Manny Jacinto (born August 19, 1987) is a Canadian actor of Filipino descent. He was born in Manila, Philippines, and moved to Canada with his family when he was about three years old. He grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, and initially pursued a degree in civil engineering at the University of British Columbia before transitioning to acting. Jacinto started his career with small roles in television series such as Once Upon a Time, Supernatural, and iZombie. His breakout role came in 2016 when he was cast as Jason Mendoza in the NBC sitcom The Good Place, where he gained widespread recognition for his comedic performance. He has also appeared in films like Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). In 2024, he portrayed Qimir in the Star Wars series The Acolyte. Additionally, he provided the voice of Scott Denoga in the Disney Channel animated series Hailey's On It! (2023–2024). In 2019, he announced his engagement to actress Dianne Doan.

Filmography

• 2026Forgotten Island — Bungi (voice)
• 2026Love Language — Warren
• Sun Chaser — Jordan Santos
• 2025Freakier Friday — Eric Reyes
• 2025Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol — Renato (voice)
• 2025The Knife — Officer Padilla
• 2024Balestra — Elliot
• Balestra — Elliot
• 2024Cora Bora — Tom
• Disney's Road Trip — Scott Denoga (voice)
• The Acolyte — Qimir
• Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake — DJ Flame / Flame Prince (voice), DJ Flame (voice)
• Hailey's On It! — Scott Denoga (voice)
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur — Blue Streak / Brian Glory (voice), Brian Glory / Blue Streak (voice)
• Chibiverse — Scott Denoga (voice)
• 2022I Want You Back — Logan
• 2022Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind — Kenshi Takahashi (voice)
• 2022Top Gun: Maverick — Lt. Billy 'Fritz' Avalone
• Brand New Cherry Flavor — Code
• Nine Perfect Strangers — Yao
• Trese — Maliski (voice), Maliksi (voice)
• Magical Girl Friendship Squad — Coffee Dude (voice)
• Theme Song Takeover — Scott Denoga (voice)
• 2018Bad Times at the El Royale — Waring 'Wade' Espiritu
• The Good Doctor — Bobby Ato
• 2016Peelers — Travis
• The Good Place — Jason Mendoza
• Backstrom — Tattooed Punk
• 2015Dead Rising: Watchtower — Desk Soldier
• 2015Even Lambs Have Teeth — Vince
• The Romeo Section — Wing Lei
• Wayward Pines — Lab Assistant
• iZombie — Sammy
• 2014Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters — Sam
• 2014Lighthouse — Sexy Guy Dancing
• 2014Paper Angels — Jamie Lang
• Rush — P.A.
• The 100 — Boy Bullied by Murphy, Boy #1
• 2014The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story — Eric
• Bates Motel — Loner Guy
• 2013John Apple Jack — Street Kid
• Rogue — Bellhop
• Once Upon a Time — Quon
• Supernatural — Diego
• The Stalemate

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self
• 2019The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place — Self
• Conan — Self