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Masi Oka
(born December 27, 1974) is a Japanese actor 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.
==Early life==
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.〔Biography Today, p.100〕 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.〔(Biography Today, p.101 )〕
He attended elementary school at The Mirman School and graduated high school from Harvard-Westlake School in 1992. After he graduated, he worked on the 1992 Summer Olympics as an English, Spanish, and Japanese translator.〔Biography Today, p.101〕 He graduated from Brown University in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and mathematics. While at Brown, he also served as the musical director of The Bear Necessities, an all-male a cappella group. Oka described the group as a "brothership."〔Rapkin, Mickey (2008). ''Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory'', p.11. Penguin Group, London. ISBN 1-59240-376-X, 9781592403769〕
Oka landed his first job after graduation at Industrial Light & Magic, George Lucas's motion picture visual special effects company, with the hope of one day earning an Oscar for technical work on a motion picture. Oka was also featured in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' with ILM co-worker Anthony Shafer in a pre-dot-com article where he echoed his desire to meld acting and technology. He worked on the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy.
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