Mako
Birthday: December 10, 1933
Birth Place: Kobe, Japan
Height: 5' 4"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Mako. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

Biography

Movie Credits

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	(2007)
Rise	(2006)
[ Sam Raimi ][ Michael Chiklis ][ Robert Forster ][ James D'Arcy ][ Sebastian Gutierrez ]
The Last Koufus	(2006)
[ Dante Basco ][ Dee Bradley Baker ][ Zach Tyler ]
Secret of the Fire Nation	(2006)
[ Dante Basco ][ Kevin Michael Richardson ][ Dee Bradley Baker ][ Zach Tyler ]
Seventy-Three Wives	(2006)
[ Zach Tyler ]
The Desert	(2006)
[ Dante Basco ][ Dee Bradley Baker ]
Memoirs of a Geisha	(2005)
[ Steven Spielberg ][ Ted Levine ][ John Williams ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ][ Ken Watanabe ]
Cages	(2005)
Sokoku	(2005)
Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku	(2004)
[ Phil LaMarr ][ John Di Maggio ][ Jeff Bennett ][ Tom Kenny ]
Lionheart	(2003)
[ Dwight Schultz ][ Kevin Michael Richardson ][ Tony Jay ][ Dee Bradley Baker ][ Greg Ellis ]
The Prodigal Son	(2003)
[ Drew Fuller ]
Date Night	(2003)
[ Drew Fuller ]
Pilot	(2003)
[ Jensen Ackles ][ Rip Torn ][ Larry Miller ][ David Koechner ][ Erik Palladino ]
Bulletproof Monk	(2003)
[ Seann William Scott ][ Yun-Fat Chow ][ Karel Roden ]
Queen Is Wild, The/Back to the Academy	(2003)
[ Maurice LaMarche ][ Kevin Michael Richardson ]
Hooray for Hollywood Planet	(2003)
[ Frank Welker ][ Tom Kenny ]
Secret Weapons Over Normandy	(2003)
[ Carlos Alazraqui ][ Quinton Flynn ][ Timothy Omundson ]
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun	(2003)
[ Christopher Gorham ][ Dale Dye ][ Greg Ellis ][ Don LaFontaine ]
True Crime: Streets of LA	(2003)
[ Gary Oldman ][ Christopher Walken ][ Michael Madsen ][ Ron Perlman ][ Russell Wong ]
Pearl Harbor	(2001)
[ Ben Affleck ][ Josh Hartnett ][ Alec Baldwin ][ Jon Voight ][ Dan Aykroyd ]
She Said I Love You	(2001)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie - Rugrats II	(2000)
[ Tim Curry ][ Dan Castellaneta ][ John Lithgow ][ Billy West ][ Casey Kasem ]
Talk to Taka	(2000)
[ Pat Morita ]
Fukuro no shiro	(1999)
Red Storm	(1999)
Kyohansha	(1999)
Chûgoku no chôjin	(1998)
[ Takashi Miike ]
Alegría	(1998)
[ Frank Langella ]
Riot	(1997)
[ Luke Perry ][ Dante Basco ][ John Ortiz ]
Heart of the Dragon	(1997)
Seven Years in Tibet	(1997)
[ Brad Pitt ][ David Thewlis ][ John Williams ][ B.D. Wong ]
Balance of Power	(1996)
[ Billy Blanks ]
Sworn to Justice	(1996)
[ Brad Dourif ][ Walter Koenig ][ Vince Murdocco ]
Midnight Man	(1995)
[ Rob Lowe ][ Lorenzo Lamas ][ Jeff Griggs ]
Crying Freeman	(1995)
[ Mark Dacascos ][ Roger Avary ][ Paul McGillion ]
A Dangerous Place	(1995)
[ Corey Feldman ][ Dick Van Patten ]
Highlander III: The Sorcerer	(1994)
[ Christopher Lambert ]
Cultivating Charlie	(1994)
[ Jake Weber ][ Vincent Schiavelli ]
Red Sun Rising	(1993)
[ Michael Ironside ][ Steve Burton ]
Rising Sun	(1993)
[ Sean Connery ][ Steve Buscemi ][ Wesley Snipes ][ Harvey Keitel ][ Ernest Borgnine ]
RoboCop 3	(1993)
[ Stephen Root ][ Rip Torn ][ Bradley Whitford ][ Frank Miller ][ Lee Arenberg ]
Sidekicks	(1992)
[ Chuck Norris ][ Jonathan Brandis ][ Beau Bridges ][ Lloyd Bridges ]
Nightingale	(1992)
My Samurai	(1992)
[ Terry O'Quinn ][ Bubba Smith ]
The Perfect Weapon	(1991)
[ Dante Basco ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ][ Jeff Speakman ]
Riding in Rollers (1 of 2)	(1991)
[ Brian Blessed ]
Sutoroberi rodo	(1991)
[ Pat Morita ][ Toshirô Mifune ]
Pacific Heights	(1990)
[ Michael Keaton ][ Matthew Modine ][ Dan Hedaya ][ Hans Zimmer ][ Carl Lumbly ]
Taking Care of Business	(1990)
[ James Belushi ][ Hector Elizondo ][ Charles Grodin ]
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes	(1990)
[ Judd Nelson ][ Max von Sydow ][ Pat Morita ]
Murder in Paradise	(1990)
[ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ]
Fatal Mission	(1990)
[ Peter Fonda ]
An Unremarkable Life	(1989)
Silent Assassins	(1988)
The Wash	(1988)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream	(1988)
