2020-03-30_People

‘I Have

ALS and

I’m Not

Giving

Up Hope’

STAR TREK’S

KENNETH MITCHELL

AFTER A DEVASTATING

DIAGNOSIS, THE ACTOR IS

CHERISHING TIME WITH HIS

FAMILY—AND FINDING WAYS

TO CONTINUE HIS CAREER

By CHRISTINA DUGAN

Live Long &

Prosper

Mitchell (as

Tevanik, one of his

three roles on Star

Trek: Discovery)

“brings such heart

to his characters,”

says co-showrunner

Michelle Paradise.

58 March 30, 2020

Photographs by

CHLOE AFTEL

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