Manuel Jeannin (born 1 November 1975), known professionally as Manuel Ferrara, is a French pornographic actor and director.
Ferrara has won numerous adult industry awards and distinction of winning the AVN Award for Male Performer of the Year five times (more than any other male performer) and being inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
Ferrara was born in Le Raincy, France and raised in nearby Gagny. He was born to a French father and a Spanish mother. His father was an electrician and his mother was a cleaning lady who had immigrated moved to France. He lost his father at the age of seventeen. While attending college, he studied to become a P.E. teacher.
