Cast & creator
Fred Melamed
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, The Good Wife
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.
58
film credits
35
television credits
93
1983–2027 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (93)
Showing 93 of 93 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dan Goldberg
1999
Law & Order
Bertram Hill
1990
The Good Wife
Judge Alan Karpman
2009
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
D.C. Parlov
2013
Fargo
Howard Zimmerman
2014
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Dr. Thurgood
2000
30 Rock
Jack (voice)
2006
New Girl
J. Cronkite Valley-Forge
2011
Superstore
Richard
2015
Summer Camp Island
Monk Receptionist / Additional Voices (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island
Monk Receptionist (voice)
2018
The Morning Show
Mitch's Agent
2019
Childrens Hospital
Leonard Hillman
2008
Solar Opposites
The Supreme Adjudicator (voice)
2020
Life in Pieces
Dr. Dave Collins
2015
Barry
Tom Posorro
2018
WandaVision
Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart)
2021WandaVision
Todd Davis (a.k.a. Arthur Hart) (uncredited)
2021
American Crime Story
William H. 'Bill' Ginsberg
2016
House of Lies
Harvey Oberholt
2012
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self - Arthur Hart
2021
Doctor Odyssey
Jerry Manafort
2024
Black Monday
Not Milken #2
2019
Room 104
Narrator (voice)
2017
The Dictator
Head Nuclear Scientist
2012
Passengers
Observatory (voice)
2016
The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib
Russ Tisdale (voice)
2022
Trial & Error
Howard Mankiewicz
2017
The Crazy Ones
Fred Melamed
2013
Rumble
Mayor (voice)
2021
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America
William Henry Harrison
2026
Reboot
Alan
2022
Hail, Caesar!
Communist Writer
2016
Bone Tomahawk
Clarence
2015
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Roger
2018
Benched
Judge Don Nelson
2014
The Mission
Don Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
1986The Mission
Cabeza (voice) (uncredited)
1986
Lady Dynamite
Bruce Ben-Bacharach
2016
Medical Police
Professor Waters
2020
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Frank the Mailman
2026
Dragged Across Concrete
Mr. Edmington
2019
A Serious Man
Sy Ableman
2009
The Terrors of Jordan Mendoza
Judge Hamilton
2026
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Mr Irving
2017
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dr. Grey
1986
Lying and Stealing
Dimitri
2019
Some Kind of Beautiful
Piggott
2014
Get On Up
Syd Nathan
2014
The Pick-up Artist
George
1987
Suspect
Morty Rosenthal
1987
Together Together
Marty
2021
Crimes and Misdemeanors
The Dean (uncredited)
1989
The Vigil
Dr. Kohlberg
2020
Cat Person
Dr. Resnick
2023
Shiva Baby
Joel
2021
Another Woman
Patient's Voice / Engagement Party Guest
1988
Father Joe
2027
Husbands and Wives
Mel (uncredited)
1992
In Search of Shakespeare
Announcer
2003
Shadows and Fog
Undesirables Onlooker
1991
Radio Days
Bradley (uncredited)
1987
Viral Vignettes
Neil
2020
In a World...
Sam Sotto
2013
Adult Beginners
Story Book Reader (voice)
2014
Hollywood Ending
Pappas
2002
The Manhattan Project
Howard
1986Cut Off
Hairbrained
Benny Greenberg
2013
Ishtar
Caid of Assari
1987
Little Death
Augustus
2024
The Good Mother
Dr. Payne
1988
The Trial
The Judge
2023
Fuzzy Head
The Quadruped
2023
Chicanery
Arthur Schekner
2017
Sticky Fingers
The Cop (voice) (uncredited)
1988
Lemon
Howard
2017Blumenthal
Jimmy Basmati
2013
Easy's Waltz
2025
A Very Tight Place
Betsy (voice)
2011
The Bookie & the Bruiser
Luca Cavicci
Diary of a Spy
James
2022
Interpersonal Exopolitics
Hank
Peak Season
George
2024
Lovesick
Analyst
1983Dinner with Friends with Brett Gelman and Friends
Fred
2014
Fred Won't Move Out
Bob
2012
Don't Trip
Scott Lefkowitz
2025
Kid Gambled
Repair Man
2017
Silver Lake
Howard
2018You Are Whole
Norman
2015Villa Hollywood
Smart Pipe
Andrew Goldman
2014