J.P. Manoux

J.P. Manoux was born on Jun 08, 1969 in USA. J.P. Manoux's big-screen debut came with My Neighbor Totoro directed by Hayao Miyazaki in 1988, strarring Additional Voices (2005 Disney version) (English version, voice). J.P. Manoux is known for Nobody directed by Ilya Naishuller, Bob Odenkirk stars as Hutch Mansell and Aleksey Serebryakov as Yulian Kuznetsov. The upcoming new movie J.P. Manoux plays is The Walls Are Watching which will be released on Apr 30, 2022.

J.P. Manoux grew up in Santa Barbara, California, the oldest of seven. He was involved in children's theater and took tap dance lessons before attending Thacher School in Ojai, California. As college applications approached, Manoux's drama teacher recommended the undergraduate theater department at Northwestern University. He received the Outstanding Student Award from NU's School of Speech in 1991.Surrounded by Chicago's vibrant theater scene, J.P. became passionate about improv and sketch comedy. After graduating, he moved to Hollywood and honed his comedy chops at L.A. Theatresports, ACME Comedy Theater, the Groundlings School, and I.O. West. Legit stage productions garnered critical accolades, culminating in 1999 with L.A. Ovation and Backstage West Garland Awards recognizing his work in the world premiere stage musical Reefer Madness.Over the next few years, J.P. appeared in dozens of sitcoms and commercials including campaigns for Got Milk? and Fruit of the Loom. He was a regular improviser and sketch player on ABC's 2001 prime-time variety experiment The Wayne Brady Show (2001), and became a celebrity in the world of children's television thanks to his dual role as Mr. Hackett and Curtis the Caveman on the Disney Channel series Phil du futur (2004). During this period, he also voiced the lead role of Kuzco in Disney's animated series Kuzco, un empereur à l'école (2006). In 2006, J.P. joined the ensemble of "ER," recurring as sardonic surgical resident Dr. Dustin Crenshaw.Opportunities to act and direct in Canada led Manoux to pursue immigration north of the border. Over the next several years, Toronto-based productions of Disney's sci-fi/adventure series Aaron Stone (2009) and CTV's Spun Out (2014) employed his talents both in front of and behind the camera. Since returning to Hollywood, J.P. has guest starred in episodes of Shameless, Grey's Anatomy, 9-1-1: Lone Star, and has played recurring characters on the HBO series Veep (2012), and PopTV's Swedish Dicks (2016).Manoux has appeared in over 100 different television series, 90 commercials, and 40 films. He has provided voice and motion-capture performance for eight video games, competed on six TV game shows, and read two original pieces for All Things Condsidered on National Public Radio. He is a 2018 Moth StorySLAM winner (Los Angeles) who has co-written one play, and anonymously authored one IMDb biography.His vanity license plate reads IMDB ME.