Sasha Mitchell

Sasha Mitchell (born July 27, 1967) is an American actor best known for his television roles as James Beaumont on Dallas and Cody Lambert on Step by Step as well as playing David Sloane in three installments of the original Kickboxer franchise. Mitchell has a black belt in taekwondo.

Mitchell was born on 27 July 1967 in Los Angeles, California, the son of a garment manufacturer.[2] Mitchell is Jewish, with Russian origins.[3] In 1990, he married Jeannette Robbins. The two had four children together before divorcing in 1997. During Mitchell’s marriage to Robbins, police were called to the couple’s home to investigate reports of domestic abuse. In 1996, Mitchell was convicted of misdemeanor battery, spousal abuse and child endangerment stemming from an altercation with his wife. He was given three years’ probation and ordered to perform community service and attend counseling classes for spouse abusers. After violating his probation, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail.[4] In 2002, Mitchell was on Entertainment Tonight and came clean about the incident and it was revealed that he was protecting his children from his ex-wife, who was addicted to drugs at the time of the arrests. Mitchell ended up getting custody of their four children with his ex-wife given limited visitation.