Manu Rios was born on 17 December 1998 in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Spain. He has been working in the entertainment industry since he was nine years old as an actor, singer, and dancer. When Rios was eleven years old, he portrayed Gavroche Thénardier in the musical ''Les Misérables'' and made his acting debut a few years later in the TV-series ''Chiringuito de Pepe''. He rose to international fame in 2021 when he landed the role of Patrick Blanco in the Netflix teen drama series ''Elite''.