Manolis Emmanouel
Acting
Biography
Manolis Emmanouel was born in Athens, Greece and is based in London, UK. He's a dual UK/Greek citizen. He's a graduate of the Theatre Department of the University of Athens and the Athens School of Journalism After being accepted at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, he moved to London where he continues to live and work steadily as an actor and voiceover artist. In the past few years, he's had a recurring role in the hit ITV series "The Durrells", a main part in Michael Winterbottom's "Greed" , the lead in "White Chocolate and Baby Monkeys" (Amazon Prime) and main voice parts in the most recent Assassin's Creed video games. He's also the online Greek voice of Easy Jet and can often been seen on the London stage- most recently in the lead part in the UK premiere of "Drawn and Quartered" at the King's Head theatre.
Known For
In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.
The Durrells
Odysseas, lives in Athens, far from his family. The complicated relationship with his father, Lefteris, has led them to estrangement. However, when an unpleasant event forces Odysseasto return to Serres, everything begins to change. Thus, two strangers in the same house, in the same city, father and son, start from scratch to get to know each other. Having Chrysa by his side and Stamatina, Nancy and Thomas opposite him, Odysseas will help his father get back on his feet. Through moments of emotion and laughter, Odysseas and Lefteris will truly get to know each other, will love each other from the beginning and will reconcile with their differences, but also with loss. In a provincial town, with images from a Greece we all know, Odysseas and Lefteris discover that the world is more beautiful when we accept ourselves, and those around us, for who they really are.
Serres
A retail billionaire's 60th birthday party is celebrated in an exclusive hotel on the Greek island of Mykonos.
Greed
Angelos Raptis, perhaps the best general surgeon in Greece, is a recognized scientist in a happy marriage to lawyer Iro Anagnostopoulou, with whom they have a brilliant daughter, Melina. The countdown begins on the night of his birthday, on duty, when he is brought dead, from a car accident, his wife and daughter, who were helpless on the road for many hours. Angelos loses everything in one night: his family and his faith. This leads him to deny reality but also life.
The Oath
An audio and visual project based on letters amongst famous lovers
Love Letters
An original, gay love story that takes place in London.
White Chocolate and Baby Monkeys
Desperation drags a man to start working for an assassin in this thriller. Rob is an all-American guy, but he loses his naiveté when he journeys to London to find his girlfriend. Just before she dumps him, he learns that she has been earning money in the British city by stripping. With empty pockets and a broken heart, Rob does the only thing he can: become an assistant to a hitman named Frank.
Frank
Marie is happy to skip over legal boundaries in order to give a voice to wronged women wielding the weapon of revenge porn.
Not Guilty
2021. Lockdown. Stella lives in London. Eleni lives in Amsterdam. They are raising their children away from their families back in Greece. As they cope with the parenting challenges and isolation, an overheard phone call brings them together through a small act of kindness.