Nick Manning

{{short description|American pornographic film actor & director (born 1967)}}

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| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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Nick Manning (born May 28, 1967) is an American pornographic actor and director.{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Dan|date=July 7, 2011|title=Nick Manning Returns to Performing|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/136022/nick-manning-returns-to-performing|publisher=XBIZ|accessdate=December 7, 2018}} He has made several mainstream appearances, including Crank: High Voltage, Hogan Knows Best, and Sons of Anarchy.{{cite magazine|last=Hymes|first=Tom|date=December 10, 2014|title=SOA Sends Thanks to Porn Industry for Its Help with Hit Series|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/soa-sends-thanks-to-porn-industry-for-its-help-with-hit-series-582169.html|magazine=AVN|accessdate=November 20, 2018}}{{cite magazine|title=Nick Manning Re-Signs with LA Direct Models|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/nick-manning-re-signs-with-la-direct-models-440578.html|magazine=AVN|accessdate=November 20, 2018}} Manning portrayed a strip club owner in the 2011 independent film Cherry Bomb, his first non-pornographic lead role.{{cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Dan|date=April 26, 2010|title=Nick Manning Stars in Mainstream Film Cherry Bomb|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/nick-manning-stars-in-mainstream-film-i-cherry-bomb-i-394980.html|magazine=AVN|accessdate=December 7, 2018}} In 2014, he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.

Early years

Manning was born in Chicago, Illinois.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

Mainstream appearances

For Cinemax in 2001, Manning appeared in Thrills.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} He made brief appearances on the reality show Hogan Knows Best and in the 2009 film Crank: High Voltage. Included in Nick Manning's roles within non-adult movies are For Love of the Game, Any Given Sunday, All My Children and the TV show The Fugitive.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} In 2012, he appeared as the head lifeguard "Jack Foster" in Showtime's Beach Heat.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} He filmed his first leading role in a non-adult film, playing the strip club owner "Ian Benedict" in the indie film Cherry Bomb.

Awards

2003 AVN Award – Best Male Newcomer{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2003-AVN-Awards-Winners-Announced-Awards-Presented-Big-Year-for-Evil-Angel-32917.html|title=2003 AVN Awards Winners Announced: Awards Presented Big Year for Evil Angel|accessdate=March 19, 2014|first=Heidi|last=Pike-Johnson|date=January 21, 2003|magazine=AVN|archive-date=July 7, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707062516/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2003-AVN-Awards-Winners-Announced-Awards-Presented-Big-Year-for-Evil-Angel-32917.html|url-status=dead}}
2003 NightMoves Award – Best Actor (Editor's Choice){{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/11th-Annual-Nightmoves-Entertainment-Awards-Announced-36648.html|title=11th Annual Nightmoves Entertainment Awards Announced|accessdate=March 19, 2014|author=Dirty Bob|date=September 16, 2003|magazine=AVN|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624132444/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/11th-Annual-Nightmoves-Entertainment-Awards-Announced-36648.html|url-status=dead}}
2014 AVN Hall of Fame inductee{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-2014-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-539515.html|title=AVN Announces 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees|accessdate=March 19, 2014|date=December 26, 2013|magazine=AVN|archive-date=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230024951/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-2014-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-539515.html|url-status=dead}}

Partial filmography

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scope="col"\|Year !scope="col"\|Title !scope="col"\|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable" \|Notes
rowspan="2"\| 2005 \|Pornstar Pets \|Himself \|Documentary
Hogan Knows Best \|Himself \|1 episode
2009 \|Crank: High Voltage \|Male Porn Star \|
2010 \|BatfXXX: Dark Night Parody \|The Bat \|
2011 \|Cherry Bomb \|Ian Benedict \|Lead
2012 \|Beach Heat: Miami \|Jack Foster \|2 episodes
2014 \|Lolita from Interstellar Space \|Zarren \|

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rowspan="2"| 2005

|Pornstar Pets

|Himself

|Documentary

Hogan Knows Best

|Himself

|1 episode