Career
He is known for playing Jambo Bolton in Hollyoaks, Jack Vincent in Casualty, Gaz Wilkinson in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, District of Columbia Spike Tanner in Number Offence and Ollie Curry in White Van Manitoba Mellor first came to the public"s attention in 1990, when he played Ben Rowlingson in the children"s programme Children"s Ward. In 1995, Mellor joined the cast of the soap opera Hollyoaks and played James "Jambo" Bolton until 1998.
He had a cameo as Jambo in a Christmas edition of Hollyoaks.
He released a cover of Leo Sayer"s "When I Need You", which reached number 5 in the United Kingdom Singles Chart, as well as a follow-up single called "Number Matter What I Do", which reached number 23. He also made an appearance in the music video for Boyzone"s Comic Relief single "When the Going Gets Tough".
Shortly after, Mellor appeared as Greg in Is Harry on the Boat?. He played Jack Vincent in Casualty from 2001 to 2003, and starred as Gaz Wilkinson in the comedy Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps from 2001 to 2011.
Mellor starred as "Barmpot" in the postal worker drama Sorted, and played District of Columbia Jed Griffiths in the second series of Murder Investigation Team.
In 2004, Mellor provided the voice for Georgie the dog in the CITV series Barking!. He played a gay man called Tom in the second series of The Street. He made his EastEnders debut on 20 May 2007 playing womanising salesman Warren Stamp.
Mellor was a guest star in the British Broadcasting Corporation fantasy drama Merlin.
In October 2008, he starred in The Prisoner, a documentary about prison life. Mellor portrayed Chris in the British horror thriller film The Reeds.
Mellor did a brief stint on children"s television channel CBeebies, in which he read books for the audience. In 2011, he starred in the British Broadcasting Corporation Three comedy White Van Manitoba and the British Broadcasting Corporation One drama Waterloo Road.
From 2011 to 2012, he played Liam Flynn in the British Broadcasting Corporation One comedy series In with the Flynns.
Mellor had a guest role in the final episode of the British Broadcasting Corporation Three comedy series Mongrels. In 2013, he played Steve Connolly in the Independent Television detective drama Broadchurch. In 2014, he appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Kay Mellor drama series In The Club.
In 2015, he was the narrator of Tattoo Disasters United Kingdom for Spike.
Mellor has pursued a career in modelling, notably for Topman.