Atticus Mitchell: "My Babysitter's a Vampire," "Stonewall," "Now I can be who I am," and nude photos, but has he done anything gay lately?

 

When I was researching Star Trek, Strange New Worlds, I looked for nude photos of various cast members, and found several of Atticus Mitchell, who played an ensign "scared by a dog" in one episode.  

You are probably more familiar with him as Benny Weir of My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010 movie, 2011-12 tv series):  teenager Ethan (Matthew Knight)  battles demons, zombies, and various paranormal perils with the help of his buddies, Benny (Atticus, left) and Rory (Cameron Kennedy), plus his sister's vampire babysitter. 

Everyone was intensely hetero-horny, but there was a lot of beefcake. Here the guys agree to be sacrificed so an ancient Aztec goddess can be reunited with her boyfriend.  She's not interested in them, and they're going to die, but that's not important.  She's a girl, so whatever she wants, she gets. 

My earlier review of the series pointed out a lot of gay subtexts.  Here Benny distracts Ethan's girlfriend so he can smooch on Rory.  It's probably a behind-the-scenes shot. 

Born in Toronto in 1993, Atticus became interested in acting in elementary school, and performed in four plays while at St. John Elementary School:

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest

James and the Giant Peach

50 Below Zero

When he graduated to Malvern Collegiate Institute (a public high school, in spite of the ponderous name), Atticus switched to on-screen acting with the teencom How to Be Indie (2009-2011), which is about an Indian-Canadian girl, not indie rock. Dylan Everett (26 years old in this photo) played her best friend.  Atticus played a bully.

Next came Vampire, followed by the teen movie Radio Rebel (2012), about a shy high school girl with a secret identity as an underground radio dj. So she's Hannah Montana.  Atticus plays Gabe, a musician who tries to sneak and snark his way into air time, and his future boyfriend or good buddy Adam DiMarco plays as Gavin, the girl's "love interest."  

Aside from Vampire, Atticus is best known for his role as Mickey Hess on Fargo (2014): he runs a shady trucking company with his dad and brother. No girlfriend, but he is established as heterosexual by playing with a female "sex doll."

I was more interested in the role of Matthew in Stonewall (2015), about the 1969 riots that started the Gay Rights Movement, with Danny (Jeremy Irvine) as a white masculine Saviour from Indiana.  

Problem: Matthew doesn't appear in the synopsis, and I don't recall him from watching.  But surely he's gay.

Nude photos after the break.  Caution: Explicit.

This photo comes from a j/o session around 2015, when Atticus was starring in Stonewall.   

Another session standing up, same sized dick, outtie belly button.

Full arousal, but  I don't think it's Atticus: this guy is much bigger, and has more body hair.

Looking for gay characters after Stonewall, I checked the tv series Transplant (2022): not an organ transplant, a Syrian refugee doctor (Hamza Haq) who has to redo his medical training in order to practice in Canada.  In Season 2, Atticus plays Jake Cooper, a med student being supervised by Theo (Jim Watson) and dating Mags (Laurence Lebouef). 

Don't get excited, Laurence is a lady with a man's name.  Jake Cooper is straight.

How about The Hardy Boys (2020-23),  with a modernized Frank and Joe (Rohan Campbell, Alexander Elliott), a female Biff, and an occasional background lesbian?  Atticus plays JB Cox, a thief for hire who saves Joe, befriends him, betrays him, and then apologizes and leaves town with the note: "If you ever need me..."    

I was ready to mark "gay subtext," but then I discovered that Joe is a young teen, so it's just a fraternal relationship.  How disappointing!

Atticus' most recent work is Hell Motel (2025): 10 true crime fans descend upon the Cold River Motel, where a newlywed couple was murdered 30 years ago.  They start getting knocked off. J  Atticus plays Blake, who is not married, but seems to hang around with women a lot.  A Redditor complains that this is actually Season 6 of Slasher, and "the only season with no guy-on-guy action," so apparently he's straight.  

Another disappointment.

Atticus is also a singer, using the name Atticus Dean, with three albums and some singles on Spotify.   His songs include "We Will Survive This Long Night," "Beautiful Boy" (about his deceased dog), and "Now I Can Be the Real Me" (2012): 

Now I can be who I am

Now I can stand up for everyone to see

Taking this life in my hands

Now I can be, now I can be the real me

Sounds like my coming out anthem:

The adults are lying, only real is real.

We stop the fight right now, we got to be what we feel.

So, if you were ready to tell the world about your true self back in 2012, why no gay characters after Stonewall?  And why is there a pillar between you and Adam DiMarco.  Are you boyfriends or not?

Fans want "This is my boyfriend," not good-buddy hugs.  

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See also: Caleb Brown: Is the former "Lay-Lay" star closeted or gay-teasing? With a switch to Peyton Perrine and Chris Redd's cock

Ilia Bolshaya: Collegiate swimmer with a 3.97 GPA and a huge sausage. With nude swimmers and why gay men don't major in science

"Stonewall": A movie about the riots that began the Gay Rights Movement, with nice cops, a White Saviour, and some dicks