The lights dimmed on stage and the audience went wild. The energy vibrated through the theatre as co-star of the award-winning TV show Breaking Bad took centre stage.
“Hi, I’m RJ Mitte and if you don’t know who I am, then yeah I have no idea why you’re here,” he said to a laughing audience.
He’s one of the few actors on TV with a disability and, like the character he plays on Breaking Bad, Mitte has cerebral palsy. He was diagnosed when he was three years old.