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.

Filmography

• 2027Father Joe
• 2026Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass — Frank the Mailman
• Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America — William Henry Harrison
• The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza — Judge Hamilton
• 2025Don't Trip — Scott Lefkowitz
• 2025Easy's Waltz
• Doctor Odyssey — Jerry Manafort
• 2024Little Death — Augustus
• 2024Peak Season — George
• 2023Cat Person — Dr. Resnick
• 2023Fuzzy Head — The Quadruped
• 2023The Trial — The Judge
• 2022Diary of a Spy — James
• Reboot — Alan
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib — Russ Tisdale (voice)
• 2021Rumble — Mayor (voice)
• 2021Shiva Baby — Joel
• 2021Together Together — Marty
• WandaVision — Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart), Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart) (uncredited)
• Medical Police — Professor Waters
• Solar Opposites — The Supreme Adjudicator (voice)
• 2020The Vigil — Dr. Kohlberg
• Viral Vignettes — Neil
• Black Monday — Not Milken #2
• 2019Dragged Across Concrete — Mr. Edmington
• 2019Lying and Stealing — Dimitri
• The Morning Show — Mitch's Agent
• Barry — Tom Posorro
• 2018Silver Lake — Howard
• Summer Camp Island — Monk Receptionist / Additional Voices (voice), Monk Receptionist (voice)
• 2018The Spy Who Dumped Me — Roger
• 2017Brawl in Cell Block 99 — Mr Irving
• 2017Chicanery — Arthur Schekner
• 2017Kid Gambled — Repair Man
• 2017Lemon — Howard
• Room 104 — Narrator (voice)
• Trial & Error — Howard Mankiewicz
• American Crime Story — William H. 'Bill' Ginsberg
• 2016Hail, Caesar! — Communist Writer
• Lady Dynamite — Bruce Ben-Bacharach
• 2016Passengers — Observatory (voice)
• 2015Bone Tomahawk — Clarence
• Life in Pieces — Dr. Dave Collins
• Superstore — Richard
• 2015You Are Whole — Norman
• 2014Adult Beginners — Story Book Reader (voice)
• Benched — Judge Don Nelson
• 2014Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends — Fred
• Fargo — Howard Zimmerman
• 2014Get On Up — Syd Nathan
• 2014Smart Pipe — Andrew Goldman
• 2014Some Kind of Beautiful — Piggott
• 2013Blumenthal — Jimmy Basmati
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — D.C. Parlov
• 2013Hairbrained — Benny Greenberg
• 2013In a World... — Sam Sotto
• The Crazy Ones — Fred Melamed
• 2012Fred Won't Move Out — Bob
• House of Lies — Harvey Oberholt
• 2012The Dictator — Head Nuclear Scientist
• 2011A Very Tight Place — Betsy (voice)
• New Girl — J. Cronkite Valley-Forge
• 2009A Serious Man — Sy Ableman
• The Good Wife — Judge Alan Karpman
• Childrens Hospital — Leonard Hillman
• 30 Rock — Jack (voice)
• In Search of Shakespeare — Announcer
• 2002Hollywood Ending — Pappas
• Curb Your Enthusiasm — Dr. Thurgood
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dan Goldberg
• 1992Husbands and Wives — Mel (uncredited)
• 1991Shadows and Fog — Undesirables Onlooker
• Law & Order — Bertram Hill
• 1989Crimes and Misdemeanors — The Dean (uncredited)
• 1988Another Woman — Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest
• 1988Sticky Fingers — The Cop (voice) (uncredited)
• 1988The Good Mother — Dr. Payne
• 1987Ishtar — Caid of Assari
• 1987Radio Days — Bradley (uncredited)
• 1987Suspect — Morty Rosenthal
• 1987The Pick-up Artist — George
• 1986Hannah and Her Sisters — Dr. Grey
• 1986The Manhattan Project — Howard
• 1986The Mission — Don Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
• 1983Lovesick — Analyst
• Cut Off
• Interpersonal Exopolitics — Hank
• The Bookie & the Bruiser — Luca Cavicci
• Villa Hollywood

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Marvel Studios Assembled — Self - Arthur Hart