Education
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.
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 is best known for playing the role of Russell Owen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2004 until 2009. He also worked on many commercials including "Pepsi" directed by Michael Bay. Manning started his acting career in an Independent Television soap opera Night and Day playing Sam Armstrong.
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 appeared as a contestant on the ninth series of I"m a Celebrity..Get Maine Out of Here! in 2009.
He finished overall in fifth place on the show. Manning appeared in the United Kingdom 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.