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My Take
Manny Jacinto is one of my favorite quiet success stories. Born in Manila, raised in Canada, and trained as an engineer at UBC before dancing and then acting, he carries an unexpected depth. Knowing that the lovable airhead Jason Mendoza on The Good Place was played by someone this thoughtful made me grin. I love seeing a Filipino-Canadian land real estate in the center of Hollywood, from Top Gun: Maverick to his menacing turn in The Acolyte. There is a calculated intelligence beneath that easy smile, and I suspect his most interesting work is still ahead of him.
Overview
Manuel Luis Jacinto ( jə-SIN-toh or hə-SIN-toh, Filipino: [haˈsɪnto]; born August 19, 1987) is a Canadian actor. After several small roles on television, his breakout role came as Jason Mendoza on the NBC sitcom The Good Place (2016–2020). Jacinto had minor roles in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and portrayed the Stranger/"Qimir" in the Star Wars series The Acolyte (2024).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Manny Jacinto
- Name (Japanese)
- マニー・ジャシント
- Reading
- まにー・じゃしんと
- Born
- August 19, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Manila, Philippines
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / dancer / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of British Columbia
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mannyjacinto/
- Xhttps://x.com/mannyjacinto
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny%20Jacinto
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.