Vivek Shah, 25, arrested after allegedly threatening to kill family members of Miramax co-founder and four other individuals

An actor has been indicted for attempting to extort millions of dollars from the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Vivek Shah, 25, who has had minor roles in films and television shows including Bones and Outsourced, was arrested last week after allegedly threatening to kill members of Weinstein's family unless he wired money to an offshore bank account.

Weinstein was one of five people to receive a written threat from Shah in the past two months, according to an affidavit signed by postal inspector Joshua Mehall. Shah demanded that each target wire millions of dollars to an offshore bank account or he would kill family members who were listed in the letter.

According to the affidavit, Shah's other targets include an Illinois resident who co-founded an internet company, a Floridian who founded an oil and...