Mani Soleymanlou (born 1982) is a Canadian actor and playwright based in Montreal, Quebec.
[1] He is most noted for his regular role as police officer Robert "Coco" Bédard in the television series Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime),[2] and his position as the current artistic director of the French theatre program at the National Arts Centre.
[1] He first became known for Un/One, Deux/Two and Trois/Three, a series of plays about immigrant identity;[5] initially staged individually, he later presented a version which saw all three plays performed as a continuous trilogy,[6] as well as the solo performance ZÉRO on related themes.
[1] He was appointed artistic director of the NAC French theatre in 2020.
[3] In the same year he was one of the hosts of the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, which were presented as a webcast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.