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Masi Oka

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Masi Oka

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Auch bekannt als	Masayori Oka
Charakter	Hiro Nakamura
Geburtstag	27. Dezember 1974
Geburtsort	Tokyo, Japan
Geschlecht
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Masayori "Masi" Oka is the Japanese-American television and film actor who plays the character Hiro Nakamura.

Über

Masi was born in Tokyo, Japan, but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 6 years old. He has an I.Q of over 180, and is gifted with many artistic talents.

Along with standard elementary school, he attended Saturday school in L.A. where he learned English, U.S. history, etc. He graduated in 1997 from Brown University with a major in Computer Science and Mathematics and a minor in Theatre Arts.

Masi spent a number of years working for visual effects studios, most notably George Lucas's "Industrial Light & Magic." During this time he worked on such popular films as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, War of the Worlds and Star Wars (episodes I - III). He has indicated that he worked in programming the tools that the artists use in CGI special effects.

Masi has acted in a number of popular television series and films such as Without a Trace, Scrubs, Gilmore Girls, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Austin Powers in Goldmember and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. He also wrote the short film Chester's Big Night.

Productions in which Masi has appeared alongside other Heroes cast members include Austin Powers in Goldmember with Greg Grunberg and Dan Warner, Less Than Perfect with Eric Roberts, Scrubs with Adam Harrington, Along Came Polly with Missi Pyle, and Gilmore Girls with Karl T. Wright.

Wissenswertes

Masi was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2007 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.

Masi appeared on the cover of a 1987 edition of Time magazine, next to the caption "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids!" Though he was not mentioned in the article, he knew the photographer, which was how he got in the shot.