Fred Melamed

Biography

Fred Melamed (born May 13, 1956 in New York City) is an American actor and writer. He received his theatrical training at Hampshire College and the Yale School of Drama. At Yale, he was a Samuel F. B. Morse College Graduate Fellow. He was also a nominee for the Irene Ryan Award, a prize conferred upon the most promising young actors in the United States. While still at Yale, he was an instructor at the well-known performing arts camp, Stagedoor Manor.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Fargo

The Good Wife

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Curb Your Enthusiasm

New Girl

30 Rock

All Movies (56)

• Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass2026 · as Frank
• Don't Trip2025 · as Scott Lefkowitz
• Easy's Waltz2025
• Peak Season2024 · as George
• Little Death2024 · as Augustus
• Cat Person2023 · as Dr. Resnick
• Fuzzy Head2023 · as The Quadruped
• Diary of a Spy2022 · as James
• Together Together2021 · as Marty
• Shiva Baby2021 · as Joel
• Rumble2021 · as Mayor (voice)
• The Vigil2020 · as Dr. Kohlberg
• Lying and Stealing2019 · as Dimitri
• Dragged Across Concrete2019 · as Mr. Edmington
• Silver Lake2018 · as Howard
• The Spy Who Dumped Me2018 · as Roger
• Brawl in Cell Block 992017 · as Mr Irving
• Kid Gambled2017 · as Repair Man
• Chicanery2017 · as Arthur Schekner
• Lemon2017 · as Howard
• Passengers2016 · as Observatory (voice)
• Hail, Caesar!2016 · as Communist Writer
• Bone Tomahawk2015 · as Clarence
• You Are Whole2015 · as Norman
• Smart Pipe2014 · as Andrew Goldman
• Some Kind of Beautiful2014 · as Piggott
• Adult Beginners2014 · as Story Book Reader (voice)
• Get On Up2014 · as Syd Nathan
• Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends2014 · as Fred
• Hairbrained2013 · as Benny Greenberg
• In a World...2013 · as Sam Sotto
• Blumenthal2013 · as Jimmy Basmati
• Fred Won't Move Out2012 · as Bob
• The Dictator2012 · as Head Nuclear Scientist
• A Very Tight Place2011 · as Betsy (voice)
• A Serious Man2009 · as Sy Ableman
• Hollywood Ending2002 · as Pappas
• Husbands and Wives1992 · as Mel (uncredited)
• Shadows and Fog1991 · as Undesirables Onlooker
• Crimes and Misdemeanors1989 · as The Dean (uncredited)
• The Good Mother1988 · as Dr. Payne
• Another Woman1988 · as Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest
• Sticky Fingers1988 · as The Cop (voice) (uncredited)
• Suspect1987 · as Morty Rosenthal
• The Pick-up Artist1987 · as George
• Ishtar1987 · as Caid of Assari
• Radio Days1987 · as Bradley (uncredited)
• The Mission1986 · as Don Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
• The Mission1986 · as Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
• The Manhattan Project1986 · as Howard
• Hannah and Her Sisters1986 · as Dr. Grey
• Lovesick1983 · as Analyst
• Interpersonal Exopolitics— · as Hank
• The Bookie & the Bruiser— · as Luca Cavicci
• Villa Hollywood—
• Father Joe—

All TV Shows (32)

• Doctor Odyssey2024 · as Jerry Manafort
• Reboot2022 · as Alan
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib2022 · as Russ Tisdale (voice)
• Marvel Studios Assembled2021 · as Self - Arthur Hart
• WandaVision2021 · as Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart)
• WandaVision2021 · as Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart) (uncredited)
• Viral Vignettes2020 · as Neil
• Solar Opposites2020 · as The Supreme Adjudicator (voice)
• Medical Police2020 · as Professor Waters
• The Morning Show2019 · as Mitch's Agent
• Black Monday2019 · as Not Milken #2
• Summer Camp Island2018 · as Monk Receptionist / Additional Voices (voice)
• Summer Camp Island2018 · as Monk Receptionist (voice)
• Barry2018 · as Tom Posorro
• Room 1042017 · as Narrator (voice)
• Trial & Error2017 · as Howard Mankiewicz
• Lady Dynamite2016 · as Bruce Ben-Bacharach
• American Crime Story2016 · as William H. 'Bill' Ginsberg
• Superstore2015 · as Richard
• Life in Pieces2015 · as Dr. Dave Collins
• Benched2014 · as Judge Don Nelson
• Fargo2014 · as Howard Zimmerman
• The Crazy Ones2013 · as Fred Melamed
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as D.C. Parlov
• New Girl2011 · as J. Cronkite Valley-Forge
• The Good Wife2009 · as Judge Alan Karpman
• Childrens Hospital2008 · as Leonard Hillman
• 30 Rock2006 · as Jack (voice)
• In Search of Shakespeare2003 · as Announcer
• Curb Your Enthusiasm2000 · as Dr. Thurgood
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dan Goldberg
• Law & Order1990 · as Bertram Hill