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Mako (actor)
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岩松 信 | |||||
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| Born | Makoto Iwamatsu December 10, 1933 | ||||
| Died | July 21, 2006 (aged 72) Somis, California, U.S. | ||||
| Other names | Mako Iwamatsu | ||||
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| Alma mater | Pratt Institute School of Architecture Pasadena Playhouse | ||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||
| Years active | 1959–2006 | ||||
| Spouse | Shizuko Hoshi | ||||
| Children | 2 | ||||
| Parent(s) | Taro Yashima (father) Mitsu Yashima (mother) | ||||
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| Kanji | 岩松 信 | ||||
| Hiragana | いわまつ まこと | ||||
| Katakana | イワマツ マコト | ||||
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Makoto Iwamatsu (岩松 信, Iwamatsu Makoto, December 10, 1933 – July 21, 2006) was a Japanese-American actor, credited mononymously in almost all of his acting roles as simply Mako (マコ). His career in film, on television, and on stage spanned 5 decades and 165 productions. He was an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee.
Born and raised in Kobe, Mako moved to the United States after the Second World War, where his dissident parents had moved to escape political persecution. After serving with the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he trained in acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and later co-founded the East West Players.[1] His role as Po-Han (his second credited role on film) in the 1966 film The Sand Pebbles saw him nominated for the Academy Award[2] and the Golden Globe Award[3] for Best Supporting Actor.
Other various roles included Kichijiro in the 1971 film adaptation of Silence, Oomiak "The Fearless One" in The Island at the Top of the World (1974),[4] Akiro the Wizard in Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984), and Kungo Tsarong in Seven Years in Tibet (1997). He was part of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's 1976 Broadway musical Pacific Overtures, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. Later in his career, he became well known for his voice acting roles, including Mr. Yamaguchi in Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Aku in the first four seasons of Samurai Jack (2001–04), and Iroh in the first two seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–06).
He died on July 21, 2006, at the age of 72 from esophageal cancer.[5][6]
- ^ Team, EWP Web. "About". East West Players. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ^ "Browser Unsupported - Academy Awards Search | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". awardsdatabase.oscars.org. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees 1967". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ "The Island at the Top of the World" Wikipage
- ^ Fox, Margalit (July 25, 2006). "Mako, 72, Actor Who Extended Asian-American Roles, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ "MAKO 1933–(Mako Iwamatsu, Jimmy Sakuyama)". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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