---
name: "Mel Raido"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mel-raido"
fi1m_id: "mel-raido"
imdb_id: "nm0706842"
tmdb_id: 76943
wikidata_id: "Q4216187"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T13:43:27.968250+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 Raido

## Identity

Mel Raido

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mel-raido
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mel-raido
- **IMDb ID:** nm0706842
- **TMDB ID:** 76943
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4216187
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Raido, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4216187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76943

Actor. Born 1 January 1977 in Jamaica.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1977, Jamaica
- **Active:** 1997–2015
- **Also known as:** 멜 라이도
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (1), 2000s 59 (1), 2010s 57 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $43m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Raido, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4216187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0706842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76943

## 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).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Legend* (2015), Fi1m 57, as Ian Barrie — [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Tomorrow La Scala!* (2002), Fi1m 59, as Jordan — [page](https://film.one/film/tomorrow-la-scala.md)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Fi1m 66, as Chris Megson — [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *The Window* (2021), series, as Romulus
- *Annika* (2021), series, as Agamemnon 'Mem 'Yiannopoulos
- *Creation Stories* (2021), as Ed Ball
- *Dark Encounter* (2019), as Ray Anderson
- *Just Getting Started* (2017), as Oscar
- *The Disappointments Room* (2016), as David Barrow
- *Broken* (2016), as John
- *Legend* (2015), as Ian Barrie — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *The Trials of Jimmy Rose* (2015), series, as Tony Chivers
- *Gemma Bovery* (2014), as Patrick
- *In Our Name* (2010), as Mark
- *The Informers* (2008), as Bryan Metro
- *Clubbed* (2008), as Danny
- *He Kills Coppers* (2008), series, as Billy Porter
- *Grow Your Own* (2007), as Nick
- *O Jerusalem* (2006), as Jacob
- *Derailed* (2005), as Business Executive
- *The Barn* (2004), as Thug #2
- *Tomorrow La Scala!* (2002), as Jordan — Fi1m 59, [page](https://film.one/film/tomorrow-la-scala.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Johnny Grier — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Long Time Dead* (2002), as Joe
- *Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry* (2000), as Bernie
- *Born Romantic* (2000), as Brian
- *Urban Gothic* (2000), series, as Raksha
- *The Vice* (1999), series, as PC Adam Parkes
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Chris Megson — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

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