Fred Melamed (born May 13, 1956 in New York City) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer. He studied at Hampshire College and Yale University and acted onstage at the quasi-affiliated Yale Repertory Theater.
Melamed’s voice work has included TV series narration, animation, video games, and the voice overs for movie trailers. In a case of Actor Allusion toward the last of these he played a lead role in Lake Bell’s In a World…. Other notable roles include Sy Ableman in A Serious Man and Gumbald in Adventure Time.note
He was married to Leslee Spieler for over 20 years and the couple have two children.
Works with TV Tropes pages:
Film
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as Dr. Grey
- The Mission (1986) as Cabeza (voice dubbing)
- The Manhattan Project (1986) as Assay Technician
- Ishtar (1987) as The Caid of Assari
- Suspect (1987) as Morty Rosenthal
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) as The Dean (uncredited)
- Shadows and Fog (1991) as Undesirables Onlooker
- Husbands and Wives (1992) as Mel (uncredited)
- Hollywood Ending (2002) as Pappas
- A Serious Man (2009) as Sy Ableman
- The Dictator (2012) as Head Nuclear Scientist
- In a World… (2013) as Sam Sotto
- Get On Up (2014) as Syd Nathan
- Bone Tomahawk (2015) as Clarence
- Hail, Caesar! (2016) as Communist Writer
- Passengers (2016) as Observatory (voice)
- Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017) as Mr. Irving
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) as Roger
- Dragged Across Concrete (2018) as Mr. Edmington
- Shiva Baby (2020) as Joel
- Together Together (2021) as Marty
Television
- One Life to Live (1981-82) as Alberto Cervantes
- Another World (1989) as Crazed Homeless Man (1 episode)
- Silk Stalkings (1991-93) as Announcer (voice)
- FTL Newsfeed (1992-96) as Alien Voice
- Courage the Cowardly Dog (2000-01) as Spirit of the Harvest Moon/various (12 episodes)
- Wonder Pets! (2005) as The Magician (1 episode)
- Law & Order (2010) Judge Bertram Hill (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010) as Dan Goldberg (1 episode)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011) as Dr. Thurgood (1 episode)
- The Good Wife (2011-14) as Judge Alan Karpman (3 episodes)
- 30 Rock (2012): Jack (1 episode)
- The Crazy Ones (2013-14) As Himself (2 episodes)
- Girls (2015) as Avi Mensusen (1 episode)
- Hou$e of Lie$ (2015) as Harvey Oberholt (4 episodes)
- Childrens Hospital (2015) as Leonard Hillman (1 episode)
- Casual (2015-18) as Charles Cole (8 episodes)
- The Detour (2016) as Conquistadors’ Announcer (1 episode)
- New Girl (2016) as J. Cronkite Valley-Forge (3 episodes)
- Lady Dynamite (2016-17) as Bruce Ben-Bacharach
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016-17) as D. C. Parlov (2 episodes)
- Trial & Error (2017) as Howard Mankiewicz (2 episodes)
- Fargo (2017) as Howard Zimmerman (1 episode)
- Adventure Time (2017-18) as Gumbald (voice) (7 episodes)
- Life in Pieces (2018): Dr. Dave Collins (1 episode)
- Superstore (2018-20) as Richard Simms (2 episodes)
- Black Monday (2019) as Not Michael Milken #2 (1 episode)
- Room 104 (2019) as Narrator (1 episode)
- The Morning Show (2019) as Neal Altman (2 episodes)
- Summer Camp Island (2019) as Monk Receptionist/Various (voice) (2 episodes)
- WandaVision (2021) as Todd Davis/Arthur Hart (2 episodes)
- F is for Family (2021) as Dr. Erwin Goldman (voice) (4 episodes)
- The Boss Baby: Back in Business (2021) as Russ Tisdale (voice) (4 episodes)
- American Crime Story (2022-)
- Impeachment (2022) as Bill Ginsburg (3 episodes)
- The Mysterious Benedict Society (2022) as Captain Noland
- Reboot (2022) as Alan
- Barry (2022-23) as Tom Posorro (9 episodes)
Video Games
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) as Cris Formage
- Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
- Grand Theft Auto Online (2013)
- Diablo III (2014) as Male Atarias
- Adventure Time: Pirates of the Enchiridion (2018) as Gumbald
- Fallout 76 (2019) as Senator Joel Chambers/Red
Stage
- Amadeus (1981-83) as Priest/Count Orsini-Rosenberg
- Uncle Vanya (2012) as Vanya
