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Masi Oka <span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span>  Masi Oka (December 27, 1974 Tokyo, Japan - ) is a Japanese-American actor and digital effects artist born Masayori Oka, in Tokyo, Japan. He moved to Los Angeles with his family at age six. He is fluent in Japanese and also speaks some Spanish. Oka graduated from Brown University with a degree in computer science and took a job with George Lucas's special effects house, Industrial Light & Magic. He has worked as a Visual Effects artist on the films The Perfect Storm, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, The War of the Worlds, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. In addition to his work behind the scenes, Oka is also gaining respect and acclaim for his work in front of the camera. His career began with small roles on the sitcom Dharma & Greg, Gilmore Girls, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. He has had roles in the films Uh Oh!, Along Came Polly, and Chester's Big Night, House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim and God Wears My Underwear. He has also had a recurring role on Scrubs, and appeared on Reno 911. His most successful role to date is that of Hiro Nakamura on the NBC hit series, Heroes. He plays a young Japanese man who discovers he can manipulate space-time. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on the series. In 2007, he appeared in the film Balls of Fury. In 2008, Oka appears in Get Smart starring Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell, The Promotion alongside Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly and the comedy GS: Get Bruce and Lloyd with Heroes guest star, Jayma Mays.  Quotes"I would actually go back to my sophomore year in high school and I would tell myself do not ask that girl out," he joked. "Do not ask her out. Ten years of therapy right there, do not ask her, and I would have a much saner view of relationships right now." "My definition of a geek is someone who's passionate about something, whether music or science or grandfather clocks. To show what you're passionate about shows our individuality. And I'd rather be passionate about something than apathetic about everything. I say you're either a geek or a robot." "I thought, college is a place where I can learn, and not just get an academic education, but a social education. I wanted to learn more about the human condition and to learn more about myself. That's why I got into theater." "...Like with Heroes. That was my last pilot season as an actor. I was ready to give-up acting, and instead work at creating roles for Asian-Americans. I wrote a script or two that I was going to pitch and I found a great mentor who said let's go ahead and start pitching it to other folks. Then the next thing you know, Heroes comes up. " External LinksTo see specific information, such as individual movies, please click the Masi Oka category link at the bottom of this article. To see other articles that reference Masi Oka, please click the What Links Here tool in the toolbox at the bottom of this page. Categories: Masi Oka | Actors | Actors from Japan | Actors from Tokyo | American actors | Heroes actors | Visual Effects Artists | Emmy nominated actors | Golden Globe nominated actors | Japanese-speaking actors | Saturn Award nominated actors | Saturn Award winning actors | 2000s Actors
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