Fred Melamed
Biography
Fred Melamed is an American actor who worked for years as a voice over artist, lending his voice to the Olympics, Mercedes-Benz, CBS Sports and the Grand Theft Auto games, while also taking small film parts, among them a run of Woody Allen movies that included Another Woman (1988). After stage training at Hampshire College and the Yale School of Drama, he appeared on Broadway in Amadeus. He became widely known for playing the sensitive villain Sy Ableman in the Coen brothers' A Serious Man (2009), a performance that helped the ensemble win the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award and that several leading critics thought deserved an Academy Award nomination. Later films include In a World... (2013), Bone Tomahawk (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017), Shiva Baby (2021) and Together Together (2021). On television he has appeared in Lady Dynamite, Adventure Time, WandaVision and Barry, and Vulture counted him among the greatest character actors.
70years old
Turns 71 on May 13in 213 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 40 years1986 to 2026
Genres
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A first
Melamed has appeared in more Woody Allen movies than any actor besides Diane Keaton, Mia Farrow and Allen himself, starting with Hannah and Her Sisters in 1986.
Early training
At the Yale School of Drama, Melamed earned a Samuel F. B. Morse College Graduate Fellowship and was nominated for the Irene Ryan Award, a prize given to the country's most promising young actors.
Early training
Before his training, Melamed began theatrical work at Hampshire College under the influence of Tina Packer, John Guare, Jean-Claude van Itallie and members of The Living Theatre.
A change of course
On television, Melamed's voice was widely recognized. He was heard in commercials and programs, and as the sound of the Olympics, Mercedes-Benz, CBS Sports, USA Network and the Super Bowl.
Early training
While he was still a student at Yale, Melamed worked as an instructor at Stagedoor Manor, a well-known performing arts camp.
Fred Melamed movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
S. Craig Zahler directed three of these films, Susanna Fogel two. Liam Neeson appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Liam Neeson's page
Udo Kier's page
Richard Kind's page
Vince Vaughn's page
Don Johnson's page
Philip Bosco's page
All films by S. Craig Zahler
Susanna FogelDirector, 2 films, 2018 to 2023
All films by Susanna Fogel
Also two films together6 more actors
- Ken MarinoGail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) and In a World... (2013)
- Tig NotaroTogether Together (2021) and In a World... (2013)
- Greta LeeRumble (2021) and HairBrained (2013)
- Jennifer CarpenterDragged Across Concrete (2019) and Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
- Geraldine ViswanathanCat Person (2023) and Rumble (2021)
- Evan JonigkeitTogether Together (2021) and Bone Tomahawk (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Fred Melamed's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$456 million
19 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 19 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 19Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$303M66.5% of the total
- 2$34M7.4% of the total
- 3$33M7.3% of the total
- 4$31M6.9% of the total
- 5$19M4.1% of the total
- 6$17M3.8% of the total
- 7$4.8M1.0% of the total
- 8$3.0M0.7% of the total
$10.6 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.