Masi Oka, name being pronounced as Mah See, is an actor and digital and special effects artist by profession. He came to life on December 27th 1974. He is of the nationality Japanese as he was born in Tokyo in Japan. He was born to his parents in Tokyo but had a troubled childhood. His parents got divorced immediately after his birth and he was taken care of by his mother who grew him up. He has also not met or talked to his father in the past. Masi has not remained in news because of his relationships. There has been no news about him getting married to his wife or of relationship with any girlfriend in the past.
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Masi has a got a very good aptitude and has got very high IQ Score. He participated in a quiz show named ‘Child’s Play’ when he was just 8 years old and also appeared on the cover of Time magazine when he was just 12 years old, an age when most of the other kids are just learning to interact with the outside world. Masi is good at and is interested in Japanese sports named Kendo which is kind of a sword fighting sports popular in Japan. Apart from acting, Masi also likes to sing and compose music. He is also a big fan to video games and has acted in some of the video games roles in the past. Masi did his high school from ‘Harvard-Westlake School’ and he graduated in 1992 from there. Later on he did his graduation from Brown University with computer science and mathematics as specialization. He was also good in studies throughout his high school and graduation.
According to his biography, Masi started his professional career working a digital effects company named ‘Industrial Light & Magic’ wherein he worked on many projects there providing special effects in many movies and TV shows. He gave special and digital effects in the movies like ‘Mighty Joe Young’, ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace’, ‘Mission to Mars’, ‘Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones’, ‘Hulk’, ‘Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines’ and many others. However he did his acting debut in the year 2001 when he acted in one of the episodes of the popular TV show ‘Dharma & Greg’.
He later on appeared in many cameo roles and guest appearances in many movies and TV shows including ‘Gilmore Girls’, ‘Sabrina, the Teenage Witch’, ‘She Spies’ and others. He rose to fame with the TV show ‘Heroes’ which was telecasted in 2006 and appeared on TV till 2010. The show was a success on television and his role was much appreciated in the series. He also won Saturn Award for best supporting actor for his role in the series and was nominated for many other awards. He has acted in over 30 movies and TV shows throughout his professional career.
Masi has gained much popularity as an Asian American star and has got a net worth of around $ 5 million acting and providing special effects in movies and TV shows.
Last Modified: Apr 7, 2020
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