Jacinto participated in hip-hop dance competitions whilst doing his internship. During those dancing times, he decided on acting as a career, but he became frustrated by the lack of other Asian actors in Vancouver and relocated to Los Angeles.
After small roles in series including Once Upon a Time, Supernatural, and iZombie, he was cast in 2015 as triad leader Wing Lei in the Canadian spy drama The Romeo Section by Chris Haddock.
Manny Jacinto’s top movies and TV shows
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Blade (2012), Tele (2013), John Apple, Jack (2013), #Fix (2013), Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015), Even Lambs Have Teeth (2015), Brittney Grabill: Goodnight (2015), Peelers (2016), Chocolate Cake (2017), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Belle (2022), I Want You Back (2022), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (2022), Once Upon a Time(2013), Supernatural (2013), Untold Stories of the E.R. (2013), The 100 (2014), Rogue (2014), Light House (2014), Rush (2014), The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014), Paper Angels (2014), Only Human (2014), Bates Motel (2015) iZombie (2015), Backward (2015), Wayward Pines ( 2015), The Romeo Section (2015), Roadies(2016), The Good Place( 2016- 2020), The Good Doctor ( 2017), Magical Girl Friendship Squad (2020), Trese (2021), Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021), NIne Perfect Strangers (2021).
Manny Jacinto awards and nominations
Manny has not yet received an award but he has been nominated twice for different roles. in 2016, he was nominated for the Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (The Romeo Section).
In 2018 he was nominated for Gold Derby Awards for Ensemble of the Year (The Good Place).
