite Patina Miller in Sister Act at the London Palladium.