Christian Meoli is an American actor/writer/producer who runs the acclaimed independent theaters known as Cinelounge. Originally from Philadelphia, he is one of three sons of Gennaro Meoli, a.k.a. Jerry Mayo, a shirtmaker turned trumpeter (died 2011) and Sandra Bandera Meoli (died 2004). He began his acting career in his early teens in regional theatre productions. With a strong acting education from the Performing Arts School and Stagedoor Manor, he appeared in dozens of plays on the East Coast. He attended Temple University on scholarship to study film directing. In 1992, Meoli was cast as "Federico Aranda" in the Frank Marshall-directed Alive. He was next cast opposite Rory Cochrane, Kyra Sedgwick, and Ron Livingston in The Low Life (1995) and opposite Jon Favreau and Naomi Watts in Persons Unknown (1996). Meoli has produced over 100 projects via film/TV/live events plus numerous radio programs for the Pacifica Radio Network. In 2009, he wrote the book and lyrics, acted, produced and directed the underground theatre hit "Octomom the Musical", which garnered international press with its jolting parody hijinks. He has appeared in commercials for the likes of Fruit of the Loom, FEMA, Volkswagen, Olympus Camera, Microsoft, Time Warner, and Coors Light, among others. In 2010, Meoli began Arena Cinema in the heart of Hollywood at the former Egyptian 2&3 location, where he exhibited thousands of new independent films. In 2016, Meoli built out a brand new state of the art 50 seat theater in the industry centric 6464 Sunset Blvd. building and rebranded to Cinelounge. Cinelounge was awarded Academy Qualifying status by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and has qualified additional thousands of new and feature length films. In 2022, Meoli married actress, director, producer Camilla Meoli. They have one daughter Minerva Meoli.
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Biography from IMDb.
- July 6, 1972 (54)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 22 on MovieCove · 33 credits in all
What are Christian J. Meoli's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 2
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 0 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 0 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Christian J. Meoli's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Christian J. Meoli's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
33 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Los Angeles Overnight(2018)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Soaked in Bleach(2015)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Treachery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Should've Been Romeo(2012)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Dollhouse(2009)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
In Plain Sight(2008)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Final Approach(2007)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Eli Stone(2008)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Life(2007)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Desperate Housewives(2004)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Joan of Arcadia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Without a Trace(2002)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Wanderlust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Alias(2001)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Crossing Jordan(2001)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
The Division (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Martial Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
V.I.P. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Bongwater(1998)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Dogtown(1997)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Practice(1997)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Persons Unknown(1996)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
The Low Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Naked Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Nunzio's Second Cousin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Chicago Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Boy Meets World(1993)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Alive(1993)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Beverly Hills, 90210(1990)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
In This Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 70th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles, 32 of them dated from 1990 to 2022; peak year 1993.
Film career
Peak 1993 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1993Screen debut· Alive
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Christian J. Meoli's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 26th percentile, the median of all 9; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.