Acting career
As an actor, Manning is best known for his role in the Disney Channel original movie Cloud 9, centered around competitive snowboarding, with a premiere date of January 17, 2014. Manning played Nick Swift in the movie, and was trained by ex-members of the US Olympic Snowboarding Team for the role.
Manning appeared in eCupid, which premiered at the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival. In June 2012 Manning appeared in the Hallmark Channel comedy film Operation Cupcake.
Manning appeared in "Kapu", the January 14, 2013, episode of the CBS TV series Hawaii Five-0, in which he played a young college student. He appeared in the short horror film Campsite Killer. Manning appeared in "Party Crasher", November 5, 2012, episode of Disney XD's Crash & Bernstein, playing the Australian boyfriend of the lead female Amanda. Manning performed opposite Rae Dawn Chong in Lisa Phillips Visca's play CLIMAX, premiering at the Santa Monica Playhouse in Santa Monica, California.
Manning later appeared in the final season of the MTV show Teen Wolf. He appeared in the fifth and sixth seasons of the Amazon Prime drama series The Bay (which he also produced), and would later appear in the first season of the spin-off series yA, which featured the same characters. The Bay was nominated for seven 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Writing Team for a Digital Drama Series," and "Outstanding Directing Team for a Digital Drama Series," and won for "Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series." That same year, it was announced Manning had joined the cast of NBC's Days of Our Lives as Charlie Dale.
In August 2019, Deadline Hollywood reported that Manning would produce and appear in Slapface, a feature-length adaptation of Jeremiah Kipp's 2017 short horror film of the same name, in which he would play Tom, the older brother of the main protagonist, Lucas, played by August Maturo. The film premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival on March 20, 2021.
In May 2021, Manning was cast as Shane Collins in the indie sports drama The Way Out, which is written and directed by Barry Jay, and scheduled for a 2022 release. On January 25, 2022, it was announced that Manning joined the cast of the final season of NBC's This Is Us, in the recurring role as the actor who takes over for Kevin Pearson (Justin Hartley) on The Manny. On February 11, 2022, Manning joined the cast of the action-horror film The Bell Keeper, which is directed by Colton Tran.
In October 2024, it was announced Manning had been cast as Bradley "Smitty" Smith on the CBS soap opera Beyond the Gates. The serial premiered in February 2025. He will appear as JJ Roman in the audio drama Montecito, beginning April 22, 2025.
