Is Tranquillum House a Good Place or a Bad Place? "Manny Jacinto, one of the lead actors in Hulu's new limited series "Nine Perfect Strangers" (opens in new tab), Nicole Kidman's Jason Mendoza, the Jacksonville-obsessed character from "The Good Place," ditches his Jacksonville-obsessed character Jason Mendoza for a mysterious wellness retreat run by Masha Dmitrichenko. (Open in new tab) His Nine Perfect Strangers character, Yao, couldn't be more different from the lovable doofus he played on the NBC sitcom, but one thing remains the same: Jacinto remains a scene stealer and one of Hollywood's poised to become one of Hollywood's biggest talents.

Here is everything we know about this actor.

Jacinto plays Yao, one of the employees at the Tranquillum House. He is incredibly devoted to the wellness retreat, especially to Marcia herself, and shows unwavering loyalty to her questionable decisions. In the show's first episode, we learn that Yao used to be a paramedic (open in new tab) and treated Masha after her shooting, and Masha believes that Yao brought her back to life. Yao is also dating Delilah (Tiffany Boone), another Tranquillum attendant, although she is becoming skeptical of Masha's skills, creating distance between them.

In an interview with Men's Health (opens in new tab), he explained the tricky situation his character is in and why it makes him relatable." It's the kind of thing we sometimes face in our careers (and) relationships. 'Where do we draw the line? What do we pursue? What do we pursue more of? ...... I think it's a common theme for a lot of people."

The 34-year-old was born in the Philippines and raised in Canada. Fun fact: He studied engineering in college and immersed himself in hip-hop dancing before becoming an actor. [Once Upon a Time," "Bates Motel," and several small TV appearances beginning in 2012, including a stint on "The Good Doctor," and his breakout role in "The Good Place," which ran from 2016 to 2020. limited-run horror on Netflix on August 13. He can also be seen in the series Brand New Cherry Flavor; in 2018, news broke (open in new tab) that Jacinto had been cast as pilot Fritz in the sequel to Top Gun: Maverick.

The actor revealed that he proposed to fellow Canadian actor and longtime girlfriend Diane Doan in November 2019. He told the panel that before he got down on one knee, there were five (!) places that were meaningful to their relationship. He explained that it was actually his "Good Place" character that inspired him to come up with the elaborate proposal, which included taking Doan to.

"I've been toying with the timing of popping the question for a long time," he said at a 2019 Vulture event, according to People (opens in new tab). "There's one sentence in Janet and Jason's relationship where Jason says to Chiddy about love, and it really stuck with me. I thought it was a sign that I needed to do it and a week later I popped the question."

He continued.

He continued: "Where I first met her, where I first saw her, where I first dated her, where I first took dance lessons. I asked her to write a message on that canvas about why that place was important to us. I asked her to close her eyes at all the places, I held up the canvas and she opened her eyes: ..... . guided her through five places, and at the last place I had our family waiting and proposed to her"

The two also share a cute puppy named Henrietta.