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Makoto Iwamatsu was a Japanese–American actor, best known for his roles as Po-Han in The Sand Pebbles (1966), Oomiak "The Fearless One" in The Island at the Top of the World (1974), Akiro the Wizard in Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Kungo Tsarong in Seven Years in Tibet (1997). Almost all of his acting roles credited him as Mako. He was part of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's 1976 Broadway musical Pacific Overtures, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. He was also one of the founding members of East West Players.
Birth Name
Makoto Iwamatsu
Born
Sunday, 10 December 1933
Died
Friday, 21 July 2006
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Rise: Blood Hunter | Poe | 2007 |
Cages | Tan | 2007 |
TMNT | Splinter (voice) / Splinter | 2007 |
The Slanted Screen | Himself / Self | 2006 |
Memoirs of a Geisha | Sakamoto | 2005 |
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Uncle / Iroh (voice) / Additional Voices / Red Dragon | 2005 |
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Master Offay | 2004 |
Duck Dodgers | Happy Cat / Ah-Choo | 2003 |
Bulletproof Monk | Mr. Kojima | 2003 |
Lost at Home | Mr. Li | 2003 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Rise: Blood Hunter | Poe | 2007 |
Cages | Tan | 2007 |
TMNT | Splinter (voice) / Splinter | 2007 |
The Slanted Screen | Himself / Self | 2006 |
Memoirs of a Geisha | Sakamoto | 2005 |
Avatar: The Last Airbender | Uncle / Iroh (voice) / Additional Voices / Red Dragon | 2005 |
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Master Offay | 2004 |
Duck Dodgers | Happy Cat / Ah-Choo | 2003 |
Bulletproof Monk | Mr. Kojima | 2003 |
Lost at Home | Mr. Li | 2003 |
Black Sash | Master Li | 2003 |
Cruel Game | Straw Hat | 2002 |
What's New, Scooby-Doo? | The Ancient One | 2002 |
Monk | Master Zi | 2002 |
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Narrator | 2001 |
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie | Aku | 2001 |
Samurai Jack | Aku (voice) / Aku / Past Aku / Hermit | 2001 |
Pearl Harbor | Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto / Admiral Yamamoto | 2001 |
Conscience and the Constitution | Singer in jail | 2000 |
Rugrats in Paris | Mr. Yamaguchi (voice) / Mr. Yamaguchi | 2000 |
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey | (archive footage) | 2000 |
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Kajimori | 2000 |
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | The Wizard (archive footage) | 2000 |
Owls' Castle | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 1999 |
The West Wing | Dr. Yosh Takahashi | 1999 |
Alegría | Old Momo | 1999 |
Charmed | Sorcerer | 1998 |
Martial Law | Master Reng | 1998 |
The Bird People in China | Shen | 1998 |
Seven Years in Tibet | Kungo Tsarong | 1997 |
Riot | Mr. Lee (segment "Gold Mountain") / Mr. Lee | 1997 |
Sworn to Justice | Mr. Young | 1996 |
7th Heaven | Henry Muranaka | 1996 |
Balance of Power | Todo Matsumoto | 1996 |
Dexter's Laboratory | Main Title Narrator | 1996 |
JAG | Ichiro Higashimori | 1995 |
Midnight Man | Buun Som | 1995 |
Crying Freeman | Shudo Shimazaki / Shido Shimazaki | 1995 |
Platypus Man | Mr. Loo | 1995 |
Highlander: The Final Dimension | Nakano | 1994 |
A Dangerous Place | Sensei | 1994 |
Red Sun Rising | Buntoro Iga | 1994 |
Cultivating Charlie | Katsu | 1994 |
Diagnosis Murder | Lee Moy | 1993 |
Frasier | Sam Tanaka | 1993 |
Rising Sun | Yoshida-san | 1993 |
RoboCop 3 | Kanemitsu | 1993 |
Walker, Texas Ranger | Edward Song / Dr. Henry Lee | 1993 |
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Li Sung | 1993 |
Sidekicks | Mr. Lee | 1992 |
Shaky Ground | Nakamura | 1992 |
My Samurai | Mr. Tszing | 1992 |
The Perfect Weapon | Kim | 1991 |
Pacific Heights | Toshio Watanabe | 1990 |
Taking Care of Business | Mr. Sakamoto / Sakamoto | 1990 |
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Sgt. Moritaki | 1990 |
Enemy | Trang | 1990 |
An Unremarkable Life | Max Chin | 1989 |
The Paradise Club | Mr. Yamamoto | 1989 |
Paradise | Kao | 1988 |
Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Jimmy | 1988 |
The Wash | Nobu Matsumoto | 1988 |
Silent Assassins | Oyama | 1988 |
Tour of Duty | Tran | 1987 |
Ohara | Toshi | 1987 |
Armed Response | Akira Tanaka | 1986 |
P.O.W. the Escape | Capt. Vinh | 1986 |
Kung Fu: The Movie | The Manchu | 1986 |
Lovejoy | Toshiro Tanaka | 1986 |
Spenser: For Hire | Tommy Nguyen | 1985 |
The Equalizer | Jimmy Thanarat | 1985 |
Hawaiian Heat | Major Oshira | 1984 |
Hawaiian Heat | Maj. Taro Oshira | 1984 |
Conan the Destroyer | Akiro 'The Wizard' | 1984 |
Girls of the White Orchid | Mori | 1983 |
Testament | Mike | 1983 |
The Last Ninja | Aitaro Sakura | 1983 |
Nightingale | Narrator / Gardener / Minister | 1983 |
The A-Team | Lin Duk Coo | 1983 |
Voyagers! | Karauna Chief | 1982 |
Bring 'Em Back Alive | Tanako | 1982 |
Romance Theatre | Shibata | 1982 |
Faerie Tale Theatre | Gardener / Minister | 1982 |
Conan the Barbarian | Narrator / The Wizard | 1982 |
An Eye for an Eye | James Chan | 1981 |
Under the Rainbow | Nakomuri | 1981 |
The Bushido Blade | Enjiro | 1981 |
The Greatest American Hero | Master of Flowers | 1981 |
Magnum, P.I. | Tozan | 1980 |
Hito Hata: Raise the Banner | Oda | 1980 |
Battle Creek Brawl | Herbert | 1980 |
Flamingo Road | Mr. Tanoshi | 1980 |
When Hell Was in Session | Maj. Bai | 1979 |
A Man Called Sloane | Tanaka | 1979 |
The Facts of Life | Mr. Wakamatsu | 1979 |
Supertrain | Kirby Yamashida | 1979 |
Salvage 1 | Toshiro | 1979 |
The Incredible Hulk | Li Sung | 1977 |
Fantasy Island | Kwong Soo Luke | 1977 |
Visions | Masaru Murakami | 1976 |
Quincy M.E. | John Moroshima / Mr. Yamaguchi | 1976 |
All's Fair | Professor Chung | 1976 |
The 30th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee & Performer | 1976 |
Farewell to Manzanar | Fukimoto | 1976 |
The Killer Elite | Yuen Chung | 1975 |
Wonder Woman | Mr. Brown | 1975 |
Prisoners | Sgt. Nguyen | 1975 |
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders | Tao Gan | 1974 |
The Island at the Top of the World | Oomiak | 1974 |
The Green Hornet | Low Sing | 1974 |
M*A*S*H | Major Choi / Lt. Hung Lee Park / Li Han / Dr. Lin Tam | 1972 |
Anna and the King | Sanum | 1972 |
Kung Fu | Wong Ti Lu | 1972 |
If Tomorrow Comes | Tadashi | 1971 |
Silence | Kichijiro (as Mako Iwamatsu) / Kichijiro | 1971 |
Columbo | Kanji Ousu | 1971 |
Fools | Psychiatrist | 1970 |
The Hawaiians | Mun Ki | 1970 |
The Challenge | Yuro | 1970 |
Love, American Style | Jack (segment "Love and the Fortunate Cookie") | 1969 |
Room 222 | Mr. Shigematsu | 1969 |
The Great Bank Robbery | Secret Agent Fong | 1969 |
Hawaii Five-O | Kazuo Tahashi | 1968 |
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Calvin Coolidge Ishimura | 1968 |
Mannix | Tami Okada | 1967 |
Ironside | Phil Tsang | 1967 |
The Sand Pebbles | Po-han | 1966 |
The Time Tunnel | Lt. Nakamura | 1966 |
The Green Hornet | Low Sing | 1966 |
The Ugly Dachshund | Kenji | 1966 |
The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Capt. Kulijame / T. Vushikori | 1965 |
I Dream of Jeannie | Kato | 1965 |
The F.B.I. | Yoshimura / Angry Youth | 1965 |
The Big Valley | Wong Lo | 1965 |
I Spy | Jimmy / Baby Face | 1965 |
Gidget | Casey | 1965 |
F Troop | Samurai Warrior | 1965 |
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force | Japanese Submarine Captain | 1965 |
Broadside | Captain Osato / The Japanese Commander | 1964 |
Burke's Law | Pete / Happy Tuava | 1963 |
Arrest and Trial | Kyoto | 1963 |
Vacation Playhouse | Simba | 1963 |
McHale's Navy | Capt. Uzaki / Lt. Sakawa / Lt. Yamasake / Sessua / The 1st Japanese Soldier / The 1st Japanese / The 3rd Japanese Soldier / The Japanese Non-Com / The Japanese Sentry | 1962 |
The Gallant Men | Frank Fakuda | 1962 |
Ensign O'Toole | Kumagae / Sgt. Harada / Yamada, Jr. | 1962 |
The Lloyd Bridges Show | Akai Takahashi | 1962 |
Never So Few | Soldier in Hospital | 1959 |
77 Sunset Strip | Ito Nakayama | 1958 |
The Magical World of Disney | Kenji | 1954 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1967 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1967 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |