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- But “NCIS New Orleans” star Mitchell is actually disabled. He was paralyzed from the waist down in a motorcycle accident in 2001. He had a thriving acting career prior to his accident; check out his performance in the hilarious Star Trek spoof “Galaxy Quest.”
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Apr 2, 2019 · In the April 2 episode of NCIS: New Orleans, Patton (Daryl “Chill” Mitchell) takes center-stage as he attempts to solve the murder of a close friend. The episode “In Plain Sight” also...
Nov 26, 2009 · Daryl "Chill" Mitchell's life changed nine years ago when a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. He uses a wheelchair to get around the set of his new Fox comedy...
Mar 7, 2018 · According to the Ruderman Family Foundation white paper on employment of actors with disabilities in television, only 2 percent of TV characters have disabilities, and of those, 95 percent are played by non-disabled actors. But “NCIS New Orleans” star Mitchell is actually disabled.
Jul 11, 2012 · One of the busiest actors with a spinal cord injury in Hollywood, he’s been working in the industry since 1990. But he hasn’t always been a wheelchair-user. Paralyzed in a motorcycle accident in 2001, he amazingly didn’t let his injury derail his career.
Feb 12, 2021 · Audiences see actor Daryl “Chill” Mitchell in his wheelchair on shows like “NCIS: New Orleans” or “Fear the Walking Dead” and assume he is playing a part. It’s easy to see why, as ...
Sep 1, 2016 · Daryl “Chill” Mitchell — ex-rapper, T4 SCI, disability activist, actor, currently the co-star of NCIS: New Orleans — is at war. So far he seems to be on the winning side. Nowadays he is arguably the most steadily-employed actor with a disability in Hollywood.
Jan 14, 2015 · On “NCIS: New Orleans,” which has helped CBS dominate viewership on Tuesday nights, Mitchell plays an investigative computer specialist, sporting a nifty laptop tray mounted on his wheelchair so he can provide Scott Bakula (Agent Dwayne “King” Pride) and his crew of investigators with the cyber info needed to catch the bad guys.
