MANILA, Philippines — Pasig mayor Vico Sotto and Filipino-Canadian actor Manny Jacinto are among the personalities who made it to the 2025 TIME 100 Next list.
Manny, whose steady rise to fame, is described as a “fundamentally, elementally, constitutionally good” in the write-up by Emmy-winning writer and producer Alan Yang.
“One of the greatest joys of my time working in film and TV has been the revelation that talent and kindness aren’t mutually exclusive. Manny Jacinto is the perfect example,” Yang wrote about Manny.
The Filipino-Canadian is known for his range as an actor: he played the impulsive drug dealer in the dark comedy “The Good Place,” the thirst-trap mysterious warrior in “The Acolyte,” and Lindsay Lohan’s fiance in the sequel “Freakier Friday.”
Describing Jacinto as “fiercely loyal,” Yang said that it is his wish that Manny will finally star in big films as one of the greatest leading man who is also “one of the world’s best humans.”
Manny, along with “Bridgerton” star Jonathan Bailey, is among the names included in the artists category of the list.
On the leaders list
Vico is listed in the leaders list along with Thai youth leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut and Maori Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, the youngest member voted into the New Zealand parliament at 21 in 2023.
TIME editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs wrote that the goal of the project is to “provide a snapshot of the moment and to recognize those who we feel are truly changing the world this year.”
The selection was led by Dan Macsai and Cate Matthews with contributions from TIME’s editors and reporters around the world.
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