Dash Mihok

Dashiell Raymond Mihok (born May 24, 1974) is an American actor and director known for playing Brendan "Bunchy" Donovan in the Showtime drama series Ray Donovan.

Mihok was born in New York City, the son of theater actors Andrea Mihok (née Cloak) and Raymond Thorne (né Mihok).

He has two older sisters: Gwen Mihok, an actress, and Cecily Trenka, a science teacher.

He is of Czech and British descent.

Mihok grew up in Greenwich Village and lived in the artist community Westbeth on Bank Street.

Mihok went to PS 3, a public elementary school in Manhattan, currently named the John Melser Charrette School.

He attended the Center School (MS 243) for middle school.

While attending Bronx High School of Science, where he played baseball as a middle infielder, Mihok joined CityKids Repertory, and appeared in the short-lived TV show, CityKids, which featured local New York child actors and Jim Henson's The Muppets.

Mihok also attended the Professional Children's School in Manhattan with best friend, actor Donald Faison.

Mihok got his start doing guest spots in local New York City productions of Law & Order, NYPD Blue, and New York Undercover. In 1994, Mihok debuted in the independent film, Black is White. In 1995, Mihok appeared in the CBS movie of the week, Murderous Intent.

In 1996, Mihok appeared in director Barry Levinson's film Sleepers, which was notable for its depiction of sexual abuse.

The same year, Mihok also appeared in the Angelina Jolie film, Foxfire. His breakout role was in the Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes-starring Romeo + Juliet.

To prepare for his audition, Mihok studied Shakespeare and had five extensive audition sessions with director Baz Luhrmann before landing the role of Benvolio.

In 1996, Mihok was a featured regular in the role of Joey in the Rhea Perlman CBS sitcom Pearl. In 1999, he appeared on The WB series Felicity, where he portrayed Lynn, a competitive swimmer, in multiple episodes.

He has been featured in roles in films such as The Day After Tomorrow, The Perfect Storm, I Am Legend, and Silver Linings Playbook.

He has had starring roles in independent features such as Telling You and Loveless in Los Angeles.

In 1998, for Terrence Malick's Thin Red Line, Mihok said he spent an intensive six months working on the film, with the amount of footage constituting a starring role, but during editing was reduced to an ensemble part as Private First Class Doll.

In 2004, Mihok appeared on Sicilian-Puerto Rican New York-based rapper Sabac Red's record Sabacolypse: A Change Gon' Come, on the track "I Have A Dream."

The lyrics refer to tics that people exhibit as symptoms of Tourette syndrome.

For the 2005 movie Green Street Hooligans, Mihok wrote the title track "Test of a Man."

During this time he also collaborated with Daniel Freedman, a jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer on various music projects.

In 2006, Mihok appeared in the film Hollywoodland and in 2007 in the film, Firehouse Dog.

He also directed the 2006 short film called That Guy.

In 2008, he played Detective Martin Soap in the film Punisher: War Zone.

In 2011, Mihok directed a short film called Abby. The film stars his sister, Gwen.

As part of the 2011 straight-to-video film, Lifted, Mihok and the actor who plays his son in the film, Uriah Shelton, recorded a song called "I Miss You."

The film features many musical and dance performances by Mihok.

In 2013, Mihok portrayed the character "Gage" in Payday 2 web series.

Since 2013, Mihok has co-starred as Brendan "Bunchy" Donovan in the Showtime drama Ray Donovan.

Bunchy had been sexually abused by a priest as a child and is an alcoholic and has sexual anorexia.

For the show the cast works out at the Santa Monica, California boxing gym Wild Card West with boxer Rob Garcia.

In 2014, he portrayed Whelan, in the horror-thriller film, Before I Wake, co-starring in the Mike Flanagan-directed film Annabeth Gish, Thomas Jane and Kate Bosworth.

In 2016, Mihok appeared in the film, So B. It, which stars Alfre Woodard, Cloris Leachman, Jacinda Barrett, and John Heard.

Mihok was slated to direct an episode in 2017, as he said he has been directing pilots to prepare.

In 2017, Mihok appeared in the independent film, The Girl Who Invented Kissing, as Victor, a man who becomes mentally disabled after being in a car accident.

He stars opposite Suki Waterhouse and Vincent Piazza, who plays his younger brother.

In 2017, Mihok played a car salesman in the film Car Dogs, which features Patrick J. Adams, Octavia Spencer, Josh Hopkins, among others.

In 2022, he played Derek, an intellectually disabled man, in Wildflower.

When he was 12 years old, Mihok started a band with his friends called S.D.C. (Sam, Dash, Chris aka Strictly Devastating Crew).

He directed the season 7 episode "An Irish Lullaby" which aired December 15, 2019.