
Jacinto is of Chinese Filipino descent and was born in Manila, Philippines.
When he was about three years old, his family immigrated to Canada. He grew up in Richmond, British Columbia. Jacinto grew up playing baseball and basketball and attended Vancouver College, an all-boys Catholic high school. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
Jacinto competed in hip-hop dance competitions while interning before deciding to pursue acting as a career. He moved to Los Angeles after becoming dissatisfied with the lack of other Asian actors in Vancouver. After appearing in small roles on shows such as Once Upon a Time, Supernatural, and iZombie, he was cast in 2015 as triad leader Wing Lei in Chris Haddock’s Canadian spy drama The Romeo Section.
He was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Dramatic Series for the role. Jacinto was cast as Jianyu Li / Jason Mendoza in the NBC comedy The Good Place in 2016. Jacinto received positive critical feedback for his portrayal of Mendoza, the EDM-obsessed “lovable doofus” from Jacksonville, Florida, breaking stereotypes of how Asian men are often portrayed in Hollywood.
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In November 2019, Jacinto announced his engagement to fellow Canadian actress Dianne Doan. He resides in Los Angeles.
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