Biography

Manoli Ioannidis is an award winning Greek-American actor who has appeared in a variety of film, television, & theater productions. He is a graduate from the William Esper Studio in New York City & 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 & a Greek-American father from Hempstead, NY. He spends his time between New York City & New Orleans where he continues to master his craft & work on various Film, TV, & Theater projects.

Growing up in the Greek-American community & diverse city of New Orleans, Manoli developed a passion & appreciation for other cultures & languages, which he has applied to the roles he's played throughout his career. Fluent in Greek, Spanish, & English - as well as conversational in Italian & Portuguese- Manoli has a natural ease with languages. He speaks the languages he's learned with native accents & learns new languages very quickly, knowing various words & 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 Academy award winner, Steven Soderbergh & has appeared on hit TV series like The Penguin, The Equalizer, Queen of The South, MacGyver, & National Treasure: The Edge of History to name a few. He has performed alongside many talented actors, most notably Academy award winners, Colin Farrell & Catherine Zeta-Jones, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
- IMDb mini biography by: Molon Lave

Is an active member of the Hellenic Dancers of New Orleans with which he performs folkloric Greek dances at the New Orleans annual Greek Festival as well as the other Greek Festivals and events in the surrounding region.

Is also a talented singer and has auditioned for shows such as American Idol and Greece's TV show, Fame Story. He has won the golden ticket and advanced to the 2nd round of American Idol and has made it to the final round of Fame Story twice.

Being trilingual, Manoli is fluent in Greek, Spanish, and English. He is also conversational in Italian and Portuguese, and knows words and phrases in multiple other languages.