Lío Mehiel is an American actor and filmmaker from Puerto Rico,Matt Grobar, "Paradigm Signs Sundance Prize-Winning ‘Mutt’ Actor Lío Mehiel". Deadline Hollywood, March 31, 2023. most noted for their performances in the films Mutt (2023)Brande Victorian, "Transmasculine Actor Lío Mehiel Brings Vulnerability to the Post-Transition Experience in ‘Mutt’". The Hollywood Reporter, June 15, 2023. and In The Summers (2024).Andrew Parker, "The Short Side of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten". TheGATE.ca, February 6, 2025.
Biography Of Greek and Puerto Rican descent, Mehiel lived in Puerto Rico until age 5, when they moved with their family to the mainland United States. They studied theatre at Northwestern University before moving to Los Angeles to pursue work as an actor. They began their career in short films, and had small parts in Dear Evan Hansen (2021) and Tales of the City (2019), before being cast in Mutt (2023) as their first major starring role.Maya Hawke, "Lío Mehiel Tells Maya Hawke About Transitioning in the Public Eye". Interview, January 11, 2024.
They won the Special Jury Award for Acting in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival for Mutt (2023), the first transgender actor ever to win that award."Lío Mehiel: Get to know the trailblazing artist, filmmaker, and actor whose talent has taken the world by storm". Wonderland, July 31, 2023.
They returned to Sundance the following year with the film In the Summers (2024).Elsa Keslassy, "Sundance Prizewinner ‘In the Summers’ Finds U.S. Distribution With Music Box Films". Variety, June 6, 2024.
They have been cast in multiple films with transgender storylines including Vuk Lungulov-Klotz's Mutt (2023) and Leo Behren's short film, SKIN (2023).
Awards Award Date Category Work Result Sundance Film Festival 2023 U.S. Dramatic Competition, Special Jury Award for Acting Mutt Canadian Screen Awards 2025 Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail? Canadian Screen Awards: Film Nominations. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, March 26, 2025.
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