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J. P. Manoux
Manoux at the 2012 Fan Expo Canada
Born	Jean-Paul Manoux (1969-06-08) June 8, 1969 (age 55) Fresno, California, U.S.
Education	Northwestern University
Occupations	Actor director writer
Years active	1986–present
Website	jpmanoux.com

Jean-Paul Manoux (born June 8, 1969) is an American actor, director and writer. He is perhaps best known for his work on multiple Disney television series. He played S.T.A.N. the android in Aaron Stone, both Curtis the Caveman and Vice Principal Hackett in Phil of the Future, and voiced Kuzco in The Emperor's New School. Before fame, Manoux was a contestant on Jeopardy!, Family Feud, and Wheel of Fortune. He also starred in the CTV sitcom Spun Out.

Early life

Manoux was born in Fresno, California on June 8, 1969. He is of Armenian and French descent, with his Armenian grandparents fleeing the Armenian Genocide. He grew up in Santa Barbara, California, the eldest of seven children. He attended Thacher School in Ojai, California and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Upon graduating and moving to Hollywood, Manoux studied improv and sketch comedy at L.A. Theatresports, ACME Comedy Theatre, The Groundlings School, and iO West.

Career

One of Manoux's early roles was as a regular performer on The Wayne Brady Show. He went on from there to work extensively in television and commercials, including campaigns for Got Milk? and Fruit of the Loom. Manoux portrayed Dr. Dustin Crenshaw in two of the later seasons of ER. Other memorable guest star roles in television series include How I Met Your Mother, Angel, Smallville, Charmed, Scrubs, and Community. He has also appeared in episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, Will & Grace, and recurred on Veep, CSI: Vegas, and Swedish Dicks.

Manoux has portrayed a character impersonating musician Moby on several occasions; in the How I Met Your Mother episode "The Limo", and for a four-episode run on Community. He has also played a mime on more than one occasion, briefly on ER (1996), years before he became a recurring character there, and in EuroTrip (2004).

He has also made small appearances in two Michael Bay films: Transformers, where he was a man being interviewed on television, and in The Island, where he portrayed a mentally underdeveloped clone.

Manoux has also provided voice work in several films and animated television shows, including Scrappy Rex and Brainiac Scooby in Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and most notably as the voice of Kuzco in various Disney projects, including House of Mouse, Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, The Emperor's New School and The Emperor's New Groove: The Video Game.

Manoux has directed episodes of Aaron Stone, Phil of the Future, Mudpit and Spun Out. He has also written for The Wayne Brady Show, The X-Fools video game, Microshaft Winblows 98 and he co-wrote the comedic circus tragedy Tights on a Wire with George Brant.

He has authored and read two pieces for NPR's All Things Considered. Back in 2000, he provided commentary on the Screen Actors Guild strike as a striking actor who refused to do any scab work.

Legal dispute

In 2015, Manoux appeared in Canadian court after two people staying in his Toronto condominium discovered a home security camera and reported it to the police. On July 30, 2015, the charge of voyeurism against him was dropped. In January 2017, he was convicted of mischief regarding the incident.

Filmography

Film

Dubbing

Television

Video games

Web series

Commercials

Writer

Theater

References

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7. "Jeanpaul C Manoux, Born 06/08/1969 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
8. "JP Manoux | J.P. Manoux".
9. Cox, Ted (August 7, 2001). "Wayne Brady Revives the Classic Variety Show: Can He Pull It Off?". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, IL. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
10. Linda Wertheimer (August 3, 2000). "Commercial Actors's Strike". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
11. Ansari, Sadiya (January 27, 2015). "Actor in CTV sitcom charged with voyeurism". Toronto Star.
12. Pazzano, Sam (July 30, 2015). "Voyeurism Charges Dropped Against Actor Jean Paul Manoux". Toronto Sun.
13. "Actor guilty of mischief for hiding camera in rental condo". www.thestar.com. January 11, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
14. ^ "JP Manoux (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 29, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
15. "JP Manoux | Jeopardy".
16. "Can't spell "Robert Mardian" without ROBETMAN". Twitter. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

External links

• Official website
• J. P. Manoux at IMDb

• 1969 births
• Living people
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• American male video game actors
• American male voice actors
• American people of French descent
• American people of Armenian descent
• American television directors
• Contestants on American game shows
• Male actors from Fresno, California
• Male actors from Santa Barbara, California
• 20th-century American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors