Actor Stephen Mendel Shifts Gears to Release Debut Record of Eclectic Americana/Canadiana Folk Interpretations
Stephen Mendel. Keeps. Shapeshifting.
Mendel has always been a chameleon. As a versatile character actor, who was a series regular in the award-winning, late-night CBS/CTV cop show Night Heat, Mendel has had a mercurial career. When needed, he has artfully donned beards, wigs, glasses and other disguises to portray any variety of characters from cops to bad guys, to doctors, scientists, and everymen in movies and guest starring on hit TV series like NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men, and Criminal Minds among many others.
Now, Mendel is shapeshifting into another role, as a recording artist with the release of his debut album, “Sing Me a Story,” quipping, “At one time I almost called it, ‘Sing Me a Story, Tell Me A Song,’ because I do love singing ballads and story songs. It might just as easily have been called, ‘Songs I Like to Sing.’”
