Mako's biography
Makoto Iwamatsu is 73 years old stage actor born at Kobe, Japan. Mako was born on Sunday 10th of December 1933. He is often nicknamed as Mako Iwamatsu. According to year of birth 1933 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 10th of December means he is Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a Fiery sign of Zodiac Belt. These people are highly learned and love to gain knowledge throughout their life.
Mako is asian japanese. Mako is citizen of Japan. Mako´s primary profession is to be stage actor. You can know him also as film actor, television actor. Mako is recently known as actor.
Mako's dad
Mako's father's name is Taro Yashima.
Mako's mom
Mako's mother's name is Mitsu Yashima.
Mako's family
Mako's ex wife
Shizuko Hoshi
Mako and Shizuko Hoshi have been together. She is known as film actor.
Mako's schools
We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Pasadena Playhouse.
Detailed informations about his schools
He studied university - Pratt Institute of Technology.
Mako's career
His main focus is to be stage actor. He is famous thanks to Akiro.
Is Mako gay ?
He is known to be straight.
How did Mako die
Mako died on on Friday 21st of July 2006 when he was 73 years old. Makos death was caused by esophageal cancer. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Mako's Nominations
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work The Sand Pebbles in 20 February 1967
Mako's quotes
- [on the barriers that Asian-American actors have to face in Hollywood]: I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, "Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching McHale's Navy (1962)." And I think, "Oh boy, here we go again.".
- Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes -- waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.
- I was a very happy child, so to speak. But since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time.
- No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act.
- I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon". It was a weird play.
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Mako's height, body shape
Lets describe how Mako looks. We will focus on his height, body shape and hair color. Mako is tall as 5' 4" (163 cm). Body build is slim. His hair is shade of black.