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Grant Imahara

1970 - 2020

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Grant Masaru Imahara (October 23, 1970 – July 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed, built, and operated numerous robots and machines to test myths over the course of the show. Imahara began his career at Lucasfilm, where he worked in the THX division as an engineer and in the Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) division in visual effects. His work has been featured in films from franchises such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, and Terminator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Grant Imahara is the 8,173rd most popular actor (down from 6,426th in 2024), the 12,551st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,441st in 2019) and the 3,806th most popular American Actor.

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Among people born in 1970, Grant Imahara ranks 429. Before him are Mirjalol Qosimov, Joe Lo Truglio, Christophe Honoré, Paco Jémez, Mike Epps, and Naoko Yamazaki. After him are Will Forte, Dallas Roberts, Takanobu Okabe, Eduardo Capetillo, Kimiko Date, and Satsuki Yukino. Among people deceased in 2020, Grant Imahara ranks 752. Before him are Vadão, Kapila Vatsyayan, Ali Khalif Galaydh, Doris de Agostini, Tamás Wichmann, and Sergey Belyayev. After him are Alan Merrill, Azimzhan Askarov, Angelika Amon, Eugene Wright, Liang Wudong, and Alan Minter.

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Grant Imahara ranks 3,810. Before him are Alfred Lunt (1892), Donna D'Errico (1968), Faith Evans (1973), Melissa Benoist (1988), Sheryl Lee Ralph (1956), Mike Epps (1970), Dorothy Dalton (1893), and Bill Macy (1922). After him are Olivia Cole (1942), Taylor Schilling (1984), Mona Freeman (1926), and Chris Carmack (1980).

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