Manny Jacinto Archives

Her co-star Manny Jacinto, who played Qmir/The Stranger, has chimed in about his thoughts during a Q&A panel at Dragoncon in Atlanta over the weekend from August 29th – September 2nd When a fan asked, "What is a personal life goal?" The Good Place star cheekily answered, "Season two of 'The Acolyte'" to a cheering[...]

The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland has a lot to hang her hat on for putting together the ambitious dark Star Wars series that saw the rise of a Sith and his new apprentice by the finale, as the title suggests, and the fall of four Jedi. Qimir, also known as The Stranger (Manny Jacinto), was able to take[...]

During the final two episodes of season one of The Acolyte, Osha (Amandla Stenberg) had a crash course in exploring the Dark Side with Qimir/The Stranger (Manny Jacinto) As Jedi Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) finally revealed the truth in their final confrontation about what happened to her mother, Osha unleashed her newly uncovered Dark Side[...]

The circle is complete with The Acolyte season finale under wraps and no word on a possible season two. The finale, also titled "The Acolyte," saw Sol (Lee Jung-jae), the final of the four Jedi that visited Mae & Osha (Amandla Stenberg) 16 years ago in Brendok, fall at the hands of his former apprentice after[...]

Meanwhile, Qimir, aka The Stranger, (Manny Jacinto) is looking to tap more into Osha's abilities and reveal the hard truth about the Jedi she's associated with while trying to seduce her to the Dark Side Vernestra (Rebecca Henderson) is trying to handle the Jedi matter internally, but the apprehensive Senator Rayencourt (David Harewood) grows suspicious[...]

At the end of last week's episode of Lucasfilm and Disney+'s The Acolyte, we found Mae (Amandla Stenberg) desperate to escape from her former master Qimir (Manny Jacinto) – also known as The Stranger, sensing doubt within her Cutting her hair and swapping clothes with her twin Osha (Stenberg), she flees with Jedi Master Sol[...]

Given the unexpected turn of events of the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte surrounding Manny Jacinto's Qimir as The Stranger, the latest Sith Lord is taking social media by storm as he went from being an unassuming apothecary shopkeep to a suave lightsaber-wielding badass One fan wrote, "The himbo from the Good Place becoming[...]

We knew The Acolyte was darker than your usual fare in Star Wars, but Leslie Headland blew the lid off with the latest episode, "Night." While we haven't seen anything as dark since 2016's Rogue One, where all the main characters died, the series made for refreshingly unpredictable fare as Qimir (Manny Jacinto) revealed himself[...]

Leslye Headland is crossing into some unfamiliar territory with the Star Wars franchise, pulling off a Game of Thrones-worthy surprise in her latest The Acolyte episode "Night." First, the reveal of Manny Jacinto's Qimir, pulling the strings from afar as the Stranger, the "Sith Lord" and master to Mae (Amandla Stenberg), tasking her to kill[...]

When we're first introduced to Manny Jacinto's Qimir in the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte, we discover he's working with Jedi assassin Mae (Amandla Stenberg) producing the poison that she requested to use against Jedi Master Torbin (Dean-Charles Chapman) After Mae couldn't penetrate his Force wall, she came back later to use the poison,[...]

The presiding cast shined in Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett, Dafne Keen, and Manny Jacinto I may have a new favorite character in Star Wars now Leslye Headland has done an amazing job with the setup and execution, pardon the pun, and makes the final three episodes much more exciting The Acolyte streams on Tuesdays[...]

Stars Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, and Charlie Barnett opened up to Entertainment Weekly before the SAG-AFTRA strike about what to expect from the new series. STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE (Image: Lucasfilm) How The Acolyte Will Be Like Star Wars Prequels "If you loved that sequence with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan and Darth Maul," Jacinto said "I think you're going[...]

And boy, did they get a cast together for this: Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Jenny Slate (Parks and Recreation), Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin), Scott Eastwood (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), Clark Backo (Letterkenny), Jami Gertz, Jordan Carlos, Midori Francis, Mason Gooding, Isabel May, and Luke David Blumm will all-star in the film[...]

While it's been some time (seven months, to be exact) since fans of The Good Place said goodbye to Kristen Bell (Eleanor), D'Arcy Carden (Janet), William Jackson Harper (Chidi), Manny Jacinto (Jason), Jameela Jamil (Tahani), Marc Evan Jackson (Shawn), and Ted Danson (Michael), the Mike Schur-created series is one of those that will have an[...]

First up, Manny Jacinto (Jason) posted a message of support for Amram While noting that the tweets were "definitely inexcusable," Jacinto says Amram has always been "loving, kind, and supportive." as well as someone who uses her professional positions to promote diversity and representation Referring to Amram as "an ally and friend," Jacinto said he[...]

With all of the mounted IMAX cameras, Top Gun: Maverick may have some of the best visuals of any film to come out this year. Top Gun: Maverick, starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly, Val Kilmer, Manny Jacinto, Rachael Markarian, Monica Barbaro, Glen Powell, Jean Louisa Kelly, and Ed Harris opens on December[...]

With NBC's The Good Place returning for its fourth and final season on Thursday, September 26, it seems like now is as good a time as any to make some predictions for what lies ahead for our "Soul Squad": Kristen Bell (Eleanor), Jameela Jamil (Tahani), Ted Danson (Michael), D'Arcy Carden (Janet), William Jackson Harper (Chidi),[...]

Like where she jabbed a ton of needles in Chidi's face – now that was a good time… for her. https://youtu.be/1NLWdxnF2bsVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Back for Season 4! – The Good Place (Digital Exclusive) (https://youtu.be/1NLWdxnF2bs) Set to return to NBC this fall for its fourth and final season, The Good Place stars Ted Danson, Kristen Bell,[...]

During a panel moderated by Marc Evan Jackson (Shawn), series creator and executive producer Michael Schur as well as cast members Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto, and D'Arcy Carden (unfortunately, future season 4 director Kristen Bell wasn't able to make it) covered a number of issues about about the series[...]

While it may be called NBC's The Good Place, we have a feeling that some recent news might have Jason (Manny Jacinto) still dwelling in his own personal "bad space." That's right: if you keep up on the NFL then you know where we're going here But if you're like me and only follow sports[...]

Manny Jacinto is proud to let everyone know he's been properly recycling! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tee_kmN8RwgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Cast Of "The Good Place" Are Leading More Ethical Lives (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tee_kmN8Rwg) Speaking of ethics… apparently some of the writers are a little… *ahem* less than ethical when it comes to all the situations they put William Jackson[...]

Fans remember–but in case you forgot: Hanks gave O'Brien the nickname "Coco" and title "Team Coco" as support for O'Brien–which gave birth to their current website (teamcoco.com) and show's social media/online team. Team Coco Conan will round out his first week with a visit from the cast of NBC's The Good Placeon Wednesday, including Kristen Bell, William Jackson[...]

They then run off to do something spontaneous and very date-like in an upstairs closet. Tahani (Jameela Jamil) tries to get Jason (Manny Jacinto) and Janet (D'Arcy Carden) to face their feelings for each other after they stumbled upon Janet's feelings and past with Jason whilst in her void Though the love triangle is still not[...]

She puts them through individualized tests to determine if they have adequately improved enough to better their afterlife experience. NBC The tests are inconclusive, and the Judge and Michael (with a little help from D'Arcy Carden's friendly neighborhood Janet) decide that they have to wipe their memories and put them back on earth to really see if[...]