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Actor, Mako, was born Makoto Iwamatsu on Dec 10, 1933 in Kobe, Japan. died at the age of 72 on Jul 21, 2006 in Somis, CA .


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Although was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1966Best Supporting ActorThe Sand Pebbles (1966)N/ANominated
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Frequently cast by Chuck Norris.

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).

Pioneer of Asian American theater in Los Angeles.

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