RJ Mitte, actor best known for playing Walter White Jr. on ‘Breaking Bad,’ dies at 34

BREAKING: RJ Mitte, the actor best known for playing Walter White Jr. on 'Breaking Bad', has died at 34.

RJ Mitte has died at 34. The actor best known as Walter White Jr. On Breaking Bad.

NBC News reported his death tonight. For five seasons he played Walt Junior, the son at the breakfast table, the quiet heart of one of the most celebrated shows ever made.

Mitte had cerebral palsy, like the character he played, and he spent the years after the show as an advocate for actors with disabilities, pushing an industry that rarely made room for them. He got the role at 14 and carried it with a steadiness well beyond his age.

No cause of death has been reported at this time. He was 34 years old.

This is Liu Yang, reporting for HIT.