Portrait of Mako

Acting

Mako

Career

Active from 1966 to 2017, busiest in 1990 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
GoodWatch score96/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 97 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mako Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.4, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.5, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    4.1, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 6
  • Martial Arts Action 5
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Martial Arts 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Vigilante Justice 3
  • Cultural Clash 3
  • Action Thriller 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Slow Burn 3
  • Revenge Story 3
  • Revenge 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

142
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 83
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

as Aku (voice)

2000s

19 titles · average score 67
TMNT
TMNT (2007)
GoodWatch score 49

as Splinter (voice)

Cages
Cages (2007)

as Tan

Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
GoodWatch score 96

TV show · as Iroh (voice)

Maid in Akihabara
Maid in Akihabara (2005)

TV show

Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
GoodWatch score 59

as Sakamoto

Bulletproof Monk
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
GoodWatch score 40

as Mr. Kojima

Duck Dodgers
Duck Dodgers (2003)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Happy Cat / Ah-Choo (voice) / Happy Cat (voice)

Monk
Monk (2002)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Master Zi

What's New, Scooby-Doo?
What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as The Ancient One (voice)

Cruel Game
Cruel Game (2002)

as Straw Hat

Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack (2001)
GoodWatch score 90

TV show · as Aku (voice)

Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor (2001)
GoodWatch score 48

as Admiral Yamamoto

1990s

32 titles · average score 57
Alegría
Alegría (1999)
GoodWatch score 65

as Old Momo

The Bird People in China
The Bird People in China (1998)
GoodWatch score 77

as Shen

Seven Years in Tibet
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
GoodWatch score 63

as Kungo Tsarong

Crying Freeman
Crying Freeman (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

as Shudo Shimazaki

A Dangerous Place
A Dangerous Place (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Sensei

Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
GoodWatch score 31

as Nakano

Red Sun Rising
Red Sun Rising (1994)
GoodWatch score 50

as Buntoro Iga

RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3 (1993)
GoodWatch score 33

as Kanemitsu

Rising Sun
Rising Sun (1993)
GoodWatch score 51

as Yoshida-san

The Perfect Weapon
The Perfect Weapon (1991)
GoodWatch score 42

as Kim

Pacific Heights
Pacific Heights (1990)
GoodWatch score 57

as Toshio Watanabe

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)
GoodWatch score 66

as Sgt. Moritaki

1980s

35 titles · average score 58
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
GoodWatch score 74

as Jimmy

P.O.W. The Escape
P.O.W. The Escape (1986)
GoodWatch score 43

as Capt. Vinh

Kung Fu: The Movie
Kung Fu: The Movie (1986)
GoodWatch score 55

as The Manchu

Armed Response
Armed Response (1986)
GoodWatch score 46

as Akira Tanaka

Conan the Destroyer
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
GoodWatch score 48

as Akiro 'The Wizard'

Girls of the White Orchid
Girls of the White Orchid (1983)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mori

The Last Ninja
The Last Ninja (1983)
GoodWatch score 49

as Aitaro Sakura

The A-Team
The A-Team (1983)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Pastry Chef

Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
GoodWatch score 63

as The Wizard

An Eye for an Eye
An Eye for an Eye (1981)
GoodWatch score 34

as James Chan

The Big Brawl
The Big Brawl (1980)
GoodWatch score 60

as Herbert

Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Tozan

1970s

30 titles · average score 68
When Hell Was in Session
When Hell Was in Session (1979)

as Maj. Bai

The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Li Sung

Pacific Overtures
Pacific Overtures (1976)
GoodWatch score 83

as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as John Moroshima / Mr. Yamaguchi

The Killer Elite
The Killer Elite (1975)
GoodWatch score 51

as Yuen Chung

Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974)

as Tao Gan

The Island at the Top of the World
The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
GoodWatch score 53

as Oomiak

Yokahama Mama
Yokahama Mama (1972)

as Rooster (voice)

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H (1972)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Major Choi

Silence
Silence (1971)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kichijiro

Columbo
Columbo (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Kanji Ousu

The Hawaiians
The Hawaiians (1970)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mun Ki

1960s

23 titles · average score 60
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O (1969)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Kazuo Tahashi

Love, American Style
Love, American Style (1969)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Jack

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
GoodWatch score 60

as Calvin Coolidge Ishimura

Ironside
Ironside (1967)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show · as Phil Tsang

Mannix
Mannix (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Tami Okada

The Sand Pebbles
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
GoodWatch score 81

as Po-han

The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel (1966)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Lt. Nakamura

I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Kato

The Big Valley
The Big Valley (1965)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Wong Lo

The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. (1965)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Yoshimura / Angry Youth (uncredited)

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Pete / Happy Tuava

McHale's Navy
McHale's Navy (1962)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Lt. Sakawa

1950s

2 titles · average score 59
Never So Few
Never So Few (1959)
GoodWatch score 44

as Soldier in Hospital

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Ito Nakayama