J. P. Manoux

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J. P. Manoux
Manoux at the 2012 Fan Expo Canada
Born	Jean-Paul Manoux (1969-06-08) June 8, 1969 (age 55)^[1] Fresno, California, U.S.
Education	Northwestern University^[2]
Occupations	Actor director writer
Years active	1986–present
Website	jpmanoux.com

Jean-Paul Manoux (born June 8, 1969)^[1] is an American actor, director and writer. He is perhaps best known for his work on multiple Disney television series. He played S.T.A.N. the android in Aaron Stone, both Curtis the Caveman and Vice Principal Hackett in Phil of the Future, and voiced Kuzco in The Emperor's New School. Before fame, Manoux was a contestant on Jeopardy!, Family Feud, and Wheel of Fortune. He also starred in the CTV sitcom Spun Out.^[3]

Early life

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Manoux was born in Fresno, California on June 8, 1969. He is of Armenian and French descent, with his Armenian grandparents fleeing the Armenian Genocide.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[1]^[7] He grew up in Santa Barbara, California, the eldest of seven children. He attended Thacher School in Ojai, California and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Upon graduating and moving to Hollywood, Manoux studied improv and sketch comedy at L.A. Theatresports, ACME Comedy Theatre, The Groundlings School, and iO West.^[8]

Career

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One of Manoux's early roles was as a regular performer on The Wayne Brady Show.^[9] He went on from there to work extensively in television and commercials, including campaigns for Got Milk? and Fruit of the Loom. Manoux portrayed Dr. Dustin Crenshaw in two of the later seasons of ER. Other memorable guest star roles in television series include How I Met Your Mother, Angel, Smallville, Charmed, Scrubs, and Community. He has also appeared in episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Shameless, Will & Grace, and recurred on Veep, CSI: Vegas, and Swedish Dicks.

Manoux has portrayed a character impersonating musician Moby on several occasions; in the How I Met Your Mother episode "The Limo", and for a four-episode run on Community. He has also played a mime on more than one occasion, briefly on ER (1996), years before he became a recurring character there, and in EuroTrip (2004).

He has also made small appearances in two Michael Bay films: Transformers, where he was a man being interviewed on television, and in The Island, where he portrayed a mentally underdeveloped clone.

Manoux has also provided voice work in several films and animated television shows, including Scrappy Rex and Brainiac Scooby in Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed and most notably as the voice of Kuzco in various Disney projects, including House of Mouse, Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse, The Emperor's New School and The Emperor's New Groove: The Video Game.

Manoux has directed episodes of Aaron Stone, Phil of the Future, Mudpit and Spun Out. He has also written for The Wayne Brady Show, The X-Fools video game, Microshaft Winblows 98 and he co-wrote the comedic circus tragedy Tights on a Wire with George Brant.

He has authored and read two pieces for NPR's All Things Considered. Back in 2000, he provided commentary on the Screen Actors Guild strike as a striking actor who refused to do any scab work.^[10]

Legal dispute

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In 2015, Manoux appeared in Canadian court after two people staying in his Toronto condominium discovered a home security camera and reported it to the police.^[11] On July 30, 2015, the charge of voyeurism against him was dropped.^[12] In January 2017, he was convicted of mischief regarding the incident.^[13]

