Striking, charming, and captivating are merely a fraction of what can be used to describe Mel Chude, a talented African-American young actor and model, who hails from Detroit, Michigan. Raised on the east side of Detroit, he received early encouragements in high school, and Mel began his career as a print model.Mel's academic aspirations and physical attributes would lead him to a college football scholarship and a major in Premed/Biology. Despite the busy schedule of a scholar-athlete, this wasn''t enough to satisfy his creative side, so he set his sights on performing, this time around on acting. As a model, he moved to New York City, soon thereafter he began to pursue his childhood love for film, theater, and television.In a short time, Mel has had a relative success. His acting career began with small roles on various short films, commercials, features and episodic television shows such as Law and Order-SVU and Ugly Betty. His latest accomplishments include appearances in the feature film ""Amazing"" and ""Alex Cross"".Mel credits his late grandmother as his biggest inspiration. He makes his home in Brooklyn, NY as well as Los Angeles, CA.