Rudy Mancuso leads the cast of Prime Video’s coming-of-age romantic comedy Música. With the ever-expanding world of entertainment, creatives like Mancuso quickly stand out for their rare talents. The multi-talented Rudy Mancuso is an internet personality, musician, actor, and director. Although not his first starring role in a feature film, Música is Mancuso’s first lead role on the big screen. Rudy Mancuso plays Rudy, a young man plagued by music in his head.
In his mind, everything turns to music and notes. Interestingly, Mancuso is joined by his real-life girlfriend, actress Camila Mendes, who plays Rudy’s character’s love interest, Isabella. Released on Prime Video on April 4, 2024, Música has received mostly positive reviews from critics and audiences. The movie currently holds a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Also credited as Música’s director and co-writer, here’s why Rudy Mancuso looks familiar and where you probably recognize the actor.
Rudy Mancuso Got His Start on Vine
For a newer generation of social media users, Vine might seem strange and weird. However, before YouTube and Instagram dominated the social media space, regular folks enjoyed the beauty of Vine. Rudy Mancuso joined Vine, a short-form video hosting service platform, in 2013. He quickly grew a following, especially with his entertaining Hispanic characters. Mancuso was also known for his IRL videos, which quickly became popular. However, if you missed him on Vine, you probably first got acquainted with the internet sensation on YouTube.
He Has A Large Following on Youtube
With the limitations of Vine’s video lengths, its sale in 2012, and its discontinuation in 2017, Rudy Mancuso moved his creative videos to YouTube. Although he joined YouTube on October 1, 2011, before he did on Vine, Mancuso only returned when the platform became much more lucrative. His YouTube channel with his name has attracted over 1 billion views and currently has over 7.39 million subscribers. With over 130 videos on the platform, the Rudy Mancuso channel focuses on comedy videos.
Mancuso opened another YouTube account, Awkward Puppets, on March 10, 2015. The channel quickly grew in popularity, attracting over 2.6 million subscribers. With over 100 videos on the channel, Awkward Puppets has received over 328 million views. On Awkward Puppets, its lead puppet, Diego, has interviewed several popular Hollywood performers. Diego also performs several other comedy skits with other puppets.
Rudy Mancuso’s Musical Career
Fans of Canadian singer and teen pop icon Justin Bieber may recognize Rudy Mancuso from performing as the opener for Bieber’s Purpose World Tour in Brazil in 2017. That same year, Mancuso released his first music single, “Black & White,” with Poo Bear. Mancuso followed the single with three other non-album singles (“Magic” with Maia Mitchell, “Mama,” and “Lento”) in 2018. Rudy Mancuso released his studio debut album, bored at home, on April 23, 2020.
Mancuso also released music videos for some of his singles between 2017 and 2019. Mancuso also presented the International Hit of the Year award, as well as the Colombian Artist of the Year award (with Mario Ruiz) at the 5th Annual MTV MIAW Awards in 2017. The award was held at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City.
Rudy Mancuso Portrayed Albert Desmond in The Flash
Another place movie audiences would recognize Rudy Mancuso is in Andy Muschietti‘s 2023 superhero film The Flash. For those who knew Mancuso before The Flash (2023), it was easy to identify him in the movie. Mancuso was cast as Albert Desmond, alongside Northern Irish actress Saoirse-Monica Jackson, who portrayed Patty Spivot. Both Mancuso and Jackson’s characters were co-workers of Barry Allen/The Flash (Ezra Miller). The Flash (2023), released as the 13th installment/film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), was a Box Office bomb after only grossing $271.3 million on a $200-220 million budget.
He Also Has Other Acting Credits
Before his starring role in The Flash (2023), Rudy Mancuso had appeared in a few other acting roles. One of his earliest appearances on the small screen was in an episode of Comedy Central’s educational comedy series Drunk History. Mancuso was cast as Manuel Bonilla in a single episode of the 6-season series in 2015. He also appeared in another Comedy Central series, Outpost, in 2016.
In the same 2016, Mancuso was part of the YouTube musical comedy Keys of Christmas. The movie also starred Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled. Rudy Mancuso made his feature film debut in 2019, playing Wes in the Netflix science fiction adventure Rim of the World. If you enjoyed reading about Rudy Mancuso, read about Camila Mendes’ career and most popular roles.
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