JayR Tinaco
{{Short description|Australian actor (born 1989)}}
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| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2009–present
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JayR, formerly known as JayR Tinaco (born 5 January 1989),{{Cite web|last=Allschoolsinfo|title=JayR Tinaco Biography|url=https://allschoolsinfo.com/jayr-tinaco-biography/|access-date=2021-01-25|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123075034/https://allschoolsinfo.com/jayr-tinaco-biography/|url-status=live}} is a Filipino-Australian actor, known for his roles as Zayn Petrossian in the Netflix series Another Life (2019–2021) and as Dr. Xyler in Space Force (2022).
Early life
JayR was born in Manila, Philippines,{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} and grew up in Queensland, Australia.{{Cite web|last=Leighton-Dore|first=Samuel|date=2019-07-31|title=Australian actor JayR's role in 'Another Life' helped them come out as non-binary|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128084056/https://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2019/07/30/australian-actor-jayr-tinacos-role-another-life-helped-them-come-out-non-binary|archive-date=28 January 2023|access-date=2019-08-06|website=SBS Australia|url-status=live}}
Early in his career, agents told JayR that he needed to do more "straight acting". JayR later told Variety: "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."{{Cite magazine |last=Zukin |first=Meg |date=2020-06-05 |title=How Gender Non-Conforming Actors Are Changing Hollywood |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/gender-non-conforming-actors-tommy-dorfman-asia-kate-dillon-1234617629 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709152835/https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/gender-non-conforming-actors-tommy-dorfman-asia-kate-dillon-1234617629/ |archive-date=9 July 2020 |access-date= |magazine=Variety |url-status=live}}
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 Home and Away. 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 drag queen), and The Wake by Leigh Joel Scott. In 2016, he appeared in two episodes of the Australian series Rake.{{Cite web|last=Lang|first=Nico|date=2019-09-12|title=How Starring in a Netflix Show Helped This Nonbinary Actor Thrive|url=https://www.out.com/television/2019/9/12/how-starring-netflix-show-helped-nonbinary-actor-thrive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129090221/https://www.out.com/television/2019/9/12/how-starring-netflix-show-helped-nonbinary-actor-thrive|archive-date=29 January 2023|access-date=2019-10-31|website=Out|url-status=live}}
JayR moved to Canada to pursue his acting dreams back in early 2017. In September 2018, JayR joined Katee Sackhoff, Tyler Hoechlin, Justin Chatwin, Samuel Anderson and Elizabeth Ludlow in the American series Another Life, broadcast on Netflix. JayR played Zayn Petrossian, the non-binary military doctor aboard the spaceship Salvare. It ran for two seasons from 2019 to 2021.{{cite web |last=Swift |first=Andy |title=Another Life Cancelled at Netflix — Read Katee Sackhoff's Statement |url=https://tvline.com/2022/02/21/another-life-cancelled-season-3-netflix-kate-sackhoff-statement/ |website=TVLine |access-date=February 21, 2022 |date=February 21, 2022 |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223000105/https://tvline.com/2022/02/21/another-life-cancelled-season-3-netflix-kate-sackhoff-statement/ |url-status=live}} The same year, JayR appeared as the restaurant's host in the Netflix film Always Be My Maybe.
JayR also appears as Dr. Xyler in the second season of the Netflix series Space Force, which was released in February 2022.{{cite web |last=Lerner |first=Jamie |title=The Breakout Star of 'Space Force' Season 2 Is JayR Tinaco |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/dr-xyler-space-force |website=Distractify |access-date=February 21, 2022 |date=February 21, 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222001412/https://www.distractify.com/p/dr-xyler-space-force |url-status=live}}
Personal life
JayR is non-binary. 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=
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015 | Drown | Dan | |
| 2019 | Always Be My Maybe | Saintly Fare Host | |
| 2021 | Swan Song | Alex | |
| 2025 | F*** Marry Kill | Anthony |
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Category:Australian television actors