Kel Mitchell

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::summary American actor and comedian (born 1978) ::

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Field	Value
name	Kel Mitchell
image	Kel Mitchell at MultiCon 2025.jpg
alt	Image of Mitchell from 2025
caption	Mitchell in 2025
birth_name	Kel Johari Rice Mitchell
birth_date
birth_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
occupation	{{flatlist
years_active	1994–present
known_for	Ed in Good Burger & Good Burger 2
Kel Kimble in Kenan & Kel
Peezy B in Sam and Cat
Double G in Game Shakers
spouse
children	4
website
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| name = Kel Mitchell | image = Kel Mitchell at MultiCon 2025.jpg | alt = Image of Mitchell from 2025 | caption = Mitchell in 2025 | birth_name = Kel Johari Rice Mitchell | birth_date = | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist|

• Actor
• comedian
• pastor
• rapper
• singer
• television personality | years_active = 1994–present | known_for = Ed in Good Burger & Good Burger 2 Kel Kimble in Kenan & Kel Peezy B in Sam and Cat Double G in Game Shakers | spouse = | children = 4 | website =

Kel Johari Rice Mitchell (born August 25, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, singer, and TV host. He was an original cast member of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That for its first five seasons (1994–1999), where he was often paired with Kenan Thompson. His role as Ed in the All That sketch was reprised for the 1997 teen comedy film loosely based on the series, Good Burger. He co-starred with Thompson on the Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel from 1996 to 2000. Mitchell received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for his role as "T-Bone" in the children's animated series Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003). From 2015 to 2019, he starred as Double G on the Nickelodeon sitcom Game Shakers.

Early life

Mitchell was born August 25, 1978, in Chicago, Illinois, and is from the South Side. He attended Chicago Vocational High School and took drama classes at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation. He has two sisters, Kenyatta and Kyra.

Career

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Mitchell started his acting career alongside Kenan Thompson at the age of 15, in the Nickelodeon comedy sketch series All That, from 1994 to 1999. He and Thompson worked on the series Kenan & Kel from 1996 to 2000. They starred in the 1997 film Good Burger, which grew out of one of Mitchell's sketches from All That. The duo appeared together in an episode of Sister, Sister with Tia and Tamera Mowry, four episodes of The Steve Harvey Show, and in a special two-part episode of Cousin Skeeter. They were also featured in an episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

Outside of his ventures with Kenan Thompson, Mitchell provided the voice of a mild-mannered and playful dog named T-Bone in the children's cartoon series Clifford the Big Red Dog, alongside John Ritter, from 2000 to 2003. Additionally, he made an appearance in the 2004 Kanye West music video "All Falls Down" as a valet. Mitchell co-hosted Dance 360 with Fredro Starr; the show lasted for only one season. From 2005 until 2006, Mitchell portrayed Manny Sellers in the sitcom One on One, and in 2007 Mitchell starred in BET's Take the Cake. Some of his other credits include Honeydripper and Mystery Men. In 2003, both Mitchell and his Kenan & Kel co-star Kenan Thompson auditioned for Saturday Night Live, but only Thompson made the cut. In 2006, Mitchell was the subject of a death hoax, when a rumor was spread around Myspace.

In March 2008, he filmed his writing and producing debut, Dance Fu, in which he also starred as the lead role. Also in 2008, Mitchell appeared in two Detroit-based stage productions, Affairs and Laundromat, the latter written by Carlos Faison and also starred comedian Buddy Lewis, Leanne "Lelee" Lyons of R&B group SWV, celebrity impersonator/stage actor Matt Macis, and vocalist and performer Lauren "Lexxi" Alexis. Mitchell was a part of G4's Attack of the Show!, playing various characters. He also has a recurring role on the PBS Kids show Curious George.

Mitchell appeared at the 2011 Comikaze Expo with several of his All That cast members, and has appeared in numerous panels of the same kind since, including at New York Comic Con in 2015, and filmed segments with them for the show's 22nd anniversary celebration on The Splat in April 2016. Mitchell guest starred on Sam & Cat as rapper Peezy B, in the episode "#PeezyB".

Mitchell was a cast member on Dan Schneider's sitcom Game Shakers, which premiered on Nickelodeon on September 12, 2015. Mitchell played the role of Double G, a rap superstar and business partner of the Game Shakers company. Around the same time, Mitchell also guest starred in an episode of the Adult Swim show Loiter Squad, and in an episode of TV One's Love That Girl!. He also wrote and directed the inspirational film She Is Not My Sister, and produced several music videos.

