Description:
Masayori "Masi" Oka is a Japanese American actor, producer and digital effects artist. He became widely known for his role on NBC's Heroes as Hiro Nakamura and in CBS' Hawaii Five-0 as Doctor Max Bergman. Oka was born in Tokyo, Japan, to Setsuko Oka. His parents divorced when he was one month old; he was raised in a single parent family and has never met his father. He was six years old when his mother and he moved to Los Angeles from Japan. At age eight, he appeared on the 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. His IQ has been reported at over 180.
Birthday
June 17, 2025
Born In
Tokyo, Japan
Alternative names
Masayori Oka
Height
168 cm
Parents
Setsuko Oka
Trivia
In an interview with TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, he said that as of November
2006, he still works one or two days a week as a CGI artist for
George Lucas's special effects company Industrial Light & Magic (at which
Oka worked on the effects for such films as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), War of the Worlds (2005), the three
most recent Star Wars movies, and The Perfect Storm (2000)). He also still drives his
old car, a 2000 Honda Accord.
Quotes
You know, I've actually been very good about not going on the Internet,
I only look at things that my publicist and my friends send me,
although I did see this one thing that my publicist sent me, I went
online and it said, "oh my god, Hiro Nakamura, I love him so much. I
want to make him my pet. I want to lock him up, talk to him, kiss him,
I want to make him literally my pet." You know what, as long as they
feed me, I'm all for it.