Acting
Mako
1933-2006
Known for Avatar: The Last Airbender, Seven Years in Tibet, Pearl Harbor.
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Born12/10/1933
Died07/21/2006
AgeDied at 72
BirthplaceKobe, Japan
DepartmentActing
Also known asMako Iwamatsu, Mako Wakamatsu, Μάκο Ιβαμάτσου, Iwamatsu Mako, 岩松信, マコ岩松, ماکو
Biography
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 service, he discovered his theatrical talent, and trained at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Mako was married to actress Shizuko Hoshi with whom he had two daughters (both are actresses) and three grandchildren.
Movie Credits
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner (1980)
The Big Brawl (1980)
Silence (1971)
The Bird People in China (1998)
Midnight Man (1995)
A Dangerous Place (1994)
Red Sun Rising (1994)
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Fatal Mission (1990)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986)
P.O.W. The Escape (1986)
Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
TMNT (2007)
Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
Sidekicks (1992)
Pacific Heights (1990)
Silent Assassins (1988)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
The Hawaiians (1970)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Sworn to Justice (1996)
My Samurai (1992)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
The Killer Elite (1975)
The Green Hornet (1974)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
Rising Sun (1993)
Cruel Game (2002)
Crying Freeman (1995)
RoboCop 3 (1993)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Under the Rainbow (1981)
Taking Care of Business (1990)
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
Riot (1997)
Testament (1983)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
The Bushido Blade (1981)
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
