[1] At the age of ten, Melville gained his first lead role as Frederik in The Beast Within, a feature drama written and directed by Carsten Rudolf [da].

In Denmark, his fame was cemented after playing Oliver Schandorff in the Emmy-nominated local series The Killing.

[2] A year after he won the Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival.

In the same year he starred in music videos In Love with the World by Aura Dione and Tomgang by Shaka Loveless.

[4] Recently he joined the cast of Showtime period drama The Borgias, created by Neil Jordan and renewed for a third season in 2013.