F. Robb Caster
- Producer
He was born Fame Robb Caster in Omaha Nebraska as an identical twin. His father, Jack Irving-Melhus, was a computer programmer turned headhunter, and then became in a partnership with Ellyn Harris (Dance Music Grammy's). His mother, Constance (Manos), was a marketing executive for a hospital along with a banquet waiter at night. Caster is Greek, Norwegian, and Swedish, ancestry. His parents split up in 1982, and young Robb was raised with his grandmother, Kay, and grandfather, James in Stamford, CT which along with mother they created Manos Soap Co. His interest in producing was encouraged by visits to the Theatre arranged by his mother.
From the age of ten, Caster started acting in school plays in the Fairfield College Preparatory School and his mother was the driving force behind his artistic aspirations. He went to Wentworth Institute of Technology and then Harvard University, but did not finish. While through college, he was cleaning movie theaters, toiling restaurant kitchens as a chef assistant and as a waiter.
In 2014 he penned a novel, called The Lonely Expensive Life. After watching Spirtas win a Tony Award for producing Dear Evan Hanson, while both attending the Award show. Then in 2017, Spirtas came to Caster to produce After Forever written by Michael Slade and Spirtas. From the first season, After Forever garnered six Emmy Awards in 2018-2019, with Caster winning one for being an Executive Producer of the show.
In the film industry he is working on television series called "Both Sides", and film production called "The Last Chance". He's is handling the day-to-day operations of Manos Soap Co, a skincare company which is a Women-Owned and Certified B Corp organization which is created by his grandmother and mother from Greece.
From the age of ten, Caster started acting in school plays in the Fairfield College Preparatory School and his mother was the driving force behind his artistic aspirations. He went to Wentworth Institute of Technology and then Harvard University, but did not finish. While through college, he was cleaning movie theaters, toiling restaurant kitchens as a chef assistant and as a waiter.
In 2014 he penned a novel, called The Lonely Expensive Life. After watching Spirtas win a Tony Award for producing Dear Evan Hanson, while both attending the Award show. Then in 2017, Spirtas came to Caster to produce After Forever written by Michael Slade and Spirtas. From the first season, After Forever garnered six Emmy Awards in 2018-2019, with Caster winning one for being an Executive Producer of the show.
In the film industry he is working on television series called "Both Sides", and film production called "The Last Chance". He's is handling the day-to-day operations of Manos Soap Co, a skincare company which is a Women-Owned and Certified B Corp organization which is created by his grandmother and mother from Greece.