He is known primarily for his work on the North American English dub of Iron Chef, as well as roles in several video games and voice-overs on numerous television commercials.
He is perhaps best known as the Announcer and Master Hand in the first Nintendo 64 game Super Smash Bros.[2] He previously worked for Mickey's Company, an agency based in Japan.
He now works for Triple Sun Talent, another agency based in Japan.
[citation needed] A native of Utah, and alumni of Brigham Young University, Manning first came to Japan as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He returned there in 1983 to work for Frontier Enterprises doing studio dubbing.