Vine star-turned-social influencer Melvin Gregg is establishing a flourishing acting career. Gregg has been cast in the third season of the hit Lifetime series UnREAL — which is about a dating reality show producer (Shiri Appleby) who must do whatever it takes to stir up drama. Gregg will fittingly play a social influencer named Zach, who is one of the 10 male suitors on the fictional dating competition series, Everlasting,
In addition to the television project, Gregg can next be seen in the New Form Digital fantasy thriller Immortals, which was directed by Joshua Caldwell (Be Somebody) and co-stars fellow influencer Alexa Losey. In film, Gregg will next star in The Land — about four teenage friends who become major drug dealers — which premiered at Sundance and was acquired by IFC Films.
Gregg was last seen in Freakish, an AwesomenessTV teen horror series that premiered on Hulu in October.
The 28-year-old counts millions of followers on social media, including 2.5 million Facebook fans, 2.4 million Instagram followers, and 200,000 YouTube subscribers. Gregg is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and attorney Danny Miller of Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof & Fishman LLP.
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