Filmography

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings	Tommy	Direct-to-video
1996	Clinic E	Eric	Short
1997	Fairfax Fandango	Andy	Short
1998	Art House	Beezer
1999	Treasure Island	Officer Hughes	Direct-to-video
	The Auteur Theory	Unknown Filmmaker / Mike Dong
	Inspector Gadget	Mayor's Sycophantic Assistant
	Galaxy Quest	Excited Alien (voice)^[14]
2000	Our Lips Are Sealed	Robber	Direct-to-video
2001	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse	Kuzco (voice)	Direct-to-video
2001	Ocean's Eleven	Aide-de-Camp
2002	Crazy as Hell	Arnie
2002	Scooby-Doo	Scrappy Rex (voice)^[14]
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Gary
2004	EuroTrip	Robot Man
	Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	Scooby Brainiac (voice)^[14]
	The Day After Tomorrow	L.A. Cameraman
	Meet the Fockers	Local Cop
2005	Tennis, Anyone...?	P. J. Monet
	The Island	Seven Foxtrot	Uncredited
	The Trouble with Dee Dee	Yugo
2006	The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell	TV Dad
2007	Reno 911!: Miami	Naked Armenian	Uncredited
	What We Do Is Secret	Rodney Bingenheimer
	Knocked Up	Dr. Angelo
	Transformers	Witness
2008	Trailer Park of Terror	Cigrit	Direct-to-video
	Minutemen	Vice Principal Tolkan	Disney Channel Original Movie
	An Inconvenient Head	Doctor	Short
	Finding Amanda	Tony Clark
	Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control	Neil	Direct-to-video
	Bolt	Tom (voice)^[14]
2009	Weather Girl	Raymond
2009	A Heart Too Tender	Desperate Actor	Short
2012	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!	Gustavo	Direct-to-video
	Atlas Shrugged: Part 2	Conductor
	Hail Satan	Aleister	Short
2013	Scary Movie 5	Pierre
2013	Jimmy Giraffe's Flying Car	Tunnels the Gopher (voice)	Short
2014	Back To Christmas	Waiter
2014	Earmouse and Bottle	Wizard (voice)	Short
2015	Gridlocked	Finn
2015	Solitary	Eric	Short
2019	Queen Bee	Wade Turner	Short
2020	Greatland	Presenter
2021	Nobody	Darren
2021	Ruby's Dad	Hotel Employee	Short
2022	Babylon	Otto's Camera Assistant	Uncredited

Dubbing

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Original year	Dub year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	2005	My Neighbor Totoro	Additional voices	Walt Disney Pictures edition

