- Born
- Birth nameDashiell Raymond Mihok
- Nickname
- Diz Mihok
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Dashiell Mihok(My-hock) AKA Dash and "Diz" Mihok, was raised in Greenwich Village, NYC.
The actor, director, producer, musician's career, spanning over 30 years, include roles as Benvolio in Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo and Juliet", Pvt. 1cl. Doll in Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line", Jason in Roland Emmerich's "The Day After Tomorrow, Sgt. Jeremy Mitchell in Wolfgang Peterson's "The Perfect Storm", Officer Keough in David O. Russell's "The Silver Linings Playbook", as well as his early work in Barry Levinson's "Sleepers' and more recently Adrian Lyne's "Deep Water."
Mihok may be best known for creating the character of "Bunchy Donovan", in the hit series "Ray Donovan."
His often eclectic choices from smaller independent projects like the recent "Wildflower", to playing the motion capture lead villain "Alpha Male" in big budget films like "I Am Legend", have branded him a multi-dimensional craftsman and friend among all who have collaborated with him. With 100 plus credits in television and film acting and directing.
Dash Mihok's early roots in New York, originate growing up in Westbeth Artists Housing, to Andrea Mihok and Broadway actor Raymond Thorne are something the musical thespian has said looking back as -
"One of the greatest gifts an overtly curious kid with Tourette Syndrome could ultimately ever have. Being immersed in a wild environment of everything - from painters, dancers, jazz musicians, actors, to graffiti artist's made me feel normal."
Mihok attended the Bronx High School of Science as well as the Professional Children's School.
A musician since the age of 8, "Diz" as he is known by many, started releasing music in 2009 under the name Diz and The Fam.
Mihok resides in Los Angeles and New York with his wife, musician and Latin artist Valeria Mason and 2 daughters Olivia and Catalina.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sigmatic
- SpouseValeria Mason(2009 - present)
- ParentsAndrea Mihok
- Has Tourette's syndrome.
- Is the subject of two Alanis Morissette songs, "So Pure" and "That Particular Time.".
- Was a doorman for a few years in Manhattan for a Fifth Avenue apartment building in which Ralph Lauren lives.
- Danced his way through the music video "So Pure" with Alanis Morissette; the couple was dating at the time.
- He played, with digital motion-capture similar to the technique used to make Andy Serkis Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" films, the Alpha Male, a leader of the vampiric and fierce Infected that antagonize Will Smith in I Am Legend (2007).
- There's moments when you have to make a split-second decision that will form you for the rest of your life.
- "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" by Thom Hartmann explains how we can change ourselves and our culture to return to a balanced and healthy environment.
- In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going.
- There wasn't any room for failure. I just went for it. I give 110 percent to everything I do, so it was very exhausting and brutal; mentally, physically and spiritually. It was a test, and I learned a lot from it. - about The Thin Red Line (1998) and its filming
- It's challenging to take on something else that is not you and make it very real and have others be able to associate with it. It's wonderful to provoke thought.
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