Manoli Ioannidis

Manoli Ioannidis is an award winning Greek- American actor who has appeared in a variety of film, television, and theater productions over the years. Manoli is fluent in Greek, Spanish, and English as well as conversational in Italian and Portuguese. He has a natural ease with languages and as a result knows various words and phrases in multiple other languages also. He's performed alongside many talented actors, most notably Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Liam Hemsworth (in the movie Empire State). Other notable actors he has worked with include George Eads, Lucas Til, and Molly Burnett while appearing on hit shows like MacGyver and Queen of the South. From a young age Manoli realized his natural ability to embody characters and put on varying accents by often reenacting movie scenes with friends. His natural talent as an actor was further developed in high school while playing his first ever theater role as Van Buren, the coach in the play Damn Yankees. It was during this time that he also realized he possessed the natural ability to sing well, which caused him to become immediately passionate about pursuing it as a career. At that time in his life Manoli had high hopes and aspirations of becoming a popular singer and recording artist. Reluctantly, he veered away from following this dream after high school and graduated from the University of New Orleans with an MBA. This lead to a career in Banking during which he discovered his true passion in life, acting. Manoli Ioannidis was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, to a Greek mother and Greek-American father from Long Island, NY. He lives between New York City and New Orleans where he continues to master his craft and work on various Film, TV, and Theater projects. In New York, Manoli studied the Meisner technique of acting at William Esper Studio in Manhattan and graduated from their acting conservatory program. During his time at William Esper, he discovered yet another passion and talent to hone namely in stage combat and swordplay. To date his favorite weapon to wield is a broadsword.