Stuart Manning

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Stuart David Manning
Stuart Manning.jpg
Born (1979-05-27) 27 May 1979 (age 44)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2001–present
Known for Hollyoaks
Television Hollyoaks (2004–2009, 2018)
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2009)

Stuart David Manning (born 27 May 1979) is an English actor and model. He is known for portraying the role of Russ Owen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2004 until 2009, and again in 2018.

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Career

After leaving Art college where he studied Fine Art photography Manning joined Models One where he worked with photographer Bruce Weber on an Abercrombie and Fitch campaign. He also worked on many commercials including "Pepsi" directed by Michael Bay.

Manning started his acting career in an ITV soap opera Night and Day playing Sam Armstrong. Manning won the 2002 British Soap Awards "Hero of the Year" award for that role. He played Mark Thompson in an episode of Holby City before joining the cast of Hollyoaks in 2004. After five years of playing the role of Russell Owen, Manning decided to quit the show. He left the series in a storyline that saw him kidnap his baby son Max and leave for France.

He appeared as a contestant on the ninth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2009. He finished overall in fifth place on the show.

Manning appeared in the UK tour of A Passionate Woman alongside Kaye Mellor and Anthony Lewis in 2011.

In 2014, he appeared in an episode of Doctors as Paul Carter, and in 2015, he also appeared in The Dumping Ground as Matt Branston and Casualty as Clyde Jackson, in the last of a trio of special Casualty "Noir" episodes. [1]

In 2014, Manning was cast to play the role of Robin in Spencer Hawken's 2016 film No Reasons. [2]

In 2017, he appeared as Nik Voyle in the first episode of the school drama series Ackley Bridge and reprised his role of Nik again in series two in 2018.

In 2018, it was confirmed he would return to the role of Russ Owen in Hollyoaks after 9 years away. Russ returned to the show in August 2018. Manning departed the show again in November 2018 when Russ was killed off.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
20012003 Night and Day Sam ArmstrongRecurring role, 70 Episodes
2004 Holby City Mark ThompsonEpisode "You Can Choose Your Friends"
20042009, 2018 Hollyoaks Russ Owen Series regular (155 episodes)
2009 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! HimselfContestant (5th place)
2012 Banged Up Abroad Dwight Worker Episode "Mexico/Black Palace Of Horrors"
2014 Doctors Paul CarterEpisode "The Soundtrack of Your Life"
2015 The Dumping Ground Matt BranstonEpisode "Party Games"
2015 Casualty Clyde JacksonEpisode "Holby Sin City"
2016 No Reasons Robin
20172018 Ackley Bridge Nik VoyleGuest role

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References

  1. Seale, Jack. "Casualty Sin City: the soft-boiled Frank Miller homage no one expected". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  2. Wilkin, Andy (12 May 2014). "No Reasons (Movie) by Spencer Hawken and Lucinda Rhodes". Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)