Stuart Manning

Stuart Manning
Born (1979-05-27) 27 May 1979 (age 47)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • model
  • voice-over artist
Years active1997–present
AgentWintersons
Known forHollyoaks
TelevisionHollyoaks (2004–2009, 2018)
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (2009)
Height6 ft (183 cm)

Stuart Manning (born 27 May 1979) is an English actor, model and voice-over artist. He is known for portraying Russ Owen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2004 to 2009 and again in 2018. He won the Hero of the Year award at the 2002 British Soap Awards for his performance in the ITV series Night and Day.

Career

Manning was represented by Models One during his early modelling career. Manning has said that his first Abercrombie & Fitch photo shoot took place at The Ring boxing club in London in 1997. In a 2022 retrospective post, he shared a photograph from his modelling work for Bliss magazine, which he dated to 1999.

Manning played Sam Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Night and Day. 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 the country.

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.

In December 2009, Manning and fellow contestant Gino D'Acampo faced animal cruelty charges after a rat was killed and eaten during filming. The case against both men was dropped in February 2010 after ITV Studios pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and was fined.

In 2010, he made a guest appearance as himself in the BBC Three comedy Mongrels.

Manning appeared alongside Kay Mellor and Anthony Lewis in A Passionate Woman at Hull Truck Theatre in 2010 and on its UK tour in 2011. He played Craze, the former lover of Mellor’s character.

In 2014, Manning provided the voice-over for Cuprinol's Cheer It Up television advertising campaign.

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 film noir episodes.

Manning played Robin in Spencer Hawken's film No Reasons.

He played Dan, the father of the central character, in the 2017 family film You Can Tutu, directed by James Brown.

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 August 2018, he returned to the role of Russ Owen in Hollyoaks after an absence of nine years. Manning departed the show again in November 2018 when Russ was killed off.

In September 2020, Manning took part in filming the historical television production Glow & Darkness in Spain.

Personal life

In 2002, Manning briefly dated the singer Lulu.

In 2010, Manning participated in an underwater photo shoot at Clothes Show London in support of the clean-water charity fresh2o.

During a 2018 appearance on Loose Women, Manning discussed how dyslexia affected his ability to learn scripts. He explained that his agent in the United States helped by reading his lines aloud and recording them for repeated listening.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2001–2003 Night and Day Sam Armstrong Recurring role
2004 Holby City Mark Thompson Episode: "You Can Choose Your Friends"
2004–2009, 2018 Hollyoaks Russ Owen Series regular
2008 Hollyoaks Later Russ Owen
2009 I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Himself Contestant (5th place)
2010 Mongrels Himself Episode: "Destiny the Reluctant Sniffer Dog"
2012 Banged Up Abroad Dwight Worker Episode: "Mexico/Black Palace Of Horrors"
2014 Doctors Paul Carter Episode: "The Soundtrack of Your Life"
2015 The Dumping Ground Matt Branston Episode: "Party Games"
2015 Casualty Clyde Jackson Episode: "Holby Sin City"
2016 No Reasons Robin Feature film
2017 You Can Tutu Dan Feature film
2017–2018 Ackley Bridge Nik Voyle Guest role

Awards

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2002British Soap AwardsHero of the YearNight and DayWon

References

  1. 1 2 3 Stuart Manning (1 May 2020). "How's this for a throwback?". Instagram. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  2. ↑ Stuart Manning. "Stuart Manning (@officialstuartmanning)". Instagram. Retrieved 6 November 2026. Actor & voiceover artist. Acting agent @wintersons_
  3. 1 2 3 "Stuart Manning" (PDF). Mark Jermin Management. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Cuprinol Continues To 'Cheer It Up' With New TV Campaign". Little Black Book. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Hughes, Johnathon (31 May 2018). "Hollyoaks: Russ Owen returns this summer as Stuart Manning rejoins the cast". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 "EastEnders tops Soap Awards again". RTÉ. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  7. ↑ Stuart Manning (31 July 2022). "Blast from the past 1999!!". Instagram. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  8. ↑ "Manning voted off 'I'm a Celebrity'". Irish Examiner. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  9. ↑ "I'm a Celebrity contestants face animal cruelty charges over rat". The Guardian. Press Association. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  10. ↑ "TV show fined for killing, eating rodent". Mail & Guardian. Sapa-AP. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Mongrels: Series 1, Episode 2". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  12. ↑ "Virgin Balloon Flights Supports the Hull Truck Theatre's A Passionate Woman Production". Virgin Balloon Flights. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  13. ↑ Morley-Priestman, Anne (4 May 2011). "A Passionate Woman (tour - Ipswich)". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  14. ↑ Cox, Lucia (20 May 2011). "A Passionate Woman (Oldham)". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  15. ↑ Reilly, Elaine (30 June 2015). "Ethan's film noir special!". What to Watch. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  16. 1 2 "No Reasons: Full Cast & Crew". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  17. 1 2 "You Can Tutu". Apple TV. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  18. 1 2 Bennett, Harrison (28 April 2021). "Who's who in Ackley Bridge?". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  19. ↑ "Hollyoaks: Interview with Stuart Manning who plays Russ". Channel 4. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  20. ↑ "Stuart Manning 'gutted' after his Hollyoaks character is killed off". Female First. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  21. ↑ Stuart Manning (9 September 2020). "Working with these guys on #glowanddarkness has been a dream". Instagram. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  22. ↑ Stuart Manning (16 September 2020). "Desde que filmé #glowanddarkness en Madrid". Instagram (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  23. ↑ Marín, Jesús (9 September 2020). "Arranca el rodaje de Glow and Darkness en Extremadura". Canal Extremadura (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  24. ↑ Benjamin, Laura. "Lulu shouts about sex joy". Evening Standard. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  25. ↑ Fulton, Rick. "The men who made Lulu shout - and that affair with David Bowie". Daily Record. Retrieved 6 November 2026 – via inkl.
  26. ↑ Hollyoaks star Stuart Manning goes Underwater for fresh2o at The Clothes Show. fresh2otv. 26 June 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2026 – via YouTube.
  27. ↑ "Hollyoaks' Stuart Manning on becoming depressed after his Hollywood career failed and dealing with dyslexia". ITV. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  28. ↑ "Stuart Manning Movies and TV Shows". Plex. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  29. ↑ "No Reasons". LondonNet. Retrieved 7 November 2026.