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- "Mako", as he became known, joined his parents in New York and studied architecture. He entered the U.S. Army in the early 1950s and acted in shows for military personnel, discovering a talent and love for the theatre. He abandoned his plans to become an architect and instead enrolled at the famed Pasadena Community Playhouse.
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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.
- December 10, 1933
- July 21, 2006
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Mako Iwamatsu was a talented singer and musician, known for his skill in playing the traditional Japanese instrument, the shamisen. Mako was a pioneer in Asian American representation in Hollywood, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations of Asian actors.
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.
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- Kobe, Japan
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- Somis, California, USA
Steve McQueen, Mako, and Simon Oakland in The Sand Pebbles (1966)- Steve McQueen, Mako, and Thomas H. Middleton in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
- Mako, Simon Oakland, and Shepherd Sanders in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
- Mako in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
- Dante Basco, Mako, and Jeff Speakman in The Perfect Weapon (1991)
- Mako in The Perfect Weapon (1991)
- George Cheung, Mako, Haunani Minn, and Marcus K. Mukai in M*A*S*H (1972)
- Tom Selleck and Mako in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
- Mako in M*A*S*H (1972)
- Christian Slater, Jeff Bridges, Elias Koteas, Frederic Forrest, and Mako in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
- Mako and Lauren Tom in The Facts of Life (1979)
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 Biography. Born Makoto Iwamatsu, December 10, 1933, in Kobe, Japan; died of esophageal cancer, July 21, 2006, in Somis, CA. Actor. The Japanese actor known simply as Mako enjoyed a long career in Hollywood that began at a time when he and other Asian performers were relegated to stock characters.
Jul 23, 2006 · Mako, who in 1965 co-founded East West Players, the nation’s first Asian American theater company, died Friday of esophageal cancer at his home in the Ventura County town of Somis. He was 72.
Mako. Actor and co-founder of the East West Players theater company. Acclaimed and pioneering actor Mako was also one of the leading advocates for Asian Americans in the performing arts. The son of well-known Japanese refugee artists Taro Yashima and Mitsu Yashima , he was born Makoto Iwamatsu in Kobe, Japan, in 1933.
