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Christian J. Meoli Residence Los Angeles, California Nationality American Occupation actor, writer, producer and film executive Known for Cabaret Voltaire Christian Meoli is an actor, writer, producer and film executive.
Christian is the son of Jerry Mayo (1934–2011) bandmember of the group Freddie Bell and the Bellboys.[1]
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Early life
Christian Meoli was born in Philadelphia and began his acting career in his early teens in regional theatre productions.[2] With a strong acting education from The Performing Arts School and Stagedoor Manor, he also appeared in dozens of plays on the East Coast such as the Washington/Baltimore company of Tony-N-Tina’s Wedding in the role of bandleader Donny Dulce and productions at The Philadelphia Drama Guild, Walnut Street Theatre, Plays-n-Players, Wilma Theatre, McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Surflight Summer Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse. In 1991, Meoli appeared opposite actor-playwright Jason Miller and Malachy McCourt in a production of Inherit The Wind that was staged in a Philadelphia court in City Hall.[3]
Career
Meoli’s first role included in the movie Alive (1993) as Federico Aranda and directed by Frank Marshall, he was next cast in the movie The Low Life (1995) together with actors Kyra Sedgwick , Rory Cochrane and Ron Livingston and also Persons Unknown (1996) with Jon Favreau,Naomi Watts and Antoni Carone.[4]
He played the lovable and street smart comedy relief role of Boz Bishop for four seasons on the hit CBS television show Nash Bridges opposite Cheech Marin and Don Johnson.[5]
He appeared in the pilot episode of the television show Dollhouse (directed by Joss Whedon), Martial Law (Stanley Tong) the Masterpiece Theatre PBS presentation of Song of the Lark opposite Allison Elliot, as well as Emmy Award winning episodes of NYPD Blue, The Practice plus opposite Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria in the acclaimed Oprah Winfrey telefilm production of Tuesdays With Morrie.[6]
In 2003, Meoli wrote the play The Dadaists, which was lauded by The Beverly Hills Outlook as one of the five worst plays ever written! Fortunately for Meoli the majority of the other reviews were much more positive. The production, a retelling about the Dada art movement and Cabaret Voltaire, which originated in February, 1916, in Zurich, Switzerland at Spiegelgasse 1, led Meoli to create a modern Cabaret Voltaire in Los Angeles,which showcases performers through intelligent, socially relevant events through a cross-pollination of creative energies.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
In 2004, Meoli was one of the co-directors and producers of the documentary Beats for Baghdad featuring Jerry Quickley.[14]
He has produced and hosted a number of radio shows for Pacifica Radio KPFK 90.7FM including The Hope Show, Tea Time with Harold Lemon and the Cabaret Voltaire Radio Show.
In 2009, Christian (under the moniker Chris Voltaire) wrote the book and lyrics, acted, produced and directed the underground theatre hit "Octomom the Musical", which garnered national press via CBS, The Tonight Show, TMZ, FOX, NY Times and more with its jolting parody of the Whittier born Nadya Suleman. That same year he starred in the Victor Goss directed film The Apocalypse According to Doris and also became the Vice President for Marketing at Bigfoot Entertainment.[15] The company is located in Cebu, Philippines with offices in Hong Kong and Los Angeles and among the films Meoli actively worked on include Deep Gold (2011),[16] The Girl with No Number (2012), Midnight Movie: Killer Cut (2011) 9000 Needles (2011) as well as casting and work on reality shows produced by Bigfoot for the Fashion One Network.[17]
Filmography
- Should’ve Been Romeo as Eddie (2012)
- The Girl with No Number as Mr. Johnson (2011)
- Apocalypse According to Doris as Apperson (2011)
- Dollhouse “Ghost” (TV Series) as Thug 1 (2009)
- Eli stone “The Path” (TV Series) as Janitor (2008)
- In Plain Sight “Stan” by Me (TV Series) as Jason (2008)
- Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series) as himself (2008)
- Life-The Fallen Woman (TV Series) as Ron (2007)
- Final Approach (TV Movie) as himself (2007)
- Alias(TV Series) as Semanko (2006)
- JAG “Automatic for the People” (TV Series) as P.O Dave Mooney (2005)
- Joan of Arcadia “The Gift”(TV Series) as Ben Pollack (2004)
- The Division(TV Series) as Vinnie Praiser (2004)
- Crossing Jordan “Devil May Care” (TV Series) as Seth Pale (2004)
- Cold Case “Fly Away” (TV Series) as Angel Rivera (2003)
- Without a Trace “The Bus” (TV Series) as Carl (2003)
- Looking for Jimmy as himself (2002)
- Wanderlust as Brian (2001)
- Nash Bridges(TV Series) as Boz Bishop (1999–2001)[5]
- Tuesdays with Morrie (TV Movie) as Aldo (1999)
- The Practice “Target Practice” (TV Series) as Charles Best (1999)
