Rudy Mancuso

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Mancuso in 2019
Born
Rodolfo Mancuso

28 February 1992 (age 32)
Education Glen Ridge High School
Occupations
  • Internet personality
  • actor
  • musician
Years active2013–present
YouTube information
Channels
GenreComedy
Subscribers
  • 7.37 million (Rudy Mancuso)
  • 2.68 million (Awkward Puppets)
Total views
  • 1.08 billion (Rudy Mancuso)
  • 288 million (Awkward Puppets)
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg1,000,000 subscribers

Rodolfo Mancuso (born 1992) [1] is an American Internet personality, musician and actor. [2] He is known for making comedy skits with his friends on YouTube and Vine as well as for being behind many voices in the YouTube channel Awkward Puppets. [3]

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Early life

Rodolfo Mancuso grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the son of an Italian-American father and a Brazilian mother, along with a sister, Marianna. [4] [5] [6] Rudy attended Glen Ridge High School and Rutgers University Newark. [7] He lived in Rio de Janeiro for a while and speaks Portuguese fluently. [8] He started playing the piano at the age of five. [9]

Career

Rudy Mancuso - Mama (Official Music Video)
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Mancuso and Maia Mitchell in 2018

Mancuso started his Vine channel in 2013. He was often known for his Hispanic characters as well as his IRL videos. [10] Mancuso's partnered with Shots Studios to create videos and launched his YouTube channel in 2016. [11]

He has been featured on Comedy Central's Drunk History and HBO's Outpost. He also starred in YouTube Red's Keys of Christmas along with Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled. [12]

Awkward Puppets, a puppet series on the YouTube platform, is owned by Mancuso and Shots Studios. He was the opener for Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour in Brazil's section of his Latin America shows in 2017. [13]

Dolce & Gabbana invited Mancuso to walk in their Milan Men's Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018 show on June 17, 2017. [14] He performed and presented an award at the 2017 MTV Millennial Awards in Mexico. [15]

In July 2017, Mancuso performed at Villa Mix, in Goiânia for two consecutive days. [16] On October 6, 2017, he released his first single, "Black & White," in collaboration with songwriter/producer Poo Bear. [17] On October 7, 2017, Mancuso performed at the Villa Mix festival in São Paulo. [18]

Mancuso's next single, "Mama", was his first video single without a featured artist. The video, which he directed, featured Chantel Jeffries and according to Billboard evoked "odd nostalgia". [19] He also released an original song coloration with Alesso on the latter's channel. [20] In 2018, Mancuso directed the music video for Lele Pons' debut solo single "Celoso" [21] and the music video for Alesso's single "REMEDY." Mancuso also directed the music video for O.A.R.'s single "Miss You All The Time" which was released in October 2018. [22]

Mancuso collaborated with fellow comedian and musician Simon Rex for the video "Storytelling" which was released on his channel July 2018. [23]

In September 2018, Mancuso joined O.A.R. at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado for a performance. [24] He and fellow Shots Studios artist Lele Pons hosted the 2018 Hispanic Heritage Foundation Awards show. [25] The two performed Pons' "Celoso," with Mancuso playing the instrumental on the piano.

In September 2018, Mancuso released his fourth single, "Lento." In October 2018, he released "Superhero Therapy" with Lele Pons, Anwar Jibawi, and King Bach. The video is the most recent installment of his super hero series, which has over 68 million views total. [26]

In November 2018, Mancuso both performed and received an award at the 2018 ALMAs. The award was presented by fellow Shots Studios star Alesso. [27] He also performed a cover of Queen's You're My Best Friend in support of Netflix's Bohemian Rhapsody (film) and the Mercury Phoenix Trust which was released to his YouTube channel. [28] He also hosted the 'Concert for Tommy's Field', a charity event held at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. [29] Performances included Lele Pons, Bryce Vine, and others.

Mancuso has produced sponsored videos working with companies such as Target and Clif bar which blend music and comedy. He also appeared in a video with basketball star Stephen Curry for Brita water filters. [30]

Personal life

From 2015 to early 2022, Mancuso was in a relationship with Australian actress Maia Mitchell. [31]

Since July 2022, Mancuso has been dating actress Camila Mendes. The two first met on the set of Música . [32]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
bored at home

Singles

YearTitleAlbum
2017"Black & White" (with Poo Bear)non-album singles
2018"Magic" (with Maia Mitchell)
"Mama"
"Lento"
2019"Anda Pal Carajo (APC)" (with XAXO and Mau y Ricky)
"Circle of Love"
"I Think I'm Cool"

Filmography

Music videos

YearTitleCharacter
2017"Black and White"Himself
2018"Magic"
"Everything is Alright"
"Mama"
"Lento"
2019"I Think I'm Cool"

Film

YearTitleCharacterNotesRef.
2016The Keys of ChristmasHimself [34]
Petting ScorpionsLeader [35]
2019 Rim of the World Wes
2020A Celebration of the Music from CocoHimself
2023 The Flash Albert Desmond [36] [37] [38]
2024 Música RudyDirectorial debut, also writer, executive producer, and composer [39]
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Series

YearTitleCharacterRef.
2015 Drunk History Manuel Bonilla [40]
2016OutpostCorresponding [41]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017 2017 MTV Millennial Awards PresenterPresented International Hit of the Year[ citation needed ]

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