Manny Montana
Manny Montana
Biography
 Manny Montana (born September 26, 1983) is an American actor. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, he started his career in 2008 and is best known for his character Rio in the series Good Girls. Manny 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 the school's student radio station, which landed him an intern position at Power 100.3. He is a first-generation Mexican-American. After graduating in 2006, Montana acted in a number of student films, which eventually led him to guest star in single episodes of various television series. In 2012, Montana was cast as Johnny "J.T." Turturro in Graceland. In regards to fan reaction to the show, he stated, "Being cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode, was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor. On this show, every week we're playing somebody different, there's great dialogue, I love my co-stars, it's fun to be at work, and I think the fans are seeing that. Regardless of whether they like the show or not, I think they like the cast and the dynamic we have together." In 2015, Montana appeared in Michael Mann's Blackhat as Lozano, a "wanted criminal." Montana auditioned for a lead role and did not receive it but got offered a supporting role. From 2018 to 2021, he was a member of the main cast of Good Girls as Rio. The show was cancelled after four seasons. In 2021, Montana appeared in one episode of the television show All American, portraying coach Dante Smart. In April 2022, it was announced that Montana would join season four of the show Mayans M.C. as a member of the Yuma Mayans. Montana is married to Adelfa Marr, with whom he has one child. Marr is a life coach providing services digitally. The couple keeps their life private and their child away from the public. Description above from the Wikipedia article Manny Montana, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
31
Gender
Male
Birthday
1983-09-26 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Long Beach, California, USA
Acting

2025

Ironheart as Cousin John

2018

All American as Dante Smart

2018

Mayans M.C. as Manny

2018

Good Girls as Rio

2018

The Mule as Axl

2016

Lucifer as Junior Arias

2016

Westworld as Carver

2016

Conviction as Franklin "Frankie" Cruz

2016

Undrafted as Zapata

2015

Rosewood as Marcos Villa

2015

Blackhat as Alonzo Reyes

2014

Power as Miguel

2013

The Following as Luis Serra

2013

Graceland as Joe "Johnny" Tuturro

2013

Go for Sisters as Tenoch

2012

Cybergeddon as Frank Parker

2011

Grimm as David Florez

2011

Breakout Kings as Cesar Vega

2011

The Chicago Code as Antonio Betz

2010

Chase as Matt Nestor

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Diego Salazar

2009

Lie to Me as Dax

2009

Road to Moloch as Martinez

2009

Detached as Manuel Sabatar

2008

Raising the Bar as Romeo Vasquez

2008

The Cousin as Luis

2004

CSI: NY as Glenn Cates

2003

Cold Case as Francisco Ariza