Manny Montana


Manny Montana is an American actor. He portrayed Johnny Tuturro in USA Network's series Graceland and Rio in NBC's series ''Good Girls'.

Early Life

Montana was born and raised in Long Beach, California. After graduating from Jordan High School, Montana got a football scholarship to California State University Sacramento, but quit after an arm injury and dislocating his shoulder for the eighth time. He transferred to California State University, Long Beach to major in Journalism and Broadcasting. He worked as a DJ in the school's student-radio station, which landed him an intern position at Power 100.3. He is a first generation Mexican American.

Career

After graduating in 2006, Montana acted in a number of student films which eventually led him to guest star in single episodes of various television series. In 2012, Montana was cast as Johnny "J.T." Tuturro in Graceland. In regards to fan reaction to the show, he stated: "eing cast on a regular procedural, where everything gets wrapped up by the end of the episode was always a fear of mine because that doesn't really test you as an actor. On this show, every week we're playing somebody different, there's great dialogue, I love my co-stars, it's fun to be at work and I think the fans are seeing that. Regardless of whether they like the show or not, I think they like the cast and the dynamic we have together."
In 2015, Montana appeared in Michael Mann's Blackhat as Lozano, a "wanted criminal". Montana auditioned for a lead role and did not receive it, but got offered a supporting role.
Since 2018, he has been a member of the main cast of Good Girls as Rio.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008ERFootball OrderlyEpisode: "Heal Thyself"
2008Eleventh HourVasquezEpisode: "Surge"
2009'HectorEpisode: "Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep"
2009Raising the BarRomeo VasquezEpisode: "I'll Be Down to Get You in a Taxi, Honey"
2009Cold CaseFrancisco ArizaEpisode: "Officer Down"
2010Lie to MeDaxEpisode: "Delinquent"
2011The Chicago CodeAntonio Betz2 episodes
2011ChaseMatt NestorEpisode: "Roundup"
2011Breakout KingsCesar VegaEpisode: "Where in the World Is Carmen Vega"
2011'Off. Glen CatesEpisode: "Officer Involved"
2012CybergeddonFrank Porter2 episodes
2013–2015GracelandJohnny TuturroMain Cast
2013GrimmDavid FlorezEpisode: "El Cucuy"
2014PowerMiguelEpisode: "Not Exactly How We Planned"
2015Diego SalazarEpisode: "The Long Goodbye"
2015The FollowingLuis SerraEpisode: "The Hunt"
2016LuciferJavier JuniorEpisode: "Pops"
2016–2017ConvictionFranklin "Frankie" CruzMain Cast, 13 episodes
2017RosewoodMarcos VillaRecurring Cast, 5 episodes
2017–2018Miles from TomorrowlandZenoVoice, 10 episodes
2018–presentGood GirlsRioMain Cast

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012L.A. NoireFelix AlvarroVoice