Manny Montana

Manny Montana (born September 12, 1983) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal as Johnny Tuturro in USA Network's series, Graceland. 2Early life Montana was born and raised in Long Beach, California. After graduating from Jordan High School, Montana got a football scholarship to California State University Sacramento, yet quit after an arm injury and dislocating his shoulder for the eighth time. He transferred to California State University, Long Beach to major in Journalism and Broadcasting. He worked as a DJ in school's student-radio station, which landed him an intern position at Power 100.3. He is of Mexican American descent. 2Career After graduating in 2006, Montana pushed himself to acting. He started acting in student films which eventually led him to guest in episodes of various television series'. In 2012, Montana was cast as Johnny "J.T." Tuturro in Graceland. When cast, Montana admitted that being cast in a regular procedural where the conflict is wrapped by the end of the episode was his fear, since it did not test him as an actor, yet was relieved when each episode has different scenarios and great dialogu