Masi Oka

Masi Oka

Japanese actor
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Masayori "Masi" Oka (岡 政偉, Oka Masayori, b. 1974) is a Japanese actor, producer, and digital effects artist who became widely known for his role on NBC's Heroes as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS's Hawaii Five-0 as Doctor Max Bergman.

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Masi Oka was born on Friday, 27 December 1974 in Tokyo, Japan. He is best known as an actor. Oka's country of citizenship (nationality) is Japanese. His religion is listed as Buddhist. He has black eyes and black hair (color). His net worth is reported to be $5,000,000 US dollars. Masi Oka is 50 years old and his zodiac star sign is Capricorn.

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Hiro Nakamura in Heroes
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(How becoming famous affected how people treat him) They treat me nicer. They don't say, "Yo, Asian dude." They say, "Hi Masi. We love your show."
  • At age six, he moved to Los Angeles, California, USA, where he still resides.
  • When he was 12, he was on the cover of the August 31, 1987 issue of Time magazine titled "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids".
  • In an interview with TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, he said that as of November 2006, he still works one or two days a week as a CGI artist for George Lucas's special effects company Industrial Light & Magic (at which Oka worked on the effects for such films as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), War of the Worlds (2005), the three most recent Star Wars movies, and The Perfect Storm (2000)). He also still drives his old car, a 2000 Honda Accord.
  • One of his hobbies is Kendo (Japanese sword fighting).
  • Graduated in 1997 from Brown University with degrees in mathematics and computer science and a minor in theatre arts.

Masi Oka is known for his role in the TV series Heroes (2006) as Hiro Nakamura.

He is also known for his role in the TV series Blue Eye Samurai (2023) as Ringo.

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