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Mike Mendez

Actor, Editor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1973 (52 years)
A native to Los Angeles, Mike Mendez was in the backyard making movies since the age of 10. At the age of 23, Mike made his first feature film "Killers," which was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. The film was picked up by Alpine Pictures, who distributed the feature in the U.S. The film also received a worldwide theatrical release.

He followed that up with the horror comedy "The Convent," which was also accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in 2000, as well as over 30 other film festivals worldwide. The film was released by Lionsgate in the U.S.

In 2002, he produced a documentary for Universal Television and Showtime entitled "Masters of Horror," featuring interviews with some of the genre's most legendary filmmakers. In 2006, Mike's film "The Gravedancers" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released in theaters nationally by Lionsgate & After Dark Films as part of "8 Films To Die For".

Along with producing short films for X-box and working on the television series "Beavis & Butthead", Mike's newest film is "Big Ass Spider!" for Epic Pictures, which premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival. Starring "Heroes" alumni Greg Grunberg, it had a limited theatrical worldwide.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Tales of Halloween
  • Big Ass Spider!
  • Don't Kill It
  • Chillerama
  • Lavalantula
  • The Convent
  • The Last Heist
  • Acceleration
  • Against the Night
  • Unnatural
  • Dead Ant
  • Killers
  • All American Christmas Carol
Known For
  • Tales of Halloween
  • Big Ass Spider!
  • The Gravedancers
  • Don't Kill It
  • Lavalantula
  • The Convent
  • Satanic Hispanics
  • Killers
  • The Last Heist
  • Against the Night
  • The Shed
  • Bimbo Movie Bash
  • Dead Ant
  • Tales from the Crypt: New Year's Shockin' Eve
  • Beyond Brotherhood
  • Nature (2015)

Filmography

2024
2022
Satanic Hispanics · as Gus (segment "the Hammer Of Zanzibar")
2021
Malignant · as Hospital Security Guard #1
2018
All the Creatures Were Stirring · as Theatre Patron
2018
Snake Outta Compton · as Ice Cream
2017
Beyond Brotherhood · as Joshua Bedi-Kid
2016
Monsterland · as Cultist
2015
Terror Toons 3 · as Police Chief
2015
Nature (2015) (TV Series) · as Jared
2011
Chillerama · as Drive In Patron / Xombie
2010
The Black Box · as Invisible Ninja
2010
Hatchet II · as Featured Hunter
2009
Timo Rose's Beast · as Hunter

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