On September 23, 2015, Mitchell appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in a skit featuring his iconic role as Ed from Good Burger. Mitchell was also reunited with his former Kenan & Kel costar Kenan Thompson, who reprised his role as "Lester Oakes, Construction Worker". They later competed against one another in an episode of the revived Nickelodeon game show Double Dare that aired in November 2018. They also teamed as executive producers for the reboot of All That which premiered in June 2019 and ran until 2020. Mitchell also returned as a recurring cast member.

Mitchell hosted the TV series Tails of Valor, which focused on true stories of service animals whose work has changed people's lives. Also in 2019, Mitchell competed as a celebrity contestant on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars, with his partner Witney Carson and finished in second place. Starting in December 2020, Mitchell appeared as a panelists for MTV's Ridiculousness spinoff, Deliciousness.

In 2022, Mitchell released a book entitled Blessed Mode: 90 Days to Level Up Your Faith, available physically, digitally, and as an audiobook. A song titled "Blessed Mode" was later released to streaming services like Spotify and iTunes. He and wife Asia also competed in an episode of Guy's Grocery Games against Ross Mathews. Later that year he released the children's book, Prank Day.https://m.imdb.com/title/tt31272361/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_1

The same year, Mitchell would team up with Thompson once more on Saturday Night Live for the "Kenan and Kelly" sketch in the December 3, 2022, episode hosted by Keke Palmer. He also starred in the VH1 television movie All I Didn't Want For Christmas with Gabourey Sidibe, which premiered on December 7.

In April 2025, Kel starred as Moonface Martin in OFC Creations Theatre Center's production of Anything Goes in Rochester, NY.

In November 2025, Kel was a Judge on the Netflix TV show Is It Cake?

Personal life

Mitchell was married to Tyisha Hampton from 1999 until their divorce in 2005. They have two children together, a son and a daughter. Tyisha Mitchell helped create Kel Videos Live (KVL), and Ganked, which she wrote and produced.

Mitchell married rapper Asia Lee on February 25, 2012. They have two children together, a daughter born in July 2017 and a son born in October 2020.

Mitchell and Lee received an award from the Carson Black Chamber in 2016 for their show The Back House Party. He is the spokesperson for Black College Expo.

