Manoli Ioannidis is an award winning Greek-American actor who has appeared in a variety of film, television, and theater productions worldwide. He is a graduate from the William Esper Studio in New York City and has an MBA from the University of New Orleans.
He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Greek mother from Chios Island and a Greek-American father from Hempstead, Long Island, NY. He spends his time between New York City and New Orleans where he continues to master his craft and work on various Film, TV, and Theater projects.
Growing up in the Greek-American community and diverse city of New Orleans, Manoli developed a passion and appreciation for other cultures and languages, which he has applied to the roles he's played throughout his career. Fluent in Greek, Spanish, and English - as well as conversational in Italian and Portuguese - Manoli has a natural ease with languages. He speaks the languages he's learned with native accents and learns new languages very quickly, knowing various words and phrases in a variety of other languages as well.
From a young age Manoli realized his passion of acting by often reenacting movie and TV scenes with friends and embodying characters with ease. He further developed his knack for acting in high school while performing his first ever theater role as Van Buren, the coach in the musical play Damn Yankees. It was during this time that Manoli discovered another passion of his, singing.
Manoli has worked with the Academy and Emmy award-winning director, Steven Soderbergh, as well as the Emmy award-winning director and writer Vince Gilligan, and has appeared on hit TV series like The Penguin, The Equalizer, Queen of the South, and MacGyver to name a few. He has performed alongside many talented actors, most notably Academy award winner Catherine Zeta-Jones and Academy award-nominated Colin Farrell, as well as other stars like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Tom Segura, Queen Latifah, and Liam Hemsworth.
