Fred Melamed
Biography
Fred Melamed is an American actor and writer who was born in New York City on May 13, 1956. He received his theatrical training at Hampshire College and the Yale School of Drama. During his time at Yale, he served as a Samuel F. B. Morse College Graduate Fellow and was a nominee for the Irene Ryan Award, which is a prize conferred upon the most promising young actors in the United States. While still a student at Yale, he also worked as an instructor at the performing arts camp Stagedoor Manor. Within the database, he is recognized for his work in acting with a known credit count of eighty-five.
Career overview
Fred Melamed is an American actor and writer who was born in New York City on May 13, 1956. He received his theatrical training at Hampshire College and the Yale School of Drama. During his time at Yale, he served as a Samuel F. B. Morse College Graduate Fellow and was a nominee for the Irene Ryan Award, which is a prize conferred upon the most promising young actors in the United States. While still attending Yale, he also worked as an instructor at the well-known performing arts camp, Stagedoor Manor.
In his professional career in the entertainment industry, Fred Melamed is known for his work in acting, with a total of eighty-five known credits listed across movies and television shows.
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- Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) as Frank the Mailman
- Don't Trip (2025) as Scott Lefkowitz
- Easy's Waltz (2025)
- Doctor Odyssey (2024) as Jerry Manafort
- Little Death (2024) as Augustus
- Peak Season (2024) as George
- Cat Person (2023) as Dr. Resnick
- Fuzzy Head (2023) as The Quadruped
- Reboot (2022) as Alan
- The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (2022) as Russ Tisdale (voice)
- Diary of a Spy (2022) as James
- WandaVision (2021) as Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart)
- WandaVision (2021) as Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart) (uncredited)
- Marvel Studios Assembled (2021) as Self - Arthur Hart
- Rumble (2021) as Mayor (voice)
- Shiva Baby (2021) as Joel
- Together Together (2021) as Marty
- Solar Opposites (2020) as The Supreme Adjudicator (voice)
- Medical Police (2020) as Professor Waters
- The Vigil (2020) as Dr. Kohlberg
- Viral Vignettes (2020) as Neil
- The Morning Show (2019) as Mitch's Agent
- Black Monday (2019) as Not Milken #2
- Dragged Across Concrete (2019) as Mr. Edmington
- Lying and Stealing (2019) as Dimitri
- Summer Camp Island (2018) as Monk Receptionist / Additional Voices (voice)
- Summer Camp Island (2018) as Monk Receptionist (voice)
- Barry (2018) as Tom Posorro
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) as Roger
- Silver Lake (2018) as Howard
- Room 104 (2017) as Narrator (voice)
- Trial & Error (2017) as Howard Mankiewicz
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) as Mr Irving
- Kid Gambled (2017) as Repair Man
- Chicanery (2017) as Arthur Schekner
- Lemon (2017) as Howard
- American Crime Story (2016) as William H. 'Bill' Ginsberg
- Passengers (2016) as Observatory (voice)
- Hail, Caesar! (2016) as Communist Writer
- Lady Dynamite (2016) as Bruce Ben-Bacharach
- Superstore (2015) as Richard
- Life in Pieces (2015) as Dr. Dave Collins
- Bone Tomahawk (2015) as Clarence
- You Are Whole (2015) as Norman
- Fargo (2014) as Howard Zimmerman
- Benched (2014) as Judge Don Nelson
- Some Kind of Beautiful (2014) as Piggott
- Get On Up (2014) as Syd Nathan
- Adult Beginners (2014) as Story Book Reader (voice)
- Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends (2014) as Fred
- Smart Pipe (2014) as Andrew Goldman
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013) as D.C. Parlov
- The Crazy Ones (2013) as Fred Melamed
- Blumenthal (2013) as Jimmy Basmati
- In a World... (2013) as Sam Sotto
- Hairbrained (2013) as Benny Greenberg
- The Dictator (2012) as Head Nuclear Scientist
- Fred Won't Move Out (2012) as Bob
- New Girl (2011) as J. Cronkite Valley-Forge
- A Very Tight Place (2011) as Betsy (voice)
- The Good Wife (2009) as Judge Alan Karpman
- A Serious Man (2009) as Sy Ableman
- Childrens Hospital (2008) as Leonard Hillman
- 30 Rock (2006) as Jack (voice)
- In Search of Shakespeare (2003) as Announcer
- Hollywood Ending (2002) as Pappas
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Dr. Thurgood
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Dan Goldberg
- Husbands and Wives (1992) as Mel (uncredited)
- Shadows and Fog (1991) as Undesirables Onlooker
- Law & Order (1990) as Bertram Hill
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) as The Dean (uncredited)
- The Good Mother (1988) as Dr. Payne
- Another Woman (1988) as Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest
- Sticky Fingers (1988) as The Cop (voice) (uncredited)
- The Pick-up Artist (1987) as George
- Radio Days (1987) as Bradley (uncredited)
- Suspect (1987) as Morty Rosenthal
- Ishtar (1987) as Caid of Assari
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as Dr. Grey
- The Mission (1986) as Don Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
- The Mission (1986) as Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
- The Manhattan Project (1986) as Howard
- Lovesick (1983) as Analyst
- Father Joe
- The Bookie & the Bruiser as Luca Cavicci
- Interpersonal Exopolitics as Hank
- Villa Hollywood