Manuel De Peppe was born in Milan, Italy, in 1970.

At the age of 14, he passed the S.I.A.E. musician/composer examination and at the same time he began to work with advertising commercials and fashion photography.

In 1986, he interpreted the character of "MATT" (the drummer of BEEHIVE) for the broadcast ITALIA 1, in an Italian TV series “LOVE ME LICIA” (35 episodes).

In 1987, he performed the same number of episodes for the 2nd season of “LOVE ME LICIA”, where he was becoming very popular.

In 1988, he played the character of Gabriele in the TV fiction "DON TONINO" (6 episodes of 100 minutes) working with Gigi Sammarchi , Andrea Roncato and Vanessa Gravina on ITALIA 1 again.

Manuel performed in the 2nd season of "DON TONINO 2" (8 episodes of 100 minutes), but it was broadcast on CANALE 5 this time.

In this fiction, the character that Manuel played was completely different from “MATT”. In this case, Manuel was able to demonstrate his acting skills both in some comedy scenes and some dramatic scenes. He has received positive reviews from the press and was well received by the fans, both children and adults. He received many fan letters.

For the Italian label NUOVA FONIT CETRA RECORDS, Manuel recorded 2 singles records with the hits "IL MONDO SIAMO NOI" and “UNA DONNA DA POCO” which he performed in the “NUOVO CANTAGIRO FESTIVAL” (on RAI 2). He was the guest on many important TV shows, such as Raffaella Carra’s TV show “Ricomincio da due” (on RAI 2), “Gibly” (on RAI 2), “Domenica in” (on RAI 1), Sabato al Circo (on Canale 5), Super Classifica show (Italia 1), and others.

On 23 December 1990 Manuel was invited to the Campidoglio in Rome where he was awarded the “OSCAR DEI GIOVANI 1990” as the discovery of the year as an actor/singer.

In 1992, he recorded another single CD “COME STAI” produced by TOTO CUTUGNO.

In 1993, he played the role, MARCO, in the TV series "LA RÖDA LA GIRA", on TSI 1 (Swiss television).

Manuel composed many popular jingles and soundtracks for Italian and Swiss Television.

He owns a fully equipped digital recording studio in Milan (Italy).

He organized, presented and participated in various theatre shows, (among the others, he presented in 1995 the show " Quelli di domani", together with the model Cannelle, on stage of the TEATRO NAZIONALE of Milan).

In January of 1997, he was awarded the “TOKYMEKY 97” prize of the Japanese anime festival in Milan.

He composed and arranged the theme for “TOKYMEKY 98”.

In 1999, He composed and arranged the song "A PAOLA "and he performed it with the Milan children choir.

In 2000, Manuel recorded a new pop dance single "QUE CALOR" (in spanglish).

He collaborated with many Italian singers, producers and songwriters, such as Ivana Spagna, Toto Cutugno, Danilo Amerio, Piero Cassano, Andrea Lo Vecchio e Popi Minellono, Carlo Gargioni.

He composed, arranged and performed a soundtrack for a new musical TV series “BALLET”.

He was a guest on the Swiss TV show “COMPAGNIA BELLA” (on TSI 1) and he performed the theme of “Ballet” (English version).

Manuel moved to the USA in 2002 and has been collaborating with many great American producers and artists: Pablo Manavello, Bill Champlin of the legendary band Chicago, Jim Brickman, Martha Cancel, Bernadette O’Reilly, Ariztia, Bill Cantos and many others.

In 2006 he left SIAE and signed with BMI USA as songwriter.

Currently, Manuel is working also with the world label/publisher PEER MUSIC of MIAMI, L.A., and he's producing soundtracks for tv and cinema in USA and Europe. He just opened hos own production company.

Official website www.manueldepeppe.com