MEL ENGLAND as Ron
MEL ENGLAND (Ron, co-writer/co-director) has starred on screen and stage, Off Broadway, internationally and across the USA. In addition to RON AND LAURA TAKE BACK AMERICA (for which he garnered two Best Actor nominations, and won Best Acting Ensemble and Best Director with Janice Markham), he stars in the feature BEST DAY EVER (available worldwide on Amazon), winner Best LGBT Film (IndieFest USA), and appears alongside Academy Award Best Actress Nominee and Golden Globe Winner Sally Kirkland in ARCHAEOLOGY OF A WOMAN. He recently signed to star with Kirkland in the upcoming film LOVE ANONYMOUS. England also stars in indie hit LITTLE BIG TOP (released worldwide on Netflix & Amazon), PERSONA AU GRATIN, Winner Best Comedy (IndieFest USA), and in HIGHLIGHTS, nominated for Best Drama (Moviefone Short Film Festival). On stage, England has performed Off Broadway, regionally and internationally. England's solo show SWIMMING WITH THE POLAR BEARS premiered Off Broadway, and as part of a benefit for The Climate Project featured posters of the show signed by Vice President Al Gore. It then toured worldwide, to LA, Washington DC's National Mall for the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, and the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen. England's solo show NAVAJO MEMOIRS was dubbed "Ingenious" by Backstage. Other Off Broadway credits include HECUBA, MARRIAGE, and IMAGINARY INVALID. England starred in the NY and LA premieres of Israel Horovitz’s 3 WEEKS AFTER PARADISE. Other notable productions include LUCKY MAN (Best Acting Ensemble, NY Fringe) and A SHAYNA MAIDEL (Best Play of the Year, Denver). He was a proud part of the original NY productions of Chris Sanderson's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, SEA MONKEYS by Tony Nominee Chad Beguelin, THE HONEYSUCKLES (developed for TV by FOX), and KING OF CONNECTICUT with Phillip Seymour Hoffman. |