{"id":628739,"date":"2026-10-12T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628739\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:04:09","slug":"breaking-bad-actor-r-j-mitte-dead-at-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628739\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Bad actor R.J. Mitte dead at 34"},"content":{"rendered":"

They said Mitte was best known for his role as Walter \u201dFlynn\u201d White jnr on the critically acclaimed, award-winning AMC series Breaking Bad.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrawing from his own experience living with cerebral palsy, Mitte brought authenticity to the role and built a platform on disability awareness and inclusion,\u201d the statement read. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe cast of Breaking Bad, R.J. Mitte (from left), Jonathan Banks, Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul and Bob Odenkirk, pose at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond entertaining friends and family around the world, he served as an ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old actor appeared in 56 episodes of the hit series Breaking Bad.<\/p>\n

He was also known for his roles in The Oak Room, The Recall and The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!)\u201d.<\/p>\n

He got engaged to his partner Kennedy Suarez last year on her 30th birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to have found my person, my partner in life who makes me want to be better, no matter what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he told People magazine at the time.<\/p>\n

Mitte recently appeared on The Joe Vulpis Podcast, where he spoke about the impact his role in Breaking Bad had had on his life.<\/p>\n

Mitte was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was 3 and dedicated his life to advocating for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n

He was president of the Mitte Foundation, an Austin-based charity helping support educational, community, ageing and disability services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They said Mitte was best known for his role as Walter \u201dFlynn\u201d White jnr on the critically acclaimed,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[87913,3376,18919,8239,1975,15435,3390,1647,690,6179,156,33450,308484,111,139,69,163019,205,37116,16550],"class_list":["post-628739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-87913","tag-actor","tag-aged","tag-american","tag-at","tag-bad","tag-best","tag-breaking","tag-dead","tag-died","tag-entertainment","tag-known","tag-mitte","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rj","tag-role","tag-walter","tag-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}