Professional Opera Singer by trade, Jesse Merlin has been a serious Rocky Horror enthusiast since 1992, has performed the Criminologist across the world with over a dozen different casts, and has watched many more.

ALIASES: Mr. Merlin
SIGN: Sun, Venus & Mercury in Pisces, Moon in Capricorn, Virgo rising
OBSESSIONS: Bridge, Bondage, Ballroom Dancing, Buggery, Books, History, The Legendary Pink Dots, Klaus Nomi, Quentin Crisp, Oscar Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Stephen Fry, Edward Ka-Spel, George Wright, Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Music, Vinyl, 78s, Victrolas
SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Frequently
SEXUAL POSITION: Buggery and Embuggery
CELEB S/HE'D MOST LIKE TO BED: Ivor Novello
FAV MUSIC/ARTIST: Legendary Pink Dots
FAV MOVIE: Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom (Pasolini, 1975)
FAV BOOKS: "The Naked Civil Servant, Quentin Crisp. "Darkness at Noon" and "The Invisible Writing," Arthur Koestler. "Scoop," "Vile Bodies" and "Put out More Flags," Evelyn Waugh, "A Confederacy of Dunces," John Kennedy Toole.
FAV QUOTE: "There is no salvation at all, only laughter in the dark."
FAV BEVERAGE: Lapsang Souchong (loose-leaf only)
FAV DOCTOR WHO: Jon Pertwee, #3
FAV PEOPLE: Quentin Crisp (dead), Stephen Fry (living).
FAV SINS CAST MEMBER: Liz Stockton!
FAV ROCKY HORROR CHARATCER: The Criminologist, of course. He's the most important, crucial character in the film; without him, there's no narrative.
FAV ROCKY HORROR MEMORY: It's a tie between performing on the stage of the Hollywood Bowl for the film's 30th anniversary, and joining the cast of the Parisian Sweet Transvestites for six weeks in the summer of 2005.
PERSONAL WEBSITE: www.jessemerlin.com & www.myspace.com/mistermerlin
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CURRENT ROLE: The Criminologist
OTHER ROLES PERFORMED: 35 Professional Operatic roles, but no other RHPS roles.

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