[ Christian Slater ][ George Lucas ][ Jeff Bridges ][ Elias Koteas ][ Martin Landau ]
Armed Response	(1986)
[ David Carradine ][ Lee Van Cleef ][ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ][ Michael Berryman ][ Brent Huff ]
Behind Enemy Lines	(1986)
[ David Carradine ]
Kung Fu: The Movie	(1986)
[ David Carradine ][ Brandon Lee ][ Martin Landau ]
Hawaiian Heat	(1984)
Conan the Destroyer	(1984)
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ André the Giant ][ Sven-Ole Thorsen ][ Tracey Walter ]
Testament	(1983)
[ Kevin Costner ][ Lukas Haas ][ John Lennon ][ Paul McCartney ][ William Devane ]
The Last Ninja	(1983)
[ John Larroquette ]
Girls of the White Orchid	(1983)
[ Jim Beaver ]
Conan the Barbarian	(1982)
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ James Earl Jones ][ Max von Sydow ][ Sven-Ole Thorsen ][ Donald Gibb ]
The Bushido Blade	(1981)
[ James Earl Jones ][ Toshirô Mifune ][ Sonny Chiba ][ Mike Starr ]
An Eye for an Eye	(1981)
[ Christopher Lee ][ Chuck Norris ][ Richard Roundtree ][ Stuart Pankin ][ Aaron Norris ]
Under the Rainbow	(1981)
[ Chevy Chase ][ Adam Arkin ][ Billy Barty ][ Tony Cox ][ Freeman King ]
The Big Brawl	(1980)
[ Jackie Chan ]
Guerilla My Dreams	(1979)
When Hell Was in Session	(1979)
[ Hal Holbrook ][ Pat Hingle ][ Tom Bower ]
Another Path	(1978)
Columbo: Murder Under Glass	(1978)
[ Jonathan Demme ]
Touch of Death	(1977)
Hawkeye Get Your Gun	(1976)
Farewell to Manzanar	(1976)
[ Pat Morita ]
Prisoners	(1975)
[ Howard Hesseman ]
The Killer Elite	(1975)
[ Robert Duvall ][ James Caan ][ Burt Young ]
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders	(1974)
The Island at the Top of the World	(1974)
[ Ian Abercrombie ]
The Green Hornet	(1974)
[ Bruce Lee ]
Rainbow Bridge	(1974)
Yokahama Mama	(1972)
The Streets of San Francisco	(1972)
[ Michael Douglas ][ Robert Wagner ][ Karl Malden ][ Tom Bosley ][ Brad Davis ]
If Tomorrow Comes	(1971)
[ James Whitmore ][ Aaron Spelling ][ Pat Hingle ]
Chinmoku	(1971)
The Hawaiians	(1970)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Chris Robinson ]
The Challenge	(1970)
[ Sam Elliott ][ Darren McGavin ][ James Whitmore ]
Fools	(1970)
[ Jason Robards ]
The Great Bank Robbery	(1969)
[ John Fiedler ][ Claude Akins ]
The Ugly Dachshund: Part 1	(1968)
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell	(1968)
[ Bob Hope ][ Jeffrey Hunter ]
The Sand Pebbles	(1966)
[ Steve McQueen ][ Richard Attenborough ][ Richard Crenna ]
The Ugly Dachshund	(1966)
[ Walt Disney ]
No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise	(1965)
The Loser	(1965)
Who Killed April?	(1964)
A Letter for Fuji	(1963)
Have Kimono, Will Travel	(1963)
McHale and His Schweinhunds	(1963)
One Enchanted Weekend	(1963)

Trivia

• Became a naturalized citizen in 1956.
• Frequently cast by Chuck Norris
• Children: daughters Sala and Mimosa.
• Was nominated for Broadway's 1976 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Pacific Overtures."
• Artistic Director Emeritus of the nation's premier Asian American theatre organization, East West Players, located in the "Little Tokyo" area of Los Angeles, California, USA.
• Passed away 1 day after being officially announced as the voice of "Master Splinter" in the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007) movie.
• In the months before his death, he was preparing to appear with his wife in an East West production of the comedy "Motty Chon." Instead of recasting the part, the company, out of respect, canceled the production.
• Pioneer of Asian American theater in Los Angeles.
• Wife Shizuko Hoshi is a dancer, choreographer and actress.
• He was the East West Players first artistic director in 1965. He also taught acting classes there to help pay the company's bills. The company's first home was a basement in a Silver Lake church secured by co-founder Beulah Quo. Later it moved to a storefront on Santa Monica Blvd. Since 1998 it has been housed in the historic Union Center for the Arts and performs in a 240 seat theater.
• Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch)

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