BIRTHDAY
DIED
July 21, 2006

RECENT CREDITS
Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV)  Nov. 16, 2007
TMNT (FILM)  Mar. 23, 2007
Memoirs of a Geisha (FILM)  Dec. 16, 2005
West Wing (TV)  Mar. 2, 2005
Samurai Jack (TV)  Sep. 25, 2004
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BIOGRAPHY
Japanese actor Mako, born Makoto Iwamatsu, has spent most of his professional career in the United States. His first important film appearance was as Po-Han, Steve McQueen's assistant machinist, in The Sand Pebbles....
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Japanese actor Mako, born Makoto Iwamatsu, has spent most of his professional career in the United States. His first important film appearance was as Po-Han, Steve McQueen's assistant machinist, in The Sand Pebbles (1966), a performance that earned him an Oscar nomination. He remained in films into the 1990s, playing choice character parts in such films as Hawaiians (1967), Conan the Destroyer (1984), and Rising Sun (1993). Mako's TV credits include the role of Major Oshira on the weekly Hawaiian Heat (1984) and the 1990 TV movie Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Oscar Nominee Mako Dies at 72
Jul. 24, 2006
Memoirs of a Geisha star Mako has lost his battle with esophageal cancer at his home in Ventura County, California. He was 72.


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