---
name: "Will Mellor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-mellor"
fi1m_id: "will-mellor"
imdb_id: "nm0578123"
tmdb_id: 194961
wikidata_id: "Q3246903"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 April 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T00:02:44.721148+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."
---

# Will Mellor

## Identity

Will Mellor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-mellor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-mellor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0578123
- **TMDB ID:** 194961
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3246903
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Mellor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3246903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/194961

Actor. Born 3 April 1976 in Bredbury, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 April 1976, Bredbury, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** William Mellor
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Mellor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3246903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/194961

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr Bates vs The Post Office*](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Will Mellor is an English actor. He was born on 3 April 1976 in Bredbury, Stockport, Greater Manchester.

Mellor first appeared on screen in the children's series *Children's Ward* (1990). He played Jambo Bolton in the soap opera *Hollyoaks* from 1995 to 1998. He is known for his long-running role as Gaz Wilkinson in the sitcom *Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps* (2001–2011), Jack Vincent in *Casualty* (2001–2003), and later parts including Steve Connelly in *Broadchurch* (2013), Rod Kennedy in *Line of Duty* (2012) and Lee Castleton in the drama series *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024).

He has also appeared in *Merlin* (2008), *No Offence* (2015) and *Coronation Street* (2021–2022, 2024), and competed in *Strictly Come Dancing* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024), Fi1m 80, as Lee Castleton — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md)
- *Broadchurch* (2013), Fi1m 81, as Steve Connelly — [page](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *A Woman of Substance* (2026), series, as Jack Harte
- *Mr Bates vs The Post Office* (2024), series, as Lee Castleton — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office.md)
- *Cops Who Kill With Will Mellor* (2023), series, Actor
- *The Teacher* (2022), series, as Jimmy Osborne
- *Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich* (2022), series, Actor
- *Me, Myself & Di* (2021), as Jules
- *Sanctuary* (2019), series, as Redpath
- *Viking Destiny* (2018), as Lord Soini
- *No Offence* (2015), series, as Spike Tanner
- *In the Club* (2014), series, as Rick
- *Big Star's Little Star* (2013), series, Actor
- *Dates* (2013), series, as David
- *The Job Lot* (2013), series, as Greg
- *Broadchurch* (2013), series, as Steve Connelly — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/broadchurch.md)
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, as Rod Kennedy — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Karl Slater
- *In with the Flynns* (2011), series, as Liam Flynn
- *White Van Man* (2011), series, as Ollie Curry
- *Mongrels* (2010), series, Actor
- *The Reeds* (2010), as Chris
- *Unforgiven* (2009), series, as Brad
- *Merlin* (2008), series, as Knight Valiant
- *Miss Conception* (2008), as Brian
- *Sorted* (2006), series, as Barmpot
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Dan Hargrove
- *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2004), series, as Martin Waddy
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as DC Jed Griffiths
- *Comic Relief Does Fame Academy* (2003), series, Actor
- *Is Harry on the Boat?* (2001), as Greg
- *Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps* (2001), series, as Gaz
- *Barking!* (1998), series, Actor
- *Children's Ward* (1989), series, as Ben Rowlingson
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Jack Vincent
- *Blankety Blank* (1979), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Will Mellor](https://film.one/media/person/487966/gallery-be4491c6373b.jpg) Will Mellor — Mike Knapp, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Will_Mellor_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Will_Mellor_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012](https://film.one/media/person/487966/gallery-8d4969ede10c.jpg) Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012 — Mike Knapp, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012](https://film.one/media/person/487966/gallery-7c0f8320896f.jpg) Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012 — Mike Knapp, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%284%29.jpg/1280px-Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%284%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012](https://film.one/media/person/487966/gallery-098feaf72efb.jpg) Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012 — Mike Knapp, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012](https://film.one/media/person/487966/gallery-6cf2bbd8a62d.jpg) Rory McGrath and Will Mellor at Newent Onion Fayre 2012 — Mike Knapp, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%283%29.jpg/1280px-Rory_McGrath_and_Will_Mellor_%283%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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