JayR Tinaco
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    • Born Place: Sydney, Australia

JayR Tinaco

JayR Tinaco, born on January 4, 1989, in Manila, Philippines, is a Filipino-Australian actor. They grew up in Queensland, Australia, before moving to Sydney where they initially worked in the hospitality industry.Tinaco began their acting career in 2009, with an early role in the Australian series Home and Away. They continued to work on short films and Australian TV series like Rake. In early 2017, JayR moved to Canada to pursue broader acting opportunities.They gained significant recognition for their main role as Zayn Petrossian, a non-binary military doctor, in the Netflix series Another Life (2019–2021). This role was particularly impactful as it helped them personally come out as non-binary. JayR also appeared as Dr. Xyler in the second season of Netflix's Space Force (2022).Their filmography includes roles in the Netflix film Always Be My Maybe (2019) and Swan Song (2021), where they starred alongside Mahershala Ali and Glenn Close. More recently, JayR was seen in the 2024 comedy-thriller film F** Marry Kill* as Anthony. They have also made appearances in popular TV shows such as A Million Little Things, One of Us Is Lying, So Help Me Todd, The Fall of the House of Usher, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, and Fire Country.

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