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Wheel of Fortune	Himself/Contestant	^[15]
1989	Family Feud
1993	Jeopardy!
1996	The John Larroquette Show	Student No. 1	Episode: "The Master Class"
1996	Encino Woman	Motivational Tape Narrator (voice)	Television film
1996–2008	ER	Dr. Dustin Crenshaw / Mime	24 episodes
1997	Working	Jr. Executive	Episode: "Close Quarters"
1998	For Your Love	Shelter Director	Episode: "The Gift That Keeps on Giving"
	3rd Rock from the Sun	Clerk	Episode: "Collect Call for Dick"
	Maggie	Ted	Episode: "The Greatest Story Ever Toad"
	Reunited	Father Stasniak	Episode: "Where Is Joanne Going, and When?"
	Becker	Rusty	Episode: "My Dinner with Becker"
	Breakfast with Einstein	Chihuahua Owner	Television film
1998–1999	Just Shoot Me!	Glenn	3 episodes
1999	Suddenly Susan	Lukaro	Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues"
	Caroline in the City	Customer	Episode: "Caroline and the Ultimatum"
	Oh, Grow Up	Marc	Episode: "Love Stinks"
	The Darwin Conspiracy	Roger	Television film
2000	Stark Raving Mad	Lewis	Episode: "My Bodyguard"
	Brutally Normal	Twitch	Episode: "Stretching Ethics"
	Shasta McNasty	Nicolai	2 episodes
	The Drew Carey Show	Malcolm	Episode: "Drew Goes to Hell"
	Opposite Sex	A-Tech Guy	Episode: "The Virgin Episode"
	Bull	N/A	Episode: "In the Course of Human Events"
	Angel	Frank Gilnitz	Episode: "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been"
	The Norm Show	Thomas	Episode: "I've Got a Crush on You"
	Running Mates	Carl – Producer No. 1	Television film
2001	Nikki	Colin	Episode: "Fallback"
	Beer Money	Neal Blank	Television film
	Nash Bridges	Gene Bacon	Episode: "Slam Dunk"
	The King of Queens	Clerk	Episode: "Departure Time"
	The Wayne Brady Show	Various	Also writer (1 episode)
	The Hughleys	Mr. Babbes	Episode: "Go with the Flow"
	Grounded for Life	Dave	Episode: "Baby You Can't Drive My Car"
2002	Even Stevens	Shorty	Episode: "Ren-Gate"
	Will & Grace	Minion	Episode: "Hocus Focus"
	Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)	Dave Henry	2 episodes
	House of Mouse	Kuzco (voice)	Episode: "Ask Von Drake"
	Yes, Dear	Host	Episode: "Mr. Big Shot"
	Sabrina the Teenage Witch	Stan / Counter Guy	Episode: "Sabrina Unplugged" as Stan Episode: "Call Me Crazy" as Counter Guy
	The District	Jerry Dworski	3 episodes
2003	Birds of Prey	Cameron Anderson	Episode: "Reunion"
	Charmed	Stanley	Episode: "The Day the Magic Died"
	Less Than Perfect	Peter	Episode: "Picture Perfect Party"
2003–2004	Reno 911!	Naked Armenian	2 episodes
2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	Sgt. Ari Peck	Television film
	My Wife and Kids	Steve	2 episodes
	Smallville	Edgar Cole	Episode: "Transference"
	Half & Half	Erik	Episode: "The Big Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls Episode"
2004–2006	Phil of the Future	Curtis / Vice Principal Hackett	30 episodes, credited as JP Manoux Also director (1 episode)
2005	Unscripted	Editor	Episode: "Episode #1.4"
2005	How I Met Your Mother	Eric	Episode: "The Limo"
2006	Scrubs	Charlie	Episode: "My Rite of Passage"
2006	Crossing Jordan	Sorenson	Episode: "Mysterious Ways"
2006–2007	Disney Channel Games	Kuzco (voice)	Television Special (week 7 and 8)
2006–2008	The Emperor's New School	Kuzco (voice)	52 episodes
2006–2009	The Replacements	Mr. Fraley / Skateboarder (voices)	23 episodes
2007	Random! Cartoons	Additional voices	Episode: "Bradwurst"
	In Case of Emergency	Marty	Episode: "The Picture"
	Monk	Jacob Posner	Episode: "Mr. Monk Is Up All Night"
	Higglytown Heroes	Bike Repair Guy (voice)	Episode: "Wayne's Cycle Recycle/Wayne's Wet Pet"
	Cavemen	Glen	3 episodes
	Imperfect Union	Reggie	Television film
2008	My Boys	David	Episode: "Take My Work Wife... Please"
2009	Family Guy	Alan Harper (voice)	Episode: "Ocean's Three and a Half"
2009–2010	Aaron Stone	S.T.A.N.	34 episodes Also director (1 episode)
2010	True Jackson, VP	Waiter	Episode: "True Royal"
	The Good Guys	Monroe	Episode: "Broken Door Theory"
	Svetlana	Casting Associate	Episode: "Crystal Methdown"
	Warehouse 13	Lenny Malone	Episode: "Around the Bend"
2011	Raising Hope	Gary	Episode: "Everybody Flirts... Sometimes"
	Wilfred	Leo	3 episodes
	InSecurity	Dodson	Episode: "Spies of a Certain Age"
	My Life As an Experiment	Guy	Television film
2012	Secrets of Eden	Detective Emmet Walker
	Mudpit	Additional voices	Episode: "The Avatarts" Also director (3 episodes)
	Bones	Farmer	Episode: "The Family in the Feud"
	NCIS: Los Angeles	Bob Wright	Episode: "Neighborhood Watch"
	The L.A. Complex	Jeff the Incredible	Episode: "Xs and Os"
	Transporter: The Series	Kagan	2 episodes
	Wedding Band	Keith	Episode: "Don't Forget About Me"
2012–2013	Community	Faux-by / Dopple-deaner	4 episodes
2013	Suburgatory	Chef Norman Neuman	Episode: "T-Ball & Sympathy"
	Alien Mysteries	Matthew Reed	Episode: "The Reed Family"
	Men at Work	Frank	Episode: "The Good, the Bad & the Milo"
	Big Time Rush	Mitchell V. Gold	Episode: "Big Time Invasion"
	Modern Family	Todd	Episode: "First Days"
	The League	Donald	Episode: "The Near Death Flex-perience"
2014	Hot in Cleveland	Nate	Episode: "I Just Met the Man I'm Going to Marry"
2014	Table 58	Vice Principal Monty	Television film
2014–2015	Spun Out	Bryce McBradden	24 episodes Also director (1 episode)
2015	The Thundermans	Mr. Hollister	Episode: "Mall Time Crooks"
2016	Good Girls Revolt	J. P. Crowley	7 episodes
2016–2017	Veep	Congressman Clarence Clark	8 episodes
2017	Take It From The Top	Preston	Television film
2017	The Magicians	River Watcher	Episode: "Knight of Crowns"
2018	The Librarians	Preacher/Dradok/Bartender	Episode: "And the Silver Screen"
2018	Swedish Dicks	Lou	4 episodes
2019	Shameless	Zach	Episode: "Down Like the Titanic"
	Grey's Anatomy	Danny Nelstadt	Episode: "Blood and Water"
	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Calvin	Episode: "Insufficient Praise"
2020	9-1-1: Lone Star	Trevor	Episode: "Monster Inside"
2020	All That	Thomas Edison	Episode: "1116"
2022	Charmed	Arnold	Episode: "Ripples"
2022	The Walls Are Watching	Banker	Television film
2022–2023	CSI: Vegas	Gene Farrow	2 episodes
2023	White House Plumbers	Robert Mardian	Episode: "The Beverly Hills Burglary"^[16]
	Craft Me A Romance	Lloyd Worth	Television film
	Baselines	Mailman	Episode: "Episode 5"
2024	Love's Second Act	Aaron	Television film

