Rio Mangini (born October 6, 2002) is an American actor, musician, and composer. He is known for his roles as Ace McFumbles in ''

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'' and as McQuaid in ''

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Life and career

Rio Mangini is the son of Academy Award-winning sound editor

Mark Mangini Mark Mangini (born 1956) is an American sound editor with over 125 film credits. He won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Sound Editing along with David White for their work on '' Mad Max: Fury Road''. Mangini is renowned for recording and ed ...

. His father is of Italian descent. His mother is of

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and German descent. Mangini is a pianist. He placed first in the 2011 Cypress College Competition (8-year-old division) and received an honorable mention in the 2011 American Protege International Piano Strings Competition. As a pianist, he was awarded by Young Artist Awards in 2012 with a special award in the category "Outstanding Instrumentalist". In 2012, Mangini starred as Jax in Lisanne Sartor's short film ''Six Letter Word''. The film made it through the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in 2013 to the

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. In 2013, he appeared in various films and television projects including ''The Garcias Have Landed'', ''

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'', ''What If'', and ''

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''. In 2014, Mangini appeared in ''

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'', '' Switched at Birth'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He also appeared in the films ''Pizza Bear Delivery Challenge'', ''

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,'' and ''Finders Keepers''. He appeared in ''One Crazy Cruise'', ''

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'', and ''

'' in 2015, ''

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'' in 2016, and '' General Hospital'' in 2017. In 2018, Mangini appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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'' and starred in the

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comedy-drama series ''

'' as McQuaid. He is set to star in ''Reach'', as well as compose and perform music for the film.

Filmography

Accolades

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, Rio Mangini , Special Award–Outstanding Instrumentalist , , - ,

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'' , Best Performance in a TV Series (Recurring Young Actor 10 and Under) , , - ,

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'' , Best Performance in a TV Series (Guest Starring Young Actor 11–14) , , - , 2016 , ''

One Crazy Cruise A number of television films, and long-form special episodes of television series, have been produced for the United States cable network Nickelodeon since 1998, and have been broadcast under the banner "Nickelodeon Original Movie". 1990s # '' ...

'' , Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries, Special or Pilot (Young Actor) , , - , 2016 , ''

'' , Best Performance in a TV Series (Recurring Young Actor 13 and Under) , , - ,

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, ''

'' , Best Performance in a TV Series (Guest Starring Teen Actor) , , - , 2017 , ''Lasso and Comet'' , Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role (Young Actor 12–21) , , - , 2017 , ''Bella and the Bulldogs'' , Best Performance in a TV series (Recurring Teen Actor) , ;Young Entertainer Awards , - , 2016 , ''One Lazy Cruise'' , Best Leading Young Actor (Television Movie, Mini Series or Special) , , - , 2017 , ''Bella and the Bulldogs'' , Best Supporting Young Actor (Television Series) , , - , 2017 , ''Teen Wolf'' , Best Guest Starring Young Actor (Television Series) , , - , 2017 , ''Lasso & Comet'' , Best Young Actor (Voice Over Role) ,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mangini, Rio 2002 births Living people 21st-century American male actors American male child actors