Silas Weir Mitchell

Silas Weir Mitchell Neilson (born 30 September 1969) is an American character actor.

In 2007, he played Ken Olson, a killer who tried to copycat The Bay Harbor Butcher, on Showtime's DEXTER.

Appearances
Season Two:
 * "Dex, Lies, and Videotape"

Career
He is perhaps best known for starring as Charles "Haywire" Patoshik in the television series Prison Break (2005–2007), and Monroe in the series Grimm (2011–2017). He has had recurring guest roles in such series as 24, Numb3rs, My Name Is Earl, Cold Case, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Law & Order: SVU, Burn Notice, Monk, Six Feet Under, X-Files, The Closer, Boomtown, and The Shield.

He also appeared in Rat Race (2001) and in The Whole Ten Yards (2004). In 2009, he appeared in A Fork in the Road, and Halloween 2.

Personal Life
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has three sisters and one brother. He attended The Montgomery Country Day School for his elementary school years. He is a graduate of St. Paul's School, a college-preparatory boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire (1987) and Brown University (1991) in Rhode Island, where he majored in Theatre and Religion. After graduating from Brown, he spent time in New York City, acting in minor theatre productions. He then attended a three-year theatre program at the University of California, San Diego, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree (1995).

Trivia

 * He is the founder and president of the production company, Phantom Limbs Plays & Pictures.