Masi Oka (born Masayori Oka (岡 政偉, Oka Masayori), December 27, 1974) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominated American actor, as well as a digital effects artist.
He has performed in many films and TV shows, and is currently cast in the role of Hiro Nakamura in the NBC series Heroes. He recently appeared in the film Get Smart.
He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Masi Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan. His parents divorced when he was one...
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Masi Oka (born Masayori Oka (岡 政偉, Oka Masayori), December 27, 1974) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominated American actor, as well as a digital effects artist.
He has performed in many films and TV shows, and is currently cast in the role of Hiro Nakamura in the NBC series Heroes. He recently appeared in the film Get Smart.
He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
Masi Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan. His parents divorced when he was one month old; he was raised in a single parent family and has never met his father. His mother moved to Los Angeles, California, United States when he was six. At the age of eight, he appeared on CBS-TV game show Child's Play. In 1987, a twelve-year-old Oka was featured on the cover of Time titled "Those Asian-American Whiz Kids". Though he was not featured in the article itself, he was acquainted with the photographer who conducted the shoot..
He attended elementary school at The Mirman School and graduated high school from Harvard-Westlake...
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