ACTOR. WRITER. PERFORMER.
Born and raised in El Paso, actor, writer, and poet Manny Rey is carving his path in Hollywood.
About
Born and raised in El Paso, actor, writer, and poet Manny Rey is carving his path in Hollywood. His first big acting break was staring with Bryan Cranston in a final season episode of Breaking Bad (2013).
Manny has written seventeen feature screenplays, three sit-com pilots, and five drama series pilots in addition to writing close to forty short screenplays. Manny expanded his poetry catalog during the pandemic and has amassed over 180 poems which he plans to put out in two works.
Manny writes daily and works continuously on tapping into his Universal creativity and finessing his writing process while always finding ways to PITCH and produce his creations. Most recently, Manny acquired the life-story and book rights to The Lioness of Judah and has adapted a screenplay based on the amazing true story of Holocaust survivor, Sara Hauptman. In addition to his acting and writing, Manny enjoys spending time with his wife and four daughters. He enjoys meditating, cooking, running, and coaching his youngest in softball.
In summary, Manny has range in writing, acting, and life. His first collection of poems ‘In the Name of the Father, the Son & Everything Raza’ is being published.
Current Projects
In addition to acting, Manny pursues and publishes writings in many different forms. His latest, the novella DREAD, is available on Amazon now.
The lives of five vastly different people collide when a quasi-therapist is sent to help the group dive deep into their respective traumatic events and process the commonality that binds them all.
In a heavenly secluded forest, an unusual type of therapy dares participants to revisit traumas to release fear, pain, and anger. Most of the time, the healing occurs after sharing, for it is in the retelling of the experience where details will illuminate the real reason, they have all come together.
For these victims, the more you share, the more you dare have the courage to face the truth.
Reels
Manny is happiest with roles that stretch his abilities as a character actor.
Manny is a triple threat as he possesses the charm of a Joe Mantegna, the cold intensity of a Benicio Del Toro or James Russo and a panther-like physicality of a young Brando. He gets cast as a cop and detective, but more often he nabs the role of villain, psychopath, crime boss, hit-man, among other undesirables . A chameleon on the small screen, Manny has appeared on the critically acclaimed shows…”BREAKING BAD”, “THE NIGHT SHIFT”, and “QUEEN OF THE SOUTH”.
On the big screen, Manny has co-starred in several films, such as, “Line of Duty”, “Between Kings and Queens”, “Frame Switch”, as well as playing the lead in “Enemy of the Mind”, which he also wrote and produced.