Pat Morita Overview:

Actor, Pat Morita, was born Noriyuki Morita on Jun 28, 1932 in Isleton, CA. Morita died at the age of 73 on Nov 24, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV .

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

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1984Best Supporting ActorThe Karate Kid (1984)MiyagiNominated
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Graduated from Armijo High School in Fairfield, California.

Was a closet alcoholic. Heavy drinking, which his doctors urged him against, was the primary cause of Morita's death.

The scene that sealed his nomination for best supporting actor in The Karate Kid (1984), in which Miyagi gets drunk and weeps over the death of his wife and child in the Manzanar Internment Camp was nearly cut out of the film. The studio thought the scene was unnecessary and wanted it cut. But director John G. Avildsen argued that the scene was important to Miyagi's character and finally the studio relented and allowed the scene to be kept in. Also, during the casting of the film, the studio wanted legendary Japanese actor Toshirô Mifune to play Miyagi but Avildsen and producer Jerry Weintraub thought Mifune's interpretation of the character was far too serious for what the film needed.

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