Masi Oka

Masi Oka at Comic Con (2015)

Masayori "Masi" Oka ( Japanese 岡政偉 , Oka Masayori ; born December 27, 1974 in Shibuya , Tokyo ) is a Japanese - American actor and visual effects artist.

Life

Oka was born on December 27, 1974 in Shibuya , a district of Tokyo . His parents divorced a month later. At the age of six, he moved to Los Angeles with his mother . In 1987, at the age of twelve, he was featured on the front page of TIME , the title read: "Those Asian-American WHIZ KIDS". As a child, he had an IQ of 189. In 1997 Oka graduated with a Bachelor of Science , the Brown University . He then worked for George Lucas ' company Industrial Light & Magic , hoping one day to win an Oscar for best visual effects .

From 2006 he played in the NBC - TV series Heroes over four seasons Hiro Nakamura , a Japanese office worker, the time continuum space can bend. In 2007 Oka received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role . After Oka had a recurring guest role as forensic scientist Dr in the first season of the crime series Hawaii Five-0. Max Bergman had, he was promoted to lead actor of the series with the second season. In 2016 he left the series again.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

2002: Austin Powers in Goldmember (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
2004: ... and then came Polly (Along Came Polly)
2007: Balls of Fury
2008: Get Smart
2008: Get Smart: Bruce and Lloyd totally crazy (Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control)
2011: Friends With Benefits (Friends with Benefits)
2017: Death Note
2018: Meg (The Meg)

TV Shows

2001: Dharma & Greg (episode 4x24 End of Innocence (Part 2))
2001: Gilmore Girls (episode 2x04 Up and Away )
2002: Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! (Episode 6x20)
2002–2004: Scrubs ( Scrubs , 5 episodes)
2004: Still Standing (episode 2x14)
2005, 2007-2008: Reno 911! (3 episodes)
2007: Without a Trace - disappeared without a trace ( Without a Trace , episode 4x17 anxiety states )
2006–2010: Heroes (65 episodes)
2010-2017, 2019: Hawaii Five-0 (103 episodes)
2015–2016: Heroes Reborn (4 episodes)
2018: Mozart in the Jungle (4 episodes)

Individual evidence

↑ Masi Oka
^ Cover of TIME from August 31, 1987; Oka can be seen on the far left of the picture.
↑ According to his own statement when appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 21, 2007 (from 1m 49s)
↑ THE UNBELIEVABLE STORY OF MASI OKA
↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Hawaii Five-0: Masi Oka was promoted to lead actor . Serienjunkies.de . May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
↑ Denise Petski: 'Hawaii Five-O': Masi Oka Exiting CBS Drama Series After Seven Seasons . In: Deadline.com . November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Masi Oka - collection of images

Masi Oka at theInternet Movie Database(English)

personal data
SURNAME	Oka, Masi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oka, Masayori (real name); 岡政偉 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese actor and visual effects artist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shibuya , Tokyo, Japan

[1] Masi Oka

[2] Cover of TIME from August 31, 1987; Oka can be seen on the far left of the picture.

[3] According to his own statement when appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on September 21, 2007 (from 1m 49s)

[4] THE UNBELIEVABLE STORY OF MASI OKA

[5] Bernd Michael Krannich: Hawaii Five-0: Masi Oka was promoted to lead actor . Serienjunkies.de . May 17, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.

[6] Denise Petski: 'Hawaii Five-O': Masi Oka Exiting CBS Drama Series After Seven Seasons . In: Deadline.com . November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.