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Mako

1933 - 2006

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Makoto Iwamatsu (岩松 信, Iwamatsu Makoto; December 10, 1933 – July 21, 2006) was a Japanese-American actor, credited mononymously in almost all of his acting roles as simply Mako (マコ), pronounced "MAH-ko". His career in film, on television, and on stage spanned five decades and 165 productions. He was an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Tony Award nominee. Born and raised in Kobe, Mako moved to the United States after the Second World War, where his dissident parents had moved to escape political persecution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mako is the 298th most popular actor (down from 237th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 61st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mako ranks 298 out of 13,578. Before him are Stephen Lang, Stellan Skarsgård, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Virna Lisi, and Michel Piccoli. After him are Ursula Andress, Tom Baker, Harold Lloyd, Tilda Swinton, Annie Girardot, and James Avery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mako ranks 30. Before him are Paul Biya, Paul J. Crutzen, Philip Roth, Elinor Ostrom, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Corazon Aquino. After him are Richard R. Ernst, Fouad Mebazaa, Ronald Evans, Kim Novak, Steven Weinberg, and Quincy Jones. Among people deceased in 2006, Mako ranks 18. Before him are Owen Chamberlain, James Brown, Syd Barrett, György Ligeti, Philippe Noiret, and Choi Kyu-hah. After him are Desmond Doss, Johannes Rau, Heinrich Harrer, Oriana Fallaci, Ibrahim Rugova, and Giacinto Facchetti.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mako ranks 63 out of 6,245. Before him are Takashi Kasahara (1918), Emperor Suizei (-669), Natsume Sōseki (1867), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Kane Tanaka (1903), and Paulo Miki (1564). After him are Koxinga (1624), Dōgen (1200), Yoshihide Suga (1948), Antonio Inoki (1943), Isamu Akasaki (1929), and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Mako ranks 2. Before him are Olivia de Havilland (1916). After him are Liv Ullmann (1938), Joan Fontaine (1917), Sonny Chiba (1939), Ken Watanabe (1959), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Ken Takakura (1931), Takashi Shimura (1905), Victoria Principal (1950), Setsuko Hara (1920), and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950).

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