J. P. Manoux

J. P. Manoux – ‘ER’ Finale Party, 2009 – Photo Credit: Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

Birth Name: Jean-Paul Christophe Manoux

Place of Birth: Fresno, California, United States

Date of Birth: June 8, 1969

Ethnicity:
*50% Armenian
*25% Spanish
*25% mix of Irish, French, and likely Scottish

J. P. Manoux is an American actor, comedian, director, writer, and union activist and supporter. His roles include the shows Phil of the Future, The Emperor’s New School, in voice performance, and Aaron Stone. He wrote for Mudpit, which he had a voice role on. He has been a game show contestant. He has also been billed as JP Manoux.

His great-great-uncle was early film producer Amedee J. Van Beuren. J. P. was raised in Santa Barbara, California. His mother’s family lived in Lyon, France, where her parents had moved to, to escape the Armenian Genocide.

J. P.’s paternal grandfather was named Nichan Manougian Bujuklian.

J. P.’s paternal grandmother was Marguerite Ketchian (the daughter of Rupen Kedjian and Marian Selvian).

J. P.’s maternal grandfather was Alfred Vignot-Van Beuren (the son of Alfred Clarence Vignot, Jr. and Sarah E. Johnston). J. P.’s grandfather Alfred was born in Connecticut. J. P.’s great-grandfather Alfred was the son of Alfred Vignot, who was born in France, and of Marietta Ferguson. Marietta re-married to a man surnamed Van Beuren. J. P.’s great-grandmother Sarah was the daughter of Mary, who was Irish. Her father may have been Irish as well.

J. P.’s maternal grandmother was Dolores “Lolita” Berea Caula (the daughter of Spanish consul, Alejandro Berea Rodrigo and Sofía Caula Fariña). Dolores was born in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Alejandro was the son of Canuto José Berea Rodríguez, who was a Spanish businessperson, conductor, and instrumentalist, and of Ana Rodrigo García.

Source: Marriage record of J. P.’s parents – https://familysearch.org