Alan Madlane — Acting | Biography, Movies & Career

Biography

Alan Madlane is a Detroit-based actor, script revisionist and screenwriter, best known for "Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo" (aka: "Wendigo," "Beyond the Mask," and "Train Station."

He is also a former critic, copywriter and associate editor for the seminal rock and roll magazine CREEM from 1977-79.

A proud member of SAG-AFTRA since 2014, he has been acting in films since 1980 and onstage since 1983. He has about 20 films and 75 stage productions to his credit, virtually all in the greater Detroit area.

Other major roles or more notable films include "Dirty Trousers" (never completed) and "Amsteroid (aka Magic Mentah)," as well as "P. I. Blues," "Happy Hour" and "Malignant Separation."

Born in Detroit, he grew up in Detroit and the nearby suburb of Livonia. He graduated from Livonia Churchill High School, class of 1975 (which is the same year Judy Greer, who also attended Churchill, was born). While at Churchill, he participated in the drama club, but not as an actor.

He was recommended for his role in "Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo" by good friend Ron Asheton, late guitarist for The Stooges.

He worked as a zookeeper and docent in the Detroit Zoological Park system from 1998-2000, and as a degreed librarian at several public libraries in the Detroit area. Other past jobs include having been an English professor, having tended bar in a strip joint, and having recovered dead bodies; also: film projectionist, cab driving, landscaping, waiting tables, selling tropical fish, and journalism.

He is a member of MENSA and is listed in Who's Who in America. He holds a Masters degree in Library Science, as well as a Bachelors in English/Creative Writing with a minor in the Biomedical Sciences. He attended Wayne State University, Western Michigan University and Schoolcraft College.

In addition to being an actor, he is a writer, poet, musician and photographer. His show biz idol has long been the late David Bowie.

Among his many varied interests are: metaphysics and human potential; animal and human welfare; record, book and art collecting; sports, gambling and racing; astronomy; zoology and species survival; antiques, auctions and estate and garage sales; and more.

He was born a twin, but his younger twin sister Denise died 30 minutes after being born. He has one living sister, Karen, eight years his junior. Despite several relationships, he has never married or had any known children. From 1992 to 2018, he had the stated privilege of having raised 13 stray and rescue cats. Alan still lives in the suburban Detroit area.