![]() “When you get word that you have to be shirtless or in an intimate scene with some prolific people, you definitely change your exercise routine,” Jacinto laughs while pushing his hair back.Īlthough the silliness of Jason is gone in his latest role, Jacinto did observe some parallels between Yao and his Good Place character. With Yao, like all his roles, he found himself in method-acting territory, eating much healthier and working out more vigorously. As Yao, Jacinto’s earnest, man-bun-sporting healer wants to believe that Tranquillum House helps people. With Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, which debuted in mid-August, Jacinto portrays Masha’s ( Nicole Kidman) right-hand man and sometimes lover who helps run Tranquillum House, the boutique wellness resort that aims to heal nine troubled individuals. For him, it meant having the patience and trust that different types of roles would come his way eventually so that he could prove himself. “At the end of the day, I want to exercise different muscles,” Jacinto says. While he appreciates that people enjoyed him in that role, Jacinto had to be discerning with which projects he selected. “There were a lot of roles coming my way that definitely the same type of character, goofy, oblivious, all the synonyms for dumbass basically,” he recalls. And while Jason earned him widespread exposure-something he says he’s eternally grateful for-Jacinto has actively avoided being typecast. For four seasons, he portrayed Jason Mendoza, a Floridian goofball with a heart of gold, who quickly became a fan favorite. But it wasn’t until he landed a role on NBC’s afterlife comedy The Good Place in 2016 that his career really took off. Over the years, Jacinto had a handful of bit parts on CW shows like Supernatural, The 100, and iZombie before he was cast in the Canadian spy drama The Romeo Section in 2015, which earned him a Leo Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Dramatic Series. Success is still a relatively new concept for the Filipino-Canadian actor. ![]() “I try to go back at least once or twice a year to get grounded, get out of the craziness of L.A.,” he explains. ![]() Jacinto-much like his current alter-ego Yao on Nine Perfect Strangers-is Zen. Only recently, he was able to take a break-he’s now back home in Los Angeles from a jaunt to his hometown of Vancouver. During the pandemic, he’s been involved in a few wildly different projects that flaunt his range: the star-studded wellness series Nine Perfect Strangers and the horror drama Brand New Cherry Flavor among them. Jacinto has been working hard the past year to prove just that. While it’s easy to wax poetic about Jacinto’s facial structure, it isn’t half as fascinating as the man himself-or his versatility as an actor. “But I have much more to offer than just a razor-sharp jawline, as they say in the Twitterverse.” “It’s very nice that people say that,” Jacinto says, before pausing. It’s not lost on Jacinto that his jawline has been a consistently hot topic of Internet fodder the soft-spoken actor is equal parts flummoxed and flattered by it. ![]() After a quick assessment over Zoom, I feel it could very well hang in the Louvre. Its dramatic sharpness and smooth edges could be part of a Michaelangelo sculpture. It’s true: Manny Jacinto’s jawline could slice through bread.
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