---
name: "Mel Powell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mel-powell"
fi1m_id: "mel-powell"
imdb_id: "nm9871432"
tmdb_id: 2079867
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T16:46:47.115013+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mel Powell

## Identity

Mel Powell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mel-powell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mel-powell
- **IMDb ID:** nm9871432
- **TMDB ID:** 2079867
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9871432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2079867

Actor.

## Details

- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9871432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2079867

## Biography

Mel Powell is an actor. He has appeared in numerous uncredited roles in feature films, including as a driver in *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), a power caller in *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), a San Francisco police detective in *Jungleland* (2020), a centurion in *Atlas* (2024) and a bartender in *The Invite* (2026).

Powell has also taken credited parts, such as Salvador in the series *The OA* (2019) and Hector Sanchez in *Hope for the Holidays* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com, pro.imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Invite* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Bartender (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-invite.md)
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), Fi1m 78, as Driver (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Invite* (2026), as Bartender (uncredited) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-invite.md)
- *Atlas* (2024), as Centurion
- *Hope For The Holidays* (2020), as Hector
- *Jungleland* (2020), as San Francisco Police Detective (uncredited)
- *Sorry to Bother You* (2018), as Power Caller (uncredited) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sorry-to-bother-you.md)
- *The Etruscan Smile* (2018), as Bartender
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), as Driver (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Cam and Mitchell's Friend (uncredited) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Stolen: One Husband* (1990), as Wedding Party Family Guest

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