Dory Manzour

Dory Manzour was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Staten Island, New York at the age of 13. He was cast early on at the age of 12 in his junior high school productions of Rumble Fish and Huckleberry Finn. He never thought of pursuing a career in acting and instead ended up attending the State University of Buffalo, NY and majoring in business while contemplating a career in finance or law. Leaving school shy of four credits towards his degree he began working in the corporate world and within 2 years found himself isolated, miserable, feeling like he didn't belong and fed up with the 9-5 mundane corporate life. He describes the next 6 months of his life as the worst and best of times in which he discovered his calling and true passion "Acting". Upon leaving his last corporate job on a moment's notice he went through months of unemployment with no money to his name. Out of boredom isolated in his room everyday he began performing and acting out in his room. This led him to go ahead and try out an acting class. After attending his first acting class he instantly knew that for the first time in his life he found something that felt truthful and worth pursuing. He can now be found working on independent films in New York.