RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. on Breaking Bad, has died at 34.
Mitte died Monday in Texas, according to a county official who confirmed the death to TMZ. His representatives also confirmed his passing to Deadline. TMZ reported that law enforcement sources described the death as a suicide and said an investigation is ongoing. His representatives did not announce a cause of death.
Roy Frank Mitte III was born August 21, 1992, in Jackson, Mississippi. He died October 12, 2026.
Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age 3, Mitte moved to Hollywood in 2006 and landed his breakthrough role two years later: Walter “Flynn” White Jr., the son of Bryan Cranston’s Walter White. He appeared in 56 episodes across all five seasons of the AMC series, from 2008 to 2013.
He went on to roles in Switched at Birth and in films including The Oak Room and Triumph, which he also executive produced.
Off screen, Mitte became one of Hollywood’s leading voices for disability representation, serving as a Screen Actors Guild spokesman for actors with disabilities and a celebrity ambassador for United Cerebral Palsy. He received the SAG-AFTRA Harold Russell Award in 2013.
Mitte announced his engagement to Kennedy Suarez in October 2025.
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