Mike Manning (actor)

Michael Christopher Manning (born April 12, 1987) is an American actor, producer, former reality television personality, and activist. Manning gained fame as a cast member on the MTV series The Real World: D.C. in 2009. Before subsequently embarking on an acting career, he appeared in a number of films and television programs, such as the 2014 Disney Channel original movie Cloud 9, in which he played Nick Swift, Hawaii Five-0, Love Is All You Need? (2016), Teen Wolf, The Call, Son of the South and Days of Our Lives. As a producer, his work includes the documentary Kidnapped for Christ, and The Bay, which won the 2020 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series. He won the 2021 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Performance By a Supporting Actor in a Daytime Fiction Program and nominated for a 2024 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Caleb McKinnon. He is nominated for a 2026 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Bradley "Smitty" Smith on Beyond the Gates.