- Walker, Texas Ranger “Livegirls.now” as Rolf Gaines (1999)
- V.I.P. “One Wedding and Val’s Funeral”(TV Series) as Waiter (1998)
- The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer(TV Series) as Telegraph Operator (1998)
- Martial Law “ Shanghai Express”(TV Series) as Detective Jones (1998)
- Hitz “Give the Drummer Some” (TV Series) as Jimmy (1997)
- Bongwater as himself (1997)[18]
- Persons Unknown as himself (1996)
- L.A. Firefighters “Fuel and Spark”( TV Series) as Freddy the Store Manager *(1996)
- Boy Meets World “Turkey Day” (TV Series) as Carl (1996)
- The Pretender “The Paper Clock” as Marcus Whittaker (1996)
- Dogtown as Mickey Jenks (1996)
- NYPD Blue “The Girl Talk”(TV Series) as Phil Farr (1996)
- The Naked Truth (TV Series)as Vanjacker (1996)
- The Low Life as Leonard (1995)
- Cleghorne! “This Magic Moment” (TV Series) as Magini the Magician (1995)
- Chicago Hope “Wild Cards” (TV Series) as Luigi (1995)
- Weird Science “Quantum Wyatt”(TV Series) as Dangerous Felon (1995)
- Ellen “The Christmas Show” as Grunge Guy (1994)
- Nunzio’s Second Cousin (short) as himself (1994)
- In This Corner as Julio (1994)
- Beverly Hills, 90210( TV Series) as Pablo (1993)
- Alive as Federico Aranda (1993)[4]
References
- ^ "Gennaro Meoli, trumpeter with Bellboys, shirtmaker, dies at 76". John F. Morrison (Philly). June 15, 2011. http://articles.philly.com/2011-06-15/news/29660722_1_rock-n-roll-freddie-bell-jerry-lewis. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ "Christian Meoli Biography". filmreference. http://www.filmreference.com/film/20/Christian-J-Meoli.html. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ^ "Inherit the Wind,About". ottawalittletheatre. http://www.ottawalittletheatre.com/html/cm2.cfm?fid=62&sid=52&lang=1&html=long_weekend.html. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ a b "Christian Meoli as Federico Aranda, 1993". filmsandtv. http://www.filmsandtv.com/movies/christianjmeoli.php. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ^ a b "Nash Bridges". TV.com. http://www.tv.com/shows/nash-bridges/el-diablo-10900/. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ "Christian Meoli Filmography". NYtimes. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/48467/Christian-Meoli/filmography. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ^ "RED Camera Stays Ahead of the Curve". Force of Geek. April 12, 2010. http://www.forcesofgeek.com/2010/04/red-camera-stays-ahead-of-curve.html. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ^ "$29,598.00". Christian Meoli (Eye Spy LA). http://www.eyespyla.com/www/phlog.nsf/455b1875b0861fbe8825702d00618a64/a2fac2ebbe2decf888256ffd006cf07d!OpenDocument. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "Cabaret Voltaire". http://www.cabaretvoltaire.org/about-us/. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ "The Dadaists". Finite Site. http://www.finitesite.com/thedad/la-specs.htm. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "The MET's Artistic Directors". Silas Weir Mitchell (Finite Site). April 1, 2003. http://www.yohungama.com/detail/movie.php?mid=0125678. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "The Dadaists". Variety. June 17, 2003. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117921054?refcatid=33&printerfriendly=true. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "THE DADAISTS at The Met Theatre". T.H. McCulloh (Backstage). June 19, 2003. http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1916211. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "Beats for Baghdad in store concert and DVD release party!!". Steven Baird (LAsplash). http://www.lasplash.com/publish/Los_Angeles_Entertainment_109/Beats_for_Baghdad_in_store_concert_and_DVD_release_party_.php. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ "The inaugural Singafest Asian Film Festival hits Westwood this weekend". Marjorie Yan (Daily Bruin). September 28, 2011. http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2011/09/festival_to_feature_asian_films. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ "Christian Meoli,Interview". Film Annex. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/48467/Christian-Meoli/filmography. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ^ "Abbot Kinney company decides to open parking lot to some food trucks with First Friday restrictions in effect". Vince Echavaria. January 5, 2011. http://www.marinadelreyargonaut.com/articles/2011/01/06/news_-_features/venice/v1.txt. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
- ^ "Bongwater(Overview)". yohungama. 1997. http://www.yohungama.com/detail/movie.php?mid=0125678. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
External links
- Christian Meoli at the Internet Movie Database
- Christian Meoli, Website
Categories:- Living people
- American stage actors
- American dramatists and playwrights
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