Personal life
Melvill-Smith was born in 1961 in South Africa. In 1984, he completed the National Diploma in Drama at Pretoria Technikon (currently known asCareer
After completing the diploma, he joined the Loft Theatre Company at NAPAC in 1985. Then he performed in many stage plays for three years under the company. Then he moved to Johannesburg in 1988 and worked as a freelance actor. Since then, he acted in many theatre plays such as; ''The Queen'' (1995), ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' (1996), ''King Lear'' (1998), ''Vlerkdans'' (1999), ''Anthony and Cleopatra'' (1999) and ''Sella ou Storie'' (2004). In 2005, he appeared in Horror Scope at the Grahamstown Festival where he played the role "Tchaikovsky" in a Salon Music production in Pretoria. Then in 2008, he performed in an Actors Centre production ''Faustus''. In the meantime, he made notable roles in the two plays: ''Kwamanzi'' and ''Horn of Sorrow'', both made European tours. He then wrote and directed the stage play ''Walking Tall''. Besides, he directed the operas such as ''Don Pasquale'' in 2001, and then ''Lucia Di Lamamoor'' and ''De Fledermaus'' in 2002. His contribution to Industrial Theatre presentations was significant where he also worked as member of the Theatre Sports team. He conducted Environmental Theatre Workshops, for about six years. In the meantime, he was also involved in Early Man workshops deals with anthropological heritage of South Africa. As a presenter, he worked on the television program ''In Touch''. In 1991, he appeared in the TV1 drama ''Die Sonkring'' with the role "Landdros". After that, he made notable appearances in the serials; ''7de Laan'', ''Wild at Heart'' and ''The Coconuts''. In 2006, he joined with the cast of SABC3 drama serial ''One Way''. He continued to play the role "Nathan" in the second season as well. In 2015, he acted in the Vuzu Amp serial ''aYeYe'' with the role "Wallie". Then he made a supportive role of "Mr Edwards" in the eleventh season of kykNET soap opera ''Binnelanders''. In the same year, he joined with the second season of Hollywood period drama adventure serial ''Black Sails'' and played the role "Admiral Hennessey". In 1988, he made film debut with the role of "bar fighter" in the film ''Blind Justice''. Since then he acted in many feature films, such as; ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice for Peakviewing Productions, Mr Bones, Drum, The Bang Bang Club, Night Drive and District 9.Filmography
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