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Mako
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| Nickname: | Mako / Mako Iwamatsu / |
| Known for: | Pearl Harbor, Conan the Barbarian, Seven Years in Tibet |
| Birth name: | Makoto Iwamatsu |
| Birthday: | 10 December 1933, Kobe, Japan |
| Height: | 5' 4" (1.63 m) |
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Trivia
Became a naturalized citizen in 1956.
Children: daughters Sala and Mimosa.
Artistic Director Emeritus of the nation's premier Asian American theatre organization, East West Players, located in the "Little Tokyo" area of Los Angeles, California, USA.
In the months before his death, he was preparing to appear with his wife in an East West production of the comedy "Motty Chon." Instead of recasting the part, the company, out of respect, canceled the production.
Wife Shizuko Hoshi is a dancer, choreographer and actress.
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
One of six Asian actors nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category. The others are Haing S. Ngor who won Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Killing Fields (1984), Miyoshi Umeki who won for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Sayonara (1957), Sessue Hayakawa nominated for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Ken Watanabe nominated for The Last Samurai (2003), and Rinko Kikuchi nominated for Babel (2006).
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