Mako

AKA:
Mako Iwamatsu
Nationality:
Japanese
Birthdate:
12/10/1933
Birthplace:
Kobe, Japan
Death Date:
07/21/2006
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biography
Born and raised in Japan, Mako moved to the USA after WWII. An architecture student, he got into set design and later acting through some friends in off-Broadway theater and later studied at the Pasadena Playhouse. He co-founded an Asian-American theater company, the East/West Players, with six other actors in 1965 and was noticed by Hollywood shortly thereafter. Mako's first major film role won him an Oscar nomination and remains his most memorable: that of Po-Han, the funny, tragic engine-room attendant and surprise boxing champ in "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), starring Steve McQueen.

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Credits
Voice of Splinter
2007
(TV Show)
2005-2006
Uncle Iroh
2006
Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
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Uncle Iroh
2005
Uncle Iroh
2005
+(25 More)
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Master Zee
2005
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Master Li
2003
Master Li
2003
Master Li
2003
Master Li
2003
Master Li
2003
Master Li
2003
+(1 More)
Mr Kojima
2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Mr. Li
2003
Nakamuri
2000
Old Momo
1999
(TV Show)
1998-1998
Ichiro Higashimori
1998
Kungo Tsarong
1997
Jimmy Sakuyama
1988
Akiro "The Wizard"
1984
Akiro the Wizard
1982
Po-Han
1966
Actor
Calvin Coolidge Ishimura
Kanemitsu
Shudo Shmizaki
Mr Lee
Yoshida-San
Mun Ki
Actor
Yuen Chung
James Chan
Herbert
Toshio Watanabe
Captain Vinh
Akira Tanaka
Girl
Mr Tszing
Nobu
milestones
Year
Milestone
1949 
Moved to New York at age 15 (date approximate)
 
Was in school studying architecture when friends asked him to get involved with the set design for an off-Broadway production in the early 1950s
 
Settled in Los Angeles after serving for two years in the Korean War
 
Turned down a walk-on role in the Broadway musical "The World of Suzie Wong"
1959 
Feature debut in the American feature film, "Never So Few"
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