Neil Jonathon Menage was born in London, England in 1950. He has appeared in various film, television and commercial productions as an extra (uncredited), specialising in costume and period pieces, including the Austrian films The Tabacconist (2018), Narcissus and Goldmund (2019), Hinterland (2020), the joint BBC-Austria production Vienna Blood: Episodes 1 & 2, The Habsburgers and the Stephansdom (2018) and Blind Ermittelt: House of Lies (2019) for Austrian TV.

He attributes his first credited appearance in an international film (Cannes award-winning Little Joe 2019) to director Jessica Hausner. Neil lives and works in Vienna, Austria, where he waits patiently for his big acting break.