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Stephen C Mendel (born Jan. 26, 1953) is a Canadian/American actor. He is known primarily for his roles on the CBS television series “Night Heat” in which he played the role of Detective Freddie Carson in 96 episodes and the A&E series “Mad Men” in which he played the recurring role of Holocaust survivor Morris Ginsberg. He is also known for voicing the role of Splinter in the Fox television version of “The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

Mendel was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to American parents, Leonard, a businessman and Pearl, a homemaker. He grew up in the suburb of Cote St. Luc and attended Wagar High School, where he acted in the annual school productions. He then attended Vanier College where he took all the theater and music courses available. He graduated from Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec with a BA in Drama. He began acting professionally in 1976. After working for several years in Canada on stage, in film, television and commercials he departed Canada for Los Angeles. In 1999 Mendel was accepted into the graduate theater program at California State University, Long Beach and graduated magna cum laude with a Master of Fine Arts in Performance.

A master of accents and dialects, he performs voice work in animation, narration, video games, audio books, radio and television commercials.

Early in his adult life, after graduation from college, Mendel played acoustic folk music at various venues in Montreal as well as Edmonton, Alberta. He began playing acoustic folk music again in California in the 2000’s and recently recorded an album entitled “Sing Me A Story” which may be found on Spotify, ITunes, Google Music/Youtube Music and other streaming sites.

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Active Member: AFTRA | CAEA | UBCP | AEA | SAG | ACTRA | SAG-AFTRA

VOICE ACTOR & NARRATOR

"His voice is versatile and as smooth as warm butter. He could read anything and make it sound exciting."

B. Smith, Audible.com

FILM & TELEVISION ACTING

"Stephen Mendel has a chameleon-like ability to from one role to the next. He's an ideal character actor to play the tough guy, the nice guy, or the funny guy."

Everette Walsh, TV GUIDE

CHARACTER ACTING DEMONSTRATION: Morris Ginsberg, AMC's Mad Men

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On "20/20 In An Instant" on ABC Television, Stephen Mendel portrays Bego Gerhart. He works with Grand County Search and
Actor Stephen Mendel Shifts Gears to Release Debut Record of Eclectic Americana/Canadiana Folk Interpretations BY Ashley Jude Collie Stephen Mendel.
My Album "Sing Me A Story" is up on all the streaming sites! You can listen and download on Spotify,
Doing it all In my life as a musician I get posts from musician's groups and one of those groups
Check out this fantastic Facebook post by a one of my co-stars  Here's a trailer (currently only showing in China,
Retired Special Agent Pettis is called in for consultation on a new case related to one of his old cases he
I'm happy to say that I started recording a new audio book today! It is entitled, The Girl on the
Thank You Julia Buis for sharing this video of our scenes together on General Hospital last year.   
On the award winning Grey’s Anatomy Season 12 Episode 22, Stephen Mendel plays obstetrician Dr. Russo. He works the scenes
Last week I posted about having booked a guest starring role on Grey's Anatomy, I have been informed that my