Rodolfo “Rudy” Mancuso was born and raised in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The borough is known for preserving the use of gas lamps for street lighting.
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BIOGRAPHY
Mancuso is an Italian-Brazilian-American filmmaker, musician, writer and actor. Here are 13 more things about him:
- His mother Maria Mancuso is Brazilian.
- His father is Italian-American.
- He is Marianna Mancuso‘s brother.
- When he was young, he lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- He attended Glen Ridge High School in Glen Ridge and Rutgers University–Newark in Newark, New Jersey.
- In 1997, he started playing the piano.
- In 2013, he started his Vine channel.
- From 2015 to 2022, he dated Maia Mitchell.
- In 2016, he started his YouTube channel.
- In 2017, he released his single “Black & White” featuring Poo Bear.
- In 2018, he released his songs “Magic” featuring Mitchell, “Mama” and “Lento”.
- In 2019″, he released his song “Anda Pal Carajo” with XAXO and Mau y Ricky, “Circle of Love” and “I Think I’m Cool”.
- On February 28, 2025, he turned 33.
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TIMELINE
Rudy is fluent in English and Portuguese. He, his mother and Camila Mendes co-starred in “Música”, which marked his directorial debut.
2017
- On May 21, 2017, he and Mitchell attended the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- On June 17, 2017, he walked the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana show during Milan Men’s Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018 in Milan, Italy.
- On November 16, 2017, he attended the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
2018
- On June 22, 2018, he attended the 2018 Radio Disney Music Awards at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- In October 2018, he released “Superhero Therapy” with Anwar Jibawi, King Bach and Lele Pons.
2019
- He played Wes in McG‘s film “Rim of the World”, which was released on Netflix on May 24, 2019.
2020
- On April 23, 2020, Shot Studios Music released his debut studio album “bored at home”.
2021
- He wrote and directed the short film “Synesthesia”, which was released in the U.S. on May 13, 2021.
2022
- In July 2022, he and Mendes started dating.
2023
- He played Albert Desmond in Andy Muschietti‘s film “The Flash”, which was released in the U.S. on June 16, 2023.
2024
- He and his mother played mother and son in his film “Música”, which was released on Amazon Prime Video on April 4, 2024.
- On September 8, 2024, he and Mendes attended the 39th Annual Imagen Awards at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles.

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