Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mako_(actor)Mako (actor) - Wikipedia

    Mako (actor) 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 ...

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0538683Mako - IMDb

    Mako. Actor: Conan the Barbarian. Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S. residency by Congress. "Mako", as he became known, joined his ...

  3. Mako. Actor: Conan the Barbarian. Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941. His parents remained in the U.S., working for the Office of War Information, and, at the cessation of the conflict, were granted U.S. residency by Congress. "Mako", as he became known, joined his ...

  4. Jul 25, 2006 · Mako, a distinguished stage and screen actor, was widely regarded as having blazed the trail for Asian-Americans in films, on television and in the theater.

  5. Mako Biography Japanese-American actor Mako (1933–2006), who used only that single name professionally, almost single-handedly established a tradition of Asian-American theater in the United States, providing inspiration in the process to several generations of film and television performers. Mako himself had a high-visibility Hollywood career, beginning with an Academy Award-nominated ...

  6. Jul 23, 2006 · Mako used the prominence the Oscar nomination gave him to address the dearth of parts for Asian Americans in general. Unless a script specifically called for an Asian American, producers and ...

  7. Mar 9, 2017 · Remembering Mako. As Samurai Jack returns, the trailblazing actor who voiced his ultimate foe will be sorely missed. Once again I am free to smite the world as I did in days long past. “He was ...

  8. Jul 23, 2006 · Mako, an actor well known for his work in the original Broadway production of Pacific Overtures and for his many film and television roles, died on Friday, July 21 of esophageal cancer at his home ...

  9. Jul 21, 2006 · Mako was born in Kobe, Japan, the son of noted children's book author and illustrator Taro Yashima. His parents moved to the United States when he was a small child. He joined them there after World War II, in 1949, joining the military in the 1950s. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1956. When Mako first joined his parents in the USA, he studied architecture. During his military ...

  10. www.wikiwand.com › en › Mako_(actor)Mako (actor) - Wikiwand

    Jul 21, 2006 · Makoto Iwamatsu 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.

  1. People also search for