De Melo was born on 26 September 1989 in
Barnstaple,
Devon, and later moved to
London, where he attended the
University of London. He graduated from
ArtsEd in 2012, and appeared in the 2012 short films
Rewind and
Innocence. In 2013, he appeared as Tamir Niaz in an episode of the
BBC soap opera
Doctors. In 2014, he portrayed Josh Ware in an episode of
Casualty, and in 2015, De Melo was cast in the
BBC One drama series
The Interceptor as Martin, a former
MI6 agent and a member of the UNIT team. In 2017, De Melo appeared in
EastEnders as
PC Jaz Jones on a recurring basis, appearing in five episodes. Later that year, he provided additional voices for the video game
Need for Speed Payback. In November 2017, De Melo joined the cast of the
ITV soap opera
Coronation Street as
Imran Habeeb. The character was introduced as the brother of established character
Rana Habeeb (
Bhavna Limbachia) and arrives to attend Rana's wedding. The character returned in January 2018, after being promoted to a regular character, with storylines including his relationship with
Toyah Battersby (
Georgia Taylor), a one-night stand with
Abi Franklin (
Sally Carman which results in Abi getting pregnant and a custody battle for their son. In March 2022, it was announced that De Melo had decided to leave the soap, and Imran was
killed off after sustaining injuries in a car accident and ultimately dying of cardiac arrest in scenes broadcast in June 2022. Following his exit from the soap, De Melo starred in a theatre adaption of
The Clothes They Stood Up In, based on the 2001 book by Alan Bennett, and in 2023, he appeared as
Borachio in the play
Much Ado About Nothing. ==Filmography==