Masi Oka Biography

Fast Facts

• Has supported the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis, the Red Cross, Stand Up To Cancer, Unite for Japan and other charