Biography
Mel Raido is a Jamaican-born English actor. Born in Jamaica in 1977, he moved to London with his family at the age of three. He studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art between 1996 and 1999.
Raido began his career in theatre, with an early breakthrough playing Jesus in Corpus Christi at the Edinburgh Festival in 1999. He later appeared in productions at venues including the Royal Court Theatre and the Finborough Theatre. His screen work includes the role of Jordan in Tomorrow La Scala! (2002), as well as parts in Long Time Dead (2002), Midsomer Murders (2001), Spooks (2011), Gemma Bovery (2014), Legend (2015) and The Disappointments Room (2016).
