
Jesse Merlin
Actor
Merlin debuted the role of Dr. Hill in Stuart Gordon's award-winning "Re-Animator: The Musical," and was decapitated 200 times in Las Vegas, Edinburgh, New York and Los Angeles, earning an Ovation Award nomination and a rave review in the New York Times. He sings on the forthcoming Original Cast Album. He plays the mysterious Elric in Jackson Stewart's "Beyond the Gates," which won the Nightfall Jury Prize at the LA Film Festival, and attended its European premiere at Fright Fest in London. He voices Impact Man in "Mega Man 11" and F.A.N.G in "Street Fighter V," and in Ross Patterson films plays 2LT Chandler in "Range 15," William Keller in "Helen Keller vs Nightwolves," and Werewolf Hitler in "FDR: American Badass!" He played the homicidal cult-leader Sugarplum in two episodes of Blumhouse's "12 Deadly Days," appears in various episodes of "Dream Corp LLC" on Adult Swim, and voiced Makube in "Hellsing Ultimate X" and Liquid Terror in "The Reflection." Other appearances include "Jackass 3D/3.5," "All The Creatures Were Stirring," "Cabaret of the Dead," and several upcoming features. His theater work includes Salo in Stuart Gordon's adaptation of Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan." Merlin created the role of The President of the USA in the long-running operetta "The Beastly Bombing," performing at the Steve Allen Theater, New York Musical Theatre Festival, and Opera aan het Ij (Amsterdam). He performed Hannibal Lecter in "Silence! The Musical" in both the Original LA Cast (along with four other roles) and recently in a hit production with Bucket List Theatre. His sketch comedy work includes Matty Simmons' "Sketches From The National Lampoon." As principal bass and patter-baritone with touring repertory Opera A La Carte for 7 seasons, he sang a variety of roles in The Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, and The Gondoliers. Merlin was profiled by NPR on Weekend Edition in a nationally aired, award-winning story about his niche career as "Mr. Horror Musicals." He played the Troll King in a concert version of Peer Gynt with the San Francisco Symphony and Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas. He sings Professor Upham on the "Dreams in the Witch House" Lovecraft-inspired heavy metal album. As a younger performer, he had a regional opera career spanning 45 diverse roles like Mephistopheles in "Faust," Leporello in "Don Giovanni" and the title role in "Don Pasquale." Discovered by retired Metropolitan Opera star and General Director Irene Dalis (1925-2014), Merlin was a Principal Artist-in-Residence with Opera San Jose for four seasons, singing 17 roles. He made his international debut in Paris with the electronic opera "Le Terrain Vague" at the Théâtre du Rond Point and the Théâtre Lucernaire. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jesse Merlin
Movies20
Movie6.6ComedyDocumentaryJohnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Wee Man and the rest of their fearless and foolhardy friends take part in another round of outrageous pranks and stunts. In addition to standing in the path of a charging bull, launching themselves into the air and crashing through various objects, the guys perform in segments such as "Sweatsuit Cocktail," "Beehive Tetherball" and "Lamborghini Tooth Pull."
Jackass 3D
2010 · 1.5K votes
Movie6.4ComedyDocumentaryJohnny Knoxville of 'Jackass' releases unused material of stunts, tricks, antics and shenanigans shot during the production of 'Jackass 3D' that didn't make it into the film, as well as the hilarious outtakes.
Jackass 3.5
2011 · 719 votes
Movie5.0HorrorWhen an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, they're treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays. From boring office parties and last-minute shopping, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there's plenty out there to fear this holiday season.
All the Creatures Were Stirring
2018 · 77 votes
Movie5.7HorrorDramaIn need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As the narcotics fly out of control, so does her newfound and inexplicable, yet unquenchable, craving for blood.
Bliss
2019 · 216 votes
Movie5.1ActionComedyHelen Keller vs. Nightwolves tells the shocking story of how a group of Nightwolves terrorized a tiny village taking people's hearing and eye sight... and the one woman who fought back.
Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves
2015 · 16 votes
Movie4.7HorrorComedyA group of veterans wake up after a night of partying to find out that the zombie apocalypse has spread across the United States. Together, they must fight their way across the country in order to find a cure for the outbreak and restore freedom before it's too late.
Range 15
2016 · 64 votes
Movie5.4FantasyHorrorMay, a self help author with all the answers, suddenly finds herself stalked by a masked man who mysteriously reappears every night. Even when she kills him. May struggles to get help from the people around her as she fights to stay alive. Is this paranoia, or is she doomed to accept her new reality?
Lucky
2020 · 105 votes
Movie5.2AdventureHorrorTwo estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.
Beyond the Gates
2016 · 196 votes
Movie5.6ComedyHorrorA struggling filmmaker senses her peers are losing faith in her ability to succeed, so she decides to prove herself by finishing her last abandoned film and committing the perfect murder.
I Blame Society
2020 · 36 votes
MovieHorrorRomanceIn medieval England, the beautiful Eleanor pines away for her errant husband, the handsome but adulterous knight Edward. When Edward’s treachery culminates in a tragedy that robs Eleanor first of her beauty and then of her life, she returns as a ghost to eke bloody revenge on Edward and his new bride.
Movie6.5ComedyScience FictionAn out-of-work actor stumbles upon key to the universe, is drawn into intergalactic war between clowns and aliens.
Aliens, Clowns & Geeks
2021 · 5 votes
Movie5.1ComedyChronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito.
FDR: American Badass!
2012 · 89 votes
MovieHorrorComedy'In Case of Fear' is an outrageous horror short following Scott Katz, a weaselly new resident at Dr. North’s neuro-lab. But this coward gets more than he asks for when he discovers what the Doc is ACTUALLY studying: a creature inside all of us that feeds on our fear.
- MovieHorrorMystery
When a shady Hollywood producer drops into a bar, he is haunted by more than his demons.
MovieHorrorThis time...try not to wake up.
Nightshade Labs
2020
- MovieComedyDrama
Peter Blanes is a freshman in high school, and if that isn’t hard enough, people now believe his older brother Jimmy is a holy saint. To cope with his life, Peter seeks refuge with an eclectic group of new friends.
MovieScience FictionHorrorIn a totalitarian state where individual liberties are crushed and people who speak out are executed without trial, a judge has to confront a prisoner who will not be intimidated by their death sentence.
- MovieComedy
A group of interns vie for a high-paying job under a psychotic employer who knows no boundaries.
Sex Boss
2013
MovieDocumentaryDon't Dream It, Be It: The Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast is a special feature included in the 35th Anniversary Blu-ray release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
MovieDocumentaryThe Search for the 35th Anniversary Shadowcast is a special feature included in the 35th Anniversary Blu-ray release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Series1
TV6.6ComedyHelmed by the easily distracted Dr. Roberts, a psychotherapeutic facility treats patients with troubling dreams. Roberts employs a team of incompetent scientists to help analyze and record those thoughts plaguing the doctor's patients.
Dream Corp LLC
2016 · 28 votes