Jesse Merlin

Merlin debuted the role of Dr Hill in Stuart Gordons awardwinning ReAnimator 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 Stewarts 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 FANG 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 cultleader Sugarplum in two episodes of Blumhouses 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 3D35 All The Creatures Were Stirring Cabaret of the Dead and several upcoming features His theater work includes Salo in Stuart Gordons adaptation of Vonneguts The Sirens of Titan Merlin created the role of The President of the USA in the longrunning 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 patterbaritone 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 awardwinning 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 Lovecraftinspired 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 19252014 Merlin was a Principal ArtistinResidence 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