Video games

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland	Squat
1997	Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders	Victor
1997	Redneck Rampage	Various	Motion-capture performer
1998	Redneck Rampage Rides Again	Various	Motion-capture performer
1998	Microshaft Winblows 98	Graham	Credited as Jean-Paul Manoux, also writer
2000	The Emperor's New Groove	Kuzco
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Additional voices
2005	Kronk's New Groove	Kuzco	DVD game
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Additional voices
2007	Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+	Additional voices
2012	Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom	Kuzco
2019	Kingdom Hearts III	Randall Boggs

Web series

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Classroom	Pirate	Episode: "Episode #1.5"
2008	Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show	Tax Auditor	Episode: "Broken Fun"
2018	Oishi: Demon Hunter	Jeff Bezos	4 episodes, unreleased
2018	Turnt	Pizza Boss	3 episodes
2020	Fetish	Chicken Man	Episode: "Libersexusperversus"

Commercials

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Year	Brand	Role
1997	Zima	Upside-down Drinker
1999	Honda Civic	Number 22
2001	Circuit City	Soccer Fan
2001	Cookie Crisp	Radio DJ
2003	Bud Light	Castaway
2003	Washington Mutual	Roy
2004	Miracle Whip	Referee
2005	Got Milk ?	Alien
2006	Fruit of the Loom	Green Grape
2007	Budweiser	Genie

Writer

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Year	Title	Note
1997	Tights on a Wire	Theater play
1997	The X-Fools	Video game
1998	Microshaft Winblows 98	Video game
2001	The Wayne Brady Show	1 episode

Theater

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Reefer Madness	Ralph Wiley	Replacement of John Kassir for the original 1998 production

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "J. P. Manoux Biography (1969–)". Retrieved December 20, 2015.
^ "JP Manoux | J.P. Manoux".
^ "Interview : J.P Manoux". Moviehole. April 22, 2004. Archived from the original on December 25, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
^ https://www.twitter.com/jpmanoux/status/825789639675965440?s=46 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Charles Bujuklian Obituary (1925 - 2017) - Los Gatos, CA - Mercury News". Legacy.com. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ "NUEA West : : J.P. Manoux interview". nueawest.org. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ "Jeanpaul C Manoux, Born 06/08/1969 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
^ "JP Manoux | J.P. Manoux".
^ Cox, Ted (August 7, 2001). "Wayne Brady Revives the Classic Variety Show: Can He Pull It Off?". Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, IL. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
^ Linda Wertheimer (August 3, 2000). "Commercial Actors's Strike". All Things Considered. NPR. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
^ Ansari, Sadiya (January 27, 2015). "Actor in CTV sitcom charged with voyeurism". Toronto Star.
^ Pazzano, Sam (July 30, 2015). "Voyeurism Charges Dropped Against Actor Jean Paul Manoux". Toronto Sun.
^ "Actor guilty of mischief for hiding camera in rental condo". www.thestar.com. January 11, 2017. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "JP Manoux (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 29, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
^ "JP Manoux | Jeopardy".
^ "Can't spell "Robert Mardian" without ROBETMAN". Twitter. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

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