Manny Montana

Manny Montana
Born Long Beach, California, United States
Alma mater California State University, Long Beach
Occupation Actor
Years active 2008–present

Manny Montana is an American actor. He portrayed Johnny Tuturro in USA Network's series, Graceland and Rio in Netflix/NBC's series, Good Girls.

Early life

Montana was born and raised in Long Beach, California. After graduating from Jordan High School, Montana got a football scholarship to California State University Sacramento, but quit after an arm injury and dislocating his shoulder for the eighth time. He transferred to California State University, Long Beach to major in Journalism and Broadcasting. He worked as a DJ in school's student-radio station, which landed him an intern position at Power 100.3.[1] He is of Mexican American descent.[2]

Career

After graduating in 2006, Montana pushed himself to acting. He started acting in student films which eventually led him to guest in episodes of various television series'.[3] In 2012, Montana was cast as Johnny "J.T." Tuturro in Graceland. When cast, Montana admitted that being cast in a regular procedural where the conflict is wrapped by the end of the episode was his fear, since it did not test him as an actor, but was relieved when each episode has different scenarios and great dialogue.[4] He was also drawn to the character since Johnny is really light and nice, and only gets hurt if somebody lies to him, which he found was common with his personality as well.[5]

In 2015, Montana appeared in Michael Mann's Blackhat as Lozano, a "wanted criminal". Montana admitted that he had auditioned for a lead role and did not receive it, but got offered a supporting role, which he took in a heartbeat.[6][7]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2008 El Primo Luis Short
2008 East L.A. Alex Guzman
2008 Sanctuary Ramirez
2009 Detached Manuel Sabatar
2009 Road to Moloch Martinez Short
2009 Maria de Covina Manuel Batista Short
2010 30 Is the New 12 Paco Short
2011 The Ghost of Crenshaw Terence Simmons Short
2012 Atonal Young Fighter Short
2012 Courageous Alexander Short
2013 Go for Sisters Tenoch
2015 Blackhat Alonso Reyes
2015 Hacker Lozano
2016 Undrafted Zapata
2018 The Mule Axl Post-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 ER Football Orderly Episode: "Heal Thyself"
2008 Eleventh Hour Vasquez Episode: "Surge"
2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Hector Episode: "Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep"
2009 Raising the Bar Romeo Vasquez Episode: "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey"
2009 Cold Case Francisco Ariza Episode: "Officer Down"
2010 Lie to Me Dax Episode: "Delinquent"
2011 The Chicago Code Antonio Betz 2 episodes
2011 Chase Matt Nestor Episode: "Roundup"
2011 Breakout Kings Cesar Vega Episode: "Where in the World Is Carmen Vega"
2011 CSI: NY Off. Glen Cates Episode: "Officer Involved"
2012 Cybergeddon Frank Porter 2 episodes
2013–2015 Graceland Johnny Tuturro Main Cast
2013 Grimm David Florez Episode: "El Cucuy"
2014 Power Miguel Episode: "Not Exactly How We Planned"
2015 The Following Luis Serra Episode: "The Hunt"
2016 Lucifer Javier Junior Episode: "Pops"
2016–2017 Conviction Franklin "Frankie" Cruz Main Cast, 13 episodes
2017 Rosewood Marcos Villa Recurring Cast
2017 Miles from Tomorrowland Zeno 2 episodes
2018 Good Girls Rio Main Cast
Video Games
Year Title Role Notes
2012 L.A. Noire Felix Alvarro Voice

References

  1. ↑ "'Graceland' Actor Manny Montana Plays Big Role in Long Beach Community". Long Beach Post. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/08/14/manny_montana_of_graceland_when_a_straight_actor_plays_a_gay_scene.html
  3. ↑ "'Graceland' Actor Manny Montana Plays Big Role in Long Beach Community". Long Beach Post. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "5 Questions with 'Graceland's' Manny Montana". www.etonline.com. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Laurel Brown (5 June 2013). "'Graceland' interview: Manny Montana talks about the fun-loving character of Johnny Tuturro - Zap2it - News & Features". Zap2it.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "'Graceland's' Manny Montana Joins Michael Mann's 'Cyber' (Exclusive) - TheWrap". TheWrap. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Manny Montana Talks GRACELAND and Michael Mann's CYBER". Collider. Retrieved 27 October 2014.


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