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Rio Mangini
Mangini in 2016
Born (2002-10-06) October 6, 2002 (age 21)
California, U.S
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
FamilyMark Mangini (father)

Rio Mangini (born October 6, 2002) is an American actor, musician, and composer.[1] He is known for his roles as Ace McFumbles in Bella and the Bulldogs and as McQuaid in Everything Sucks!

Life and career

Rio Mangini is the son of Academy Award-winning sound editor Mark Mangini.[1][2] His father is of Italian descent.[3] His mother is of Māori and German descent.

Mangini is a pianist. He placed first in the 2011 Cypress College Competition (8-year-old division) and received an honorable mention in the 2011 American Protege International Piano Strings Competition.[4] As a pianist, he was awarded by Young Artist Awards in 2012 with a special award in the category "Outstanding Instrumentalist".

In 2012, Mangini starred as Jax in Lisanne Sartor's short film Six Letter Word. The film made it through the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in 2013 to the Cannes Film Festival.[5] In 2013, he appeared in various films and television projects including The Garcias Have Landed, Marvin Marvin, What If, and Kickin' It. In 2014, Mangini appeared in Good Luck Charlie, Switched at Birth, Doc McStuffins, and See Dad Run. He also appeared in the films Pizza Bear Delivery Challenge, The Little Rascals Save the Day, and Finders Keepers. He appeared in One Crazy Cruise, Miles from Tomorrowland, and Bella and the Bulldogs in 2015,[6] Teen Wolf in 2016,[1] and General Hospital in 2017.

In 2018, Mangini appeared in Lethal Weapon and Just Add Magic and starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series Everything Sucks! as McQuaid.[7] He is set to star in Reach, as well as compose and perform music for the film.[8]

Filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Six Letter Word Jax Short film
2013 Marvin Marvin Tom Episode: "Battle of the Bands"
2013 What If Young David / Grandpa / Kid 3 episodes
2013 The Garcias Have Landed Felix Garcia Television movie
2013 Kickin' It Sam 5 episodes
2013 Pizza Bear Delivery Challenge Judah Short film
2014 Good Luck Charlie Matt Episode: "Good Bye Charlie"
2014 Switched at Birth Sammy Episode: "Dance Me to the End of Love"
2014 The Little Rascals Save the Day Woim Film
2014 Doc McStuffins Ian "Crikey! It's Wildlife Will!/Rootin' Tootin' Southwest Sal" episode
2014 Finders Keepers Dylan Television movie
2014 See Dad Run Carlos 2 episodes
2015–2017 Miles from Tomorrowland Rygan 4 episodes
2015 One Crazy Cruise Cameron Jensen-Bauer Television movie
2015–2016 Bella and the Bulldogs Ace McFumbles 28 episodes
2015 Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special Snowflake Television movie
2016 Lasso & Comet Lasso Short film
2016 Teen Wolf Alex Episode: "Memory Lost"
2017 Bitch Max Hart Film
2017 The Imbalancing Act Theo Short film
2017 General Hospital Oscar Nero 2 episodes
2017 Super Roy Short film
2018 Lethal Weapon Nunes Episode: "Funny Money"
2018 Just Add Magic Oren Episode: "Just Add RJ"
2018 Everything Sucks! McQuaid Main role
2018 Guess Who Died Jeff Television movie
2018 Reach Leo Film
2018 Relish Theo Film
2020–2021 Home Before Dark Ethan 8 episodes
2023 Wolf Pack Austin Recurring role

Accolades

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Young Artist Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2012 Rio Mangini Special Award–Outstanding Instrumentalist Won
2014 Kickin' It Best Performance in a TV Series (Recurring Young Actor 10 and Under) Won
2015 Good Luck Charlie Best Performance in a TV Series (Guest Starring Young Actor 11–14) Won
2016 One Crazy Cruise Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot (Young Actor) Nominated
2016 Bella and the Bulldogs Best Performance in a TV Series (Recurring Young Actor 13 and Under) Won
2017 Teen Wolf Best Performance in a TV Series (Guest Starring Teen Actor) Won
2017 Lasso and Comet Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role (Young Actor 12–21) Nominated
2017 Bella and the Bulldogs Best Performance in a TV series (Recurring Teen Actor) Nominated
Young Entertainer Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016 One Lazy Cruise Best Leading Young Actor (Television Movie, Mini Series or Special) Won
2017 Bella and the Bulldogs Best Supporting Young Actor (Television Series) Won
2017 Teen Wolf Best Guest Starring Young Actor (Television Series) Nominated
2017 Lasso & Comet Best Young Actor (Voice Over Role) Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c Denton, Ally (February 24, 2017). "Q+A With Rio Mangini". PATTERN. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Russo, Caroline (April 19, 2016). "Spotlight on Rio Mangini a Rising Multi Talented Star". Hush Hush Biz. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  3. ^ "The sound of Oscar. Mark Mangini". Spy News Magazine. March 23, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio Mangini". AND Magazine. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "2013 Finalists: Emerging Filmmaker Showcase Presented by American Express". The American Pavilion.
  6. ^ Nguyen, Loan (April 19, 2015). "Rio Mangini on his Life and Work". Teenplicity.
  7. ^ "'McQuaid' - Rio Mangini". PopBuzz.
  8. ^ Evans, Greg (April 20, 2017). "Corbin Bernsen & Rio Mangini Join 'Reach'; Jeremy Holm, Others Added To 'The Ranger'". Deadline.

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