Manny Jacinto is a Canadian actor who has built a career in both live-action and voice acting. He was born in Manila, Philippines, in 1987 and moved to Canada at a young age, growing up in British Columbia. Initially trained as a civil engineer, he shifted his focus to acting and began his career with small roles in television series. His breakout role came with the NBC sitcom The Good Place, where he played Jason Mendoza, a performance that brought him widespread recognition.

In the realm of voice acting, one of his notable roles is in the English language dub of the acclaimed Japanese animated film Belle. Released in 2021, the film features Jacinto as the voice of Shinobu Hisatake, the childhood friend and love interest of the main character, Suzu. This performance places him within the cast of a major international animated production from renowned director Mamoru Hosoda.

Beyond Belle, Jacinto has lent his voice to several other animated projects. He provided the English voice for the character Maliksi in the Filipino anime-influenced series Trese. His voice work also extends to western animation, where he voiced Scott Denoga in the Disney Channel series Hailey's On It!. He has also taken on roles in the animated realm of franchises, such as voicing Kenshi Takahashi in the film Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind and voicing characters in series like Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake and Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. While he is primarily known for his on-camera performances, these roles demonstrate a consistent and growing body of work as a voice artist across different genres and formats.