Editing JayR Tinaco

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'''JayR Tinaco''' is an Australian actor known for their role in the Netflix series ''Another Life''.<ref name="zayn">{{Cite web |url=https://decider.com/2019/07/26/another-life-jayr-tinaco-zayn/ |title=Zayn on ‘Another Life’: Meet JayR Tinaco’s Breakout Character |last=White |first=Brett |date=2019-07-26 |website=decider.com |access-date=2019-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330205725/https://decider.com/2019/07/26/another-life-jayr-tinaco-zayn/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> He was born in Manila, Philippines, and grew up in Queensland, Australia.<ref name="sbs-1">{{Cite web |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 |title=Australian actor JayR Tinaco's role in 'Another Life' helped them come out as non-binary |last=Leighton-Dore  |first=Samuel  |date=2019-07-31 |website=SBS Australia |access-date=2019-08-06|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=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Tinaco started a career working in the hospitality industry in Sydney.

In 2009, Tinaco won their first television role performing a trapped student in two episodes of the Australian series ''Home and Away''. Between 2012 and 2015, Tinaco appeared in short films such as Simone Pietro Felice's ''The Life Again'', Samuel Leighton-Dore's ''Showboy'' (in which Tinaco portrays a [[drag]] queen), and ''The Wake'' by Leigh Joel Scott. In 2016, Tinaco appeared in two episodes of the Australian series ''Rake''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.out.com/television/2019/9/12/how-starring-netflix-show-helped-nonbinary-actor-thrive |title=How Starring in a Netflix Show Helped This Nonbinary Actor Thrive |last=Lang |first=Nico |date=2019-09-12 |website=out.com |access-date=2019-10-31|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=17 July 2023 }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.out.com/television/2019/9/12/how-starring-netflix-show-helped-nonbinary-actor-thrive |title=How Starring in a Netflix Show Helped This Nonbinary Actor Thrive |last=Lang |first=Nico |date=2019-09-12 |website=out.com|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=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

Tinaco moved to Canada to pursue their acting dreams back in early 2017. In September 2018, Tinaco joined Katee Sackhoff, Tyler Hoechlin, Justin Chatwin, Samuel Anderson and Elizabeth Ludlow in the American series ''Another Life'', broadcast in 2019 on Netflix. Tinaco played Zayn Petrossian, the nonbinary military doctor aboard the spaceship ''Salvare''. The same year, Tinaco appeared as a restaurant's host in the Netflix film ''Always Be My Maybe'' by Nahnachka Khan.<ref name="zayn"></ref>

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