The actor who made Walter White Jr. unforgettable has died. Here is the career, and the advocacy, he leaves behind.
Mitte died Monday, Oct. 12, in Brownsville, Texas, his representatives confirmed. No official cause of death has been released.
Roy Frank Mitte III was born Aug. 21, 1992, in Jackson, Mississippi. Doctors diagnosed him with cerebral palsy when he was 3. Shown: Comic-Con 2013.
In 2008 he was cast as Walter White Jr., Walt's teenage son, who also has cerebral palsy. He played him in all five seasons of Breaking Bad.
Walt Jr.'s condition was written as more severe than his own, so Mitte learned to use crutches and slowed his speech for the part.
In 2014 he accepted the show's Peabody Award with Bryan Cranston and Betsy Brandt, the same year the cast won the SAG Award for best drama ensemble.
In 2014 he joined ABC Family's Switched at Birth as Campbell, a pre-med student who uses a wheelchair after a snowboarding accident.
SAG-AFTRA gave him its Harold Russell Award in 2013. He became a guild spokesman for actors with disabilities and a United Cerebral Palsy ambassador.
He walked the runway for Vivienne Westwood in 2015 and was a presenter on Britain's Channel 4 coverage of the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Later he starred in and executive produced the 2021 drama Triumph, joined Netflix's The Guardians of Justice and kept meeting fans at conventions.
Mitte showed millions of viewers a disabled character written as a full person, then spent his career opening doors for other disabled actors.