Born in 日本兵庫県神戸市
Ancestors 
Son of 淳 (岩松) Iwamatsu
and 智江 (笹子) Iwamatsu
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 72
in Somis, Ventura, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Aug 2018
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Biography
Makoto (岩松) Iwamatsu was a Californian.
Makoto (岩松) Iwamatsu is Notable.
Makoto Iwamatsu (岩松誠 Iwamatsu Makoto, December 10, 1933 – July 21, 2006) was a Japanese American actor, voice artist, and singer. Almost all of his acting roles credited him as Mako. He is best known for his roles as Po-Han in The Sand Pebbles (1966) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Oomiak "The Fearless One" in The Island at the Top of the World (1974)[1], Akiro the Wizard in Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Kungo Tsarong in Seven Years in Tibet (1997). 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.
Sources
See also:
- Wikipedia: Mako (actor)
- Wikidata: Item Q318885, en:Wikipedia
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