Manuel studied Theatre Arts at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and worked as a broadcaster at the Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation, and at the Ogun State Television prior to his acting career. Manuel is known for ‘’Checkmate’’ (1991-1994), ‘’Hostages’’ (1997), ‘’State of Emergency’’ (2000), ‘’Broad DayLight’’ (2001), ‘’The Kingmaker’’ (2003), ‘’Women’s Cot’’ (2005), ‘’Sitanda’’ (2006), ‘’Shut In’’ (2006) ‘’The Mortal Man’’ (2007), ‘’Tango With Me’’ (2010) amongst others.