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Mitch Ainley

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Mitch Ainley
The story of four American soldiers in WW2, who after they witness a vicious murder of an innocent civilian at the hands of their platoon Sergeant, are sent on a reconnaissance/suicide mission led by a local partisan, an elderly man whose indeterminate loyalties add to the terror and confusion that engulfs the Americans as they are hunted by an unseen enemy. Peace centers around young men in the midst of war.
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Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the youngest of three siblings, Mitch grew up focusing on what most Manitobans do, hockey. He excelled at the sport, finishing his career as a defenceman with the MMJHL team, Transcona Railer Express, before turning his focus to acting. Although he participated in high school plays, Mitch's passion for the craft didn't ignite until he was awarded scene study classes for winning a local modelling competition he was persuaded to enter by his mother. While modelling was not a career path Mitch was interested in, the suggestion that "you never know what could happen" led to his participation. Opportunity soon came knocking with a chance to audition for Randall Wallace's film, Heaven Is For Real, starring Greg Kinnear. Mitch jumped at the opportunity and was offered the role of 'Heywood', a young wrestler being mentored by Kinnear's character. To this day, he still credits that first experience, and the kindness Wallace showed, as being a catalyst for moving forward down this path. Mitch's first major role was soon to follow with Lifetime's The Choking Game opposite Freya Tingley. A film that focused on the dark side of teenage naivety. Since that time, he has been busy working on many projects, including NBC's Timeless, SyFy's The Magicians, the Leo Award nominated short The Last Stop, Hallmark's The Wedding March 2: The Last Resort and The Wedding March 3: Here Comes The Bride with Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett. To Mitch's friends and family, his success in this field comes as no surprise. Ever the entertainer, Mitch is well known as a comedian who spends his downtime songwriting, snowboarding and attempting to master the fine art of Jiu Jitsu.
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    Heaven Is for Real (2014)
    Heaven Is for Real
    5.9
    • Heywood
    • 2014
    Malcolm Barrett, Abigail Spencer, Goran Visnjic, Matt Lanter, Claudia Doumit, and Sheldon Landry in Timeless (2016)
    Timeless
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Sentry
    Recon (2019)
    Recon
    4.6
    • Hopewell
    • 2019
    Rose McIver in iZombie (2015)
    iZombie
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Jamie Ross

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    • Make Me Feel (2023)
      Make Me Feel
      Short
      • Mitch
      • 2023
    • Stella Maeve, Summer Bishil, Hale Appleman, Olivia Taylor Dudley, and Arjun Gupta in The Magicians (2015)
      The Magicians
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Lance
      • Lance Morrison
      • 2018–2020
    • Recon (2019)
      Recon
      4.6
      • Hopewell
      • 2019
    • Rose McIver in iZombie (2015)
      iZombie
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Jamie Ross
      • 2019
    • Mitch Ainley and Alyssa Lynch in Deadly Match (2019)
      Deadly Match
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • Zach
      • 2019
    • Tom Cavanagh and Kimberly Williams-Paisley in Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence (2018)
      Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Pol. Roy Wingreen
      • 2018
    • Josie Bissett and Jack Wagner in Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride (2018)
      Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • Wyatt
      • 2018
    • Josie Bissett and Jack Wagner in Wedding March 2: Resorting to Love (2017)
      Wedding March 2: Resorting to Love
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Wyatt
      • 2017
    • Malcolm Barrett, Abigail Spencer, Goran Visnjic, Matt Lanter, Claudia Doumit, and Sheldon Landry in Timeless (2016)
      Timeless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Sentry
      • 2016
    • Andrea Wilde, Mitch Ainley, Amanda Baia, and Justin Bowe in Generation Y (2015)
      Generation Y
      Short
      • Flynn
      • 2015
    • Peri Gilpin, Alexa Rose Steele, and Freya Tingley in The Choking Game (2014)
      The Choking Game
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Ryder
      • 2014
    • Heaven Is for Real (2014)
      Heaven Is for Real
      5.9
      • Heywood
      • 2014

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