Mani Soleymanlou

Mani Soleymanlou (born 1982) is a Canadian actor and playwright based in Montreal, Quebec. 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), and his position as the current artistic director of the French theatre program at the National Arts Centre.

Born in Tehran, Iran, he moved with his family to France in childhood before they moved again to Toronto, Ontario, when he was nine. and founded his own Montreal-based theatre company, Orange Noyée, in 2011. initially staged individually, he later presented a version which saw all three plays performed as a continuous trilogy, as well as the solo performance ZÉRO on related themes.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2010 Gerry Cameraman 2011 Les Photos de Marie Martin 2011 Boucherie Halal Hedi 2013 The Little Queen (La petite reine) Agent Wada 2014 Nouvelles, nouvelles Priest 2014 Take Me (Prends-moi) Mani 2015 Rabid Dogs (Enragés) Man in accident 2015 Les brigands de l'hôtel bleu Mike 2018 Malek Réza 2018 For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Martin 2019 A Brother's Love (La Femme de mon frère) Jasmin 2023 The Skates (Les Patins) Father 2024 Universal Language (Une langue universelle) Iraj Bilodeau 2024 Miss Boots (Mlle Bottine) Paul 2025 Two Women (Deux Femmes en or)

Television Year Title Role Notes 2009 Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin Policeman 2010 Les Rescapés Fabrice 2015–2018 Marche à l'ombre Ahmed Fhougali 2016 Connexion en cours Mani 2016–2020 Madame Lebrun Père Fabien 2016 O''' Dr. Nazem 2017 En famille| Karim 2018 Hubert et Fanny| Yaniss 2018 Lâcher prise| Hakim 2019 La Faille| Dave Bélanger 2020–2022 Happily Married (C'est comme ça que je t'aime)| Robert « Coco » Bédard 2020 Can You Hear Me? (M'entends-tu?)| Frank 2020 Épidémie| Dr. Quentin Buis 2021 Survivre à ses enfants| Kamyar 2021 Virage| Tristan 2023 Avant le crash| Patrick 2024 In Memoriam'' Victor

Theatre Year Title Notes 2012 Un/One 2013 Deux/Two 2014 Trois/Three 2015 Ils étaient quatre 2015 Cinq à sept 2016 Les lettres arabes 2 2017 Huit 2017 Le Wild West Show de Gabriel Dumont 2018 Neuf (titre provisoire) 2018 Dix 2019 Zéro 2021 2042 2022 Un. Deux. Trois.

Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Canadian Screen Awards 2025 Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Film Universal Language Quebec Cinema Awards 2025 Best Supporting Actor