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Manny Jacinto

Highest Rated: 95% Belle (2021)

Lowest Rated: 79% Cora Bora (2023)

Birthday: Aug 19, 1987

Birthplace: Manila, Philippines

Manny Jacinto initially planned to be a civil engineer and then a dancer before settling on an acting career in which he landed recurring roles on Canadian spy drama "The Romeo Section" (CBS, 2015-) and fantasy sitcom "The Good Place" (NBC, 2016-). Born in Manila, Philippines in 1987 but raised in Richmond, British Columbia, Jacinto studied Civil Engineering at his home state's university while simultaneously competing as a hip-hop dancer in various competitions. He also attended classes at the Actor's Foundry in Vancouver and after graduating decided to focus all his efforts on pursuing a career in Hollywood instead. He made his on-screen debut in short film "Broken Sword: Shadow of the Blade" (2012) and a year later guested on an episode of fairy tale series "Once Upon a Time" (ABC, 2011-). Brief appearances on "Supernatural" (The WB, 2005-), "The 100" (The CW, 2014-) and "Rogue" (Audience Network, 2013-) then followed, as did minor roles in LGBT rom-com "John Apple Jack" (2013) and TV movies "Paper Angels" (2014), "Only Human" (2014) and "The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story" (2014). Jacinto then became something of a horror regular, showing up in "Bates Motel" (A&E, 2013-17), "iZombie" (The CW, 2015-) and "Wayward Pines" (Fox, 2015-) as well as the films "Dead Rising: Watchtower" (2015), "Even Lambs Have Teeth" (2015) and "Peelers" (2016). After a first season stint on spy thriller "The Romeo Section" (CBS, 2015-) as triad leader Wing Lei, Jacinto was cast as Jason Mendoza, a small-time drug dealer mistaken for a silent Buddhist monk named Jianyu Li, in the afterlife comedy "The Good Place" (NBC, 2016-).

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Highest rated movies

95% 95% Belle Watchlist
92% The Knife
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87% 71% I Want You Back Watchlist
80% 86% Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
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79% 75% Cora Bora Watchlist
Balestra
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Freakier Friday
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Freakier Friday Unknown (Character) - 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet Balestra Elliot (Character) - 2024
92% No Score Yet The Knife Unknown (Character) - 2024
79% 75% Cora Bora Unknown (Character) $26.6K 2023
80% 86% Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind Kenshi Takahashi (Voice) - 2022
87% 71% I Want You Back Logan (Character) - 2022
95% 95% Belle Shinobu (Voice) $4.0M 2021

TV

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78% 18% Star Wars: The Acolyte Unknown (Character) 2024
No Score Yet 84% Hailey's on It! Scott (Voice) 2023-2024
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2022
59% 60% Nine Perfect Strangers Yao (Character) 2021
76% 76% Brand New Cherry Flavor Code (Character) 2021
No Score Yet 76% Trese Maliksi (Voice) 2021
No Score Yet 54% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2020
97% 89% The Good Place Jianyu/Jason (Character) 2016-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2019
No Score Yet 68% The Good Doctor Bobby Ato (Guest Star) 2017
78% 78% Once Upon a Time Unknown (Guest Star) 2013