Dashiell Raymond Mihok was born on May 24, 1974 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, to Andrea Mihok (née Cloak) and Raymond Thorne (born Raymond Mihok), both actors, with ties to the New York
stage. He is of Czech and British descent. Dash was raised in a trendy artist building. He attended many
different schools, including the Bronx High School of Science. During
his freshman year in 1988, while going to high school, he participated
in City Kids, a foundation in New York City whose purpose is to engage
and develop young people through programs dealing with self-esteem,
leadership, and communication, which grew into a role on
CityKids (1993), a short-lived TV
series that starred a group of multi-ethnic teen actors and
Jim Henson's Muppets. Dash was part
of the group's touring company, which put on productions all over the
city.Much of the New York native's early work was lensed in his hometown.
The young actor appeared in guest spots on the NYC-filmed dramas
New York Undercover (1994),
NYPD Blue (1993), and
Law & Order (1990). Mihok made
his film debut in the 1994 racially themed independent feature "Black
is White" before receiving particularly strong reviews for his role as
a mentally unbalanced young man in the CBS-TV movie thriller
Murderous Intent (1995),
and an appearance in
Barry Levinson's hard-hitting
Sleepers (1996) followed. While Mihok's
performances in these New York-filmed features were strong, he first
gained real notice with his featured role in
Baz Luhrmann's modern take on
Romeo + Juliet (1996).He was a featured regular on the CBS sitcom
Pearl (1996), on which he starred as
Rhea Perlman's rebellious son Joey. He also
had a recurring role during 1999 on the WB's college drama
Felicity (1998) as Lynn, a
competitive swimmer attending the fictional University of New York. He
has also had a guest appearance on
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).To date, he has been in a variety of independent and high-budget films,
the most recent of which being
Hollywoodland (2006) and
Firehouse Dog (2007).