He is a convert to Christianity. In December 2019, he became a youth pastor at Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka, Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Good Burger	Ed
Peoria Babylon	Beave
1999	Mystery Men	Invisible Boy
2000	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	Martin
2004	Clifford's Really Big Movie	T-Bone (voice)
2005	Ganked	Ricky Barry	Video
2006	Like Mike 2: Streetball	Ray	Video
2007	Honeydripper	Junebug
X's & O's	Covonne
2008	Don't Touch If You Ain't Prayed 2	Curtis	Video
2009	See Dick Run	Rich Jones
N.C.B.S.	Brannen	Short
2010	Freaknik: The Musical	Fruit Bowl Boys Frontman/Bill Cosby (voice)	TV movie
2011	Battle of Los Angeles	Lt. Tyler Laughlin	Video
B-Rock	B-Rock	Short
Dance Fu	Chicago Pulaski Jones/Pretty Eyed Willy
2012	She Is Not My Sister	Mr. Right
2013	Caught on Tape	Marlon
2014	First Impression	James Mason
Who Can I Run To	Javon
2015	Ridin' with Burgess	Lamar	Short
Jingle Hit Factory: Detention	Detention Monitor Mark	Short
2017	Thirst	Grace	Short
2020	Freeze	Chris	Short
2021	Adventures in Christmasing	Darren
2022	All I Didn't Want for Christmas	Wolf	TV movie
2023	Good Burger 2	Ed
2024	All I Stole for Christmas	-	Short
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994–99	All That	Himself/Cast Member	Main Cast: Season 1-5
1996–98	The Steve Harvey Show	Vincent	Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2-3
1996–2000	Kenan & Kel	Kel Kimble	Main Cast
1997	Sister, Sister	Todd	Episode: "Inherit the Twin"
1998	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Kel Kimble	Episode: "Sabrina's Choice"
1998–99	Figure It Out	Himself/Panelist	Recurring Panelist: Season 2, Guest Panelist: Season 3
1999	WWE Raw	Himself	Episode: "The End of an Era"
The Amanda Show	Himself	Episode: "Episode 1"
Cousin Skeeter	Kel Kimble	Episode: "Hoo, I'm Wild Wild West Part: 1 & 2"
2000	Nash Bridges	Stephen Dick Clark	Episode: "Hit and Run"
2000–01	City Guys	Malcolm	Guest Cast: Season 4-5
2000–03	Clifford the Big Red Dog	T-Bone	Main Cast
2001	The Proud Family	Carlos (voice)	Episode: "Forbidden Date"
2002	The Nick Cannon Show	Himself	Episode: "Nick Takes Over Style"
2003	The Parkers	Freddy Fabulous	Recurring Cast: Season 4, Guest: Season 5
2004	Dance 360	Himself/Co-Host	Main Co-Host
Clifford's Puppy Days	Bill Mazer (voice)	Episode: "Promise Is a Promise, A/Share and Share Alike"
Half & Half	Marlon	Episode: "The Big Not So Loyal Family Episode"
2005	My Coolest Years	Himself	Episode: "The Rich Kids"
The Drop	Himself	Episode: "Episode #2.17"
Complete Savages	Sid	Episode: "The Complete Savages in... 'Hot Water'"
2005–06	One on One	Manny Sellers	Recurring Cast: Season 5
2008	Attack of the Show!	Wayne-Bo	Episode: "Episode #1.767"
2009	Nite Tales: The Series	Marty Mac	Episode: "Ima Star"
2010	Pink Panther and Pals	Ant (voice)	Main cast
2011	Good Luck Charlie	M.C.	Episode: "Battle of the Bands"
2012	The Game	Diesel	Episode: "The Black People Episode"
The First Family	Shady/Swash	Recurring Cast: Season 1
Motorcity	Dutch Gordy (voice)	Main Cast
2012–15	Wild Grinders	Jay Jay (voice)	Main Cast
2013	Sam & Cat	Peezy B	Episode: "#PeezyB"
2014	Love That Girl!	Armondo	Episode: "You Don't Have to Go Home, But..."
The Thundermans	Sensai Kenny	Episode: "Have An Ice Birthday"
Liv & Maddie	Q-Pop	Episode: "Howl-A-Rooney"
Friends of the People	Kel	Episode: "Hustle Gods"
Loiter Squad	Himself	Episode: "Razor's Edge"
2015	Laff Mobb's We Got Next	Himself	Episode: "Motivation"
VeggieTales in the House	Various Roles (voice)	Episode: "Cool as a Cucumber/The Rich Young Comic Ruler"
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Ed	Episode: "James Spader/Andrew Rannells/Brian Regan"
2015–16	Da Jammies	Mike Fresh (voice)	Recurring Cast
2015–19	Game Shakers	Double G	Main Cast
2016	Slime Cup	Himself/Presenter	Main Presenter: Season 1
Robot Chicken	Various Roles (voice)	Episode: "Fridge Smell"
2017	WOTN Cleveland	Himself	Episode: "Seventeen The Cincinnati Comic Expo"
90's House	Himself	Episode: "The One With the Sitcom"
Henry Danger	Double G	Episode: "Danger Games"
2018	Wild 'n Out	Himself	Episode: "All That Takeover"
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards	Himself/Live Vote Host	Main Live Vote Host
Double Dare	Himself/Contestant	Episode: "Team Kel vs. Team Kenan"
Laugh at LA	Various Roles	Recurring Cast
2019	Tails of Valor/Best Friends Furever	Himself/Host	Main Host
Camp Nick	Himself	Episode: "Camp Nick Summer Fun"
Dancing with the Stars	Himself/Contestant	Contestant: Season 28
Tails of Valor	Himself	Main Cast
SpongeBob SquarePants	Beans McBeans	Episode: "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
South Side	Himself	Episode: "Mild Sauce Meatballs"
2019–20	All That	Various	Recurring Cast: Season 11
2020	The Funny Dance Show	Himself	Episode: "Just Dance, or at Least Try"
The Substitute	Himself	Episode: "Kel Mitchell"
Chasing the Crown: Dreamers to Streamers	Himself	Episode: "201 & 205"
Unfiltered	Himself	Episode: "This Planet is Cuckoo!"
2020–21	Deliciousness	Himself/Panelist	Main Panelist: Season 1-2
2021	PsBattles Live	Himself	Episode: "PsBattles Live: Michael Ian Black and Kel Mitchel"
2022	Black Love	Himself	Episode: "There Isn't One Way: Part 1"
Saturday Night Live	Himself	Episode: "Keke Palmer/SZA"
2022–23	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Mr. Matthews/Gaspar	Guest Cast: Season 3-4
2023	Celebrity Wheel of Fortune	Himself/Celebrity Contestant	Episode: "Kel Mitchell, Kim Fields and Penn Jillette"
Celebrity Squares	Himself	Episode: "Can't Have No Cold Hot Sauce"
Hell's Kitchen	Himself	Episode: "The Pastabilities Are Endless"
2023–24	Pictionary	Himself/Team Captain	Guest: Season 1, Recurring Team Captain: Season 2
2024	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Himself/Contestant	Episode: "Episode #3.1"
After Midnight	Himself	Episode: "Episode #1.11" & "#1.79"
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Theatre

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2025	Anything Goes	Moonface Martin	OFC Creations Theatre Center; Dir. Eric Vaughn Johnson
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Music videos

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Year	Title	Artist	Role
1996	"Watch Me Do My Thing"	Immature feat. Smooth	Himself
1997	"All I Want"	702	Ed
1999	"All Star"	Smash Mouth	Invisible Boy
2004	"All Falls Down"	Kanye West feat. Syleena Johnson	Valet
2012	"Living Water"	Travis Greene	Business Man
2017	"Young Dumb & Broke"	Khalid	School Cook
2019	“Hot Shower”	Chance the Rapper feat. MadeinTYO & DaBaby	Line Cook
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Video games

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Year	Title	Role
2000	Clifford the Big Red Dog: Learning Activities	T-Bone (voice)
2002	Clifford the Big Red Dog: Musical Memory Games
2003	Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics
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Web

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Hotness or Hot Mess	Host; Himself	12 episodes on the MadameNoire website and YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjbwnS8FpH5H2BQ3rLc0eTBpsVR1YbiyR&si=mdZhInovcQW_3h3K
2023	Burger Tales	Host; Himself	on YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjbwnS8FpH5G7RZG4rAXHffaR-d12J9LC&si=jIyl1ENPkeLuo-NK
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Accolades

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Year	Awards	Category	Recipient	Outcome
2001	Daytime Emmy Award	Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program	Clifford the Big Red Dog
2002
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Discography

Singles

• 1995: "Chillin" (by Aftermath feat. Kel Mitchell) from All That live performance on April 1, 1995
• 1996: "Watch Me Do My Thing" (by Immature featuring Smooth and Kel Mitchell) from All That: The Album
• 1997: "We're All Dudes" (by Less Than Jake and Kel Mitchell) from the Good Burger soundtrack
• 1999: "Who Are Those Mystery Men" (by Kel Mitchell and the M.A.F.T. Emcees featuring Romaine Jones and Simbi Khali) from the Mystery Men soundtrack
• 1999: "Pedal to the Steel" (by Youngstown featuring Kel Mitchell) from Youngstown's Let's Roll
• 2015: "Kel Mitchell" (by Spec featuring Asia Lee and Kel Mitchell) from Spec Vacancy
• 2022: "Blessed Mode" (by Kel Mitchell featuring nobigdyl and Scootie Wop)
• 2023: "Go Time" (by Kel Mitchell)
• 2023: "All Dudes Remix" from Good Burger 2
• 2024: "Won’t Get Blocked" (collaboration with Rising Lab)

References

References

1. (December 2025). "Kel Mitchell". TCM Database.
2. Gomez, Patrick. (October 28, 2015). "How All That's Kel Mitchell Overcame Drug Use and homicidal Thoughts by Finding Faith".
3. Lukach, Adam. (June 4, 2018). "Q&A: Chicago native Kel Mitchell returns home for Nickelodeon SlimeFest".
4. [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-07-27-9707270374-story.html Class Clown] Chicago Tribune. July 27, 1997.
5. "Kel Mitchell Profile". Superior Pics.
6. Gideon Resnick. (December 19, 2013). "Whatever Happened to Kel From Kenan & Kel—as Explained by Kel". [[The Atlantic]].
7. (November 6, 2011). "All That panel: Kel loves Orange soda". YouTube.
8. Harnick, Chris. (March 23, 2016). "An All That Reunion Is Coming to The Splat—This Is Vital Information for Your Everyday Life".
9. (July 22, 2013). "Kel's Back On Nickelodeon".
10. Snierson, Dan. (June 26, 2015). "Kel Mitchell returns to Nickelodeon to star in 'Game Shakers'".
11. . (June 14, 2018). ["Kel Mitchell to perform at Belcher"](https://www.news-journal.com/features/atplay/kel-mitchell-to-perform-at-belcher/article_12d03cca-6da0-11e8-8df8-6b34b738c117.html).
12. "Aww! Nickelodeon Star Kel Mitchell And His Wife Asia Lee Share How They Met and Their Baby Joy".
13. "Dancing with the Stars 2019 Cast Revealed {{!}} Dancing with the Stars".
14. Walsh, S. M.. (November 25, 2019). "Kel Mitchell's Kids & Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know".
15. Cohn, Paulette. (November 4, 2019). "Exclusive: Dancing with the Stars' Kel Mitchell on Going From Low Scores to Becoming a Contender". Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays.
16. Mitchell, Kel. (February 21, 2019). "It's the truth!! #AllThat is back!! Get ready! Get Set! My bro @kenanthompson and I are about to take this to a whole new level! Now that's All That! #blessedlife #Nickelodeon #kenanandkel #teamJesus #executiveproducers #allthatisback 🤯💯🔥🙏🏾💪🏾".
17. (July 1, 2021). "The CW And Litton Entertainment Announce Multiyear Extension For Award-Winning Saturday Morning Block "One Magnificent Morning"".
18. Thorbecke, Catherine. (August 21, 2019). "''Dancing With the Stars'' 2019: Hannah Brown, Karamo Brown, Lamar Odom and more to compete on new season". [[Good Morning America]].
19. (November 23, 2020). "MTV's Ridiculousness Spinoff is Guaranteed to Make You Hungry—And Make You Laugh".
20. (March 10, 2022). "Chicago native Kel Mitchell's New Book 'Blessed Mode' available now".
21. (March 11, 2022). "Kel Mitchell Releases "Blessed Mode"".
22. Kel Mitchell. (April 13, 2022). "So much fun!!!!! Watch tonight on @GuyFieri #grocerygames awesome time with my love @therealasialee".
23. (December 4, 2022). "Is It True? SNL Gave Us a Kenan & Kel Reboot Sketch".
24. https://collider.com/is-it-cake-holiday-season-2-netflix-streaming-success-december-2025/
25. (September 17, 2015). "Kel Mitchell of 'All That,' 'Kenan & Kel': Where He is Now".
26. Williams, Nakisha. (February 29, 2012). "Actor Kel Mitchell Jumps the Broom With Rapper Asia Lee". BET.
27. Aiello, McKenna. (July 25, 2017). "Kel Mitchell and Wife Asia Lee Welcome a Daughter Named Wisdom".
28. Juneau, Jen. (November 2, 2020). "All That and a Baby Boy! Kel Mitchell and Wife Asia Lee Welcome Son Honor Johari-Rice". [[People (magazine).
29. Grant, Jasmine. (May 26, 2020). "Kel Mitchell And Asia Lee Used This TikTok Challenge For Their Gender Reveal". [[Essence (magazine).
30. Montgomery, Daniel. (November 18, 2019). "'Dancing with the Stars' season 28 cast photos: Who are the celebs competing for 'DWTS' Mirror Ball Trophy?".
31. "National College Resources Foundation".
32. (February 16, 2013). "My Testimony – The Official Website of Kel Mitchell".
33. (November 9, 2019). "Pastor Kel Mitchell".
34. Thompson, Avery. (September 16, 2019). "Kel Mitchell: 5 Things To Know About The '90s Star Hitting The Dance Floor For 'DWTS' Season 28".
35. (December 9, 2019). "'Keenan & Kel' star Kel Mitchell is now a licensed pastor".
36. (2023-05-18). "Filming of 'Good Burger 2' begins at old Friendly's in North Providence".
37. Lawrence, Derek. (June 25, 2018). "Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell reuniting to compete on special episode of Double Dare".
38. (December 5, 2018). ""CBS DREAM TEAM… IT'S EPIC!" ADDS NEW SERIES TO ITS SATURDAY MORNING LINEUP". CBS.

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