| Mitchell Laurance | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 2, 1950 Queens, New York City, New York, US |
| Medium | Actor, sports broadcaster |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Ewa Laurance |
| Notable works and roles | Not Necessarily the News , Matlock , Dawson's Creek |
Mitchell "Mitch" Laurance is an American film and television actor and sports broadcaster.
Mitchell Dickoff was born in Queens, New York City, New York and raised in Hewlett, New York. [1] [2] He has an identical twin brother, Matthew (born four minutes later), who is also a professional actor. [3] [4]
Both brothers are graduates of Tufts University. [3]
Mitchell and his identical twin brother Matthew appear occasionally together, beginning when they were children in a margarine TV commercial which featured identical twins, and later in an episode of the TV series Cop Rock . Although Matthew was a performer on Saturday Night Live for its sixth season, Mitchell also appeared in uncredited roles on the show for a few seasons (1977–80) [2] and was an associate director and producer for the show. [5]
In 1989, Mitchell was in an AT&T commercial in which he played a man in a phone booth trying to dial Phoenix and was instead repeatedly getting Fiji. [6]
Mitchell appeared on Not Necessarily the News during the 1980s. Other recurring roles included the short-lived series Roxie (1987; most of the episodes were unaired), L.A. Law (1987−88), Reasonable Doubts (1992–93), Matlock (1988−95), and Dawson's Creek . Guest roles have ranged from Laverne & Shirley , CHiPs , The Outer Limits , One Tree Hill , Night Court , Prison Break , MacGyver , Beauty and the Beast , Midnight Caller , Empty Nest , and Jake and the Fatman . He was in the "Apollo One" episode of the mini-series From the Earth to the Moon (1998). [2] In the early 1990s he performed the role of Ben Arnold on the soap opera Santa Barbara .
He also has acted in feature films such as Stepfather II , The Runestone , The Hand That Rocks the Cradle , and Urban Mythology , and TV movies (especially in the 1990s) including The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery; Perfect Crime; To Love, Honor and Deceive; Kiss and Tell; Deadly Pursuits; Inflammable; and Death in Small Doses. [2]
He has been a radio disk jockey at WFMZ, a sports radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has hosted billiards tournaments and has provided sports commentary for ESPN. He has also been the host of a golf podcast, Golf Connections with Mitch Laurance. [5]
Laurance is married to Ewa Laurance (née Svensson; formerly known as Ewa Mataya), a billiards world champion (a member of the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame) and model. [7] [5] They reside in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina [5]
He is a golf enthusiast, having played in pro-am golf tournaments. [5] [7]