JayR, formerly known as JayR Tinaco (born 5 January 1989), is a Filipino-

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actor, known for his roles as Zayn Petrossian in the

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series '' Another Life'' (2019–2021) and as Dr. Xyler in ''

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'' (2022).

Early life

JayR was born in

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, and grew up in

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, Australia. Early in his career, agents told JayR that he needed to do more "straight acting". JayR later told ''

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'': "When you're an actor starting out and you have an agent telling you this, you want to listen because you want to make it and you want to work."

Career

JayR started a career working in the hospitality industry in Sydney. In 2009, he won his first television role performing a trapped student in two episodes of the Australian series ''

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''. Between 2012 and 2015, JayR appeared in short films such as Simone Pietro Felice's ''The Life Again'', Samuel Leighton-Dore's ''Showboy'' (in which he portrays a

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), and ''The Wake'' by Leigh Joel Scott. In 2016, he appeared in two episodes of the Australian series ''

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''. JayR moved to Canada to pursue his acting dreams back in early 2017. In September 2018, JayR joined

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, Samuel Anderson and

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in the American series '' Another Life'', broadcast on

. JayR played Zayn Petrossian, the

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military doctor aboard the spaceship ''Salvare''. It ran for two seasons from 2019 to 2021. The same year, JayR appeared as the restaurant's host in the Netflix film ''

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''. JayR also appears as Dr. Xyler in the second season of the Netflix series ''

'', which was released in February 2022.

Personal life

JayR is

. Regarding his pronouns, he says, "I still identify with the pronouns He/His/Him in my personal life, but I have friends that call me 'They' or even 'she' and I'm okay with that."

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tinaco, JayR Male actors from Manila Australian television actors Filipino emigrants to Australia 1991 births Living people Australian non-binary actors 21st-century Australian LGBTQ people