Manny Perez

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Manuel "Manny" Perez Batista is a Dominican actor, who has appeared in the television series Third Watch and in the film Washington Heights. Perez was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, and currently resides in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood.^[1]

Perez is one of 11 siblings. In an interview in Dominican show Hola Gente stated that one of his big regrets of life was that he never told his father (Ramon Perez) how much he loved him, Manny's father died 3 months before he graduated from college.

By the time Manny finished high school, Manny knew he wanted to be an actor, he moved to New York where he mayored in drama at Marymount Manhattan College, graduating in 1992.

He has also studied at Ensemble Studio Theatre and is a member of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, in New York City.

After his performance on the movie Washington Heights which he also co-wrote and produced, Manny garnered praise from many critics.

The New York Times stated "Mr. Perez has charisma to burn." He won the 2002 Best Actor Award at The Milan International Film Festival in Italy for his performance in Washington Heights.

Manny was the first ever member of his family to get a university degree.

At the Santo Domingo Invita show Perez was honored as one of the most prominent Dominican actors in the United States.

In November 2007 Manny was honored in the Dominican Film Festival held in Puerto Plata along with Dania Ramirez for his humanitarian work in the Dominican Republic, when he received the award Manny said that his first pair of shoes where given by his father to him at the age of 5 and that he only wear them to go to Mass on Sundays, also said that when he first got to the States he was really fat and that he didn't know why cause he was poor and didn't eat well, until his mom took him to the doctor where they found out that his stomach was full of earthworms that got into his body through his feet since he always walk barefoot. Manny donated 10,000 shoes to families that lost everything cause of Noel Storm in the Dominican Republic.

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Films and television series that Perez has appeared in include:^[2]

Title	Year	Role
Sanctified	2008 (in production)
Ego	2008 (in production)	Cupola
Coming Soon	2007 (post-production)	Javier
The Ministers	2007 (post-production)	Det. Manso
Pride and Glory	2008 (completed)	Coco Dominguez
Rockaway	2007 (completed)	Antwan
Illegal Tender	2007	Wilson DeLeon Sr.
Tracks of Color	2007	George Martinez
Rescue Me	2006-2007	Luis (5 episodes)
Amexicano	2007	Diego
Where God Left His Shoes	2007	Luis
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	2002-2007	CSU Tech
Yellow	2006	Angelo
El Cantante	2006	Eddie
Bella	2006	Manny
Night Stalker	2005	Caleca (1 episode)
Third Watch	2005	Manny Santiago (10 episodes)
Dragnet	2004	Sergio (1 episode)
CSI: Miami	2004	Manny Orantes (1 episode)
The Breakup Artist	2004	Carlos
Party Monster	2003	Johnny
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	2002	Jorge Galvez (1 episode)
Washington Heights	2002	Carlos
King Rikki	2002	Jorge Ortega
100 Centre Street	2001-2002	Ramon Rodriguez (18 episodes)
Brother	2000	Mexican Mafia Hitman
Dinner Rush	2000	Gabriel
Rude Awakening	1999	Jesus (2 episodes)
On the Q.T.	1999	Aurelio
Brooklyn South	1998	1 episode
Neto's Run	1998	Neto
Chick Flick	1998
Stick Up	1997	Eddie
Sleeping Together	1997	Carlos
Bullet	1996	Flaco
Courage Under Fire	1996	Jenkins
New York Undercover	1994-1996	Tony (2 episodes)
NYPD Blue	1995	Tonio (1 episode)
Crooklyn	1994	Hector
Nyû Yôku no koppu	1993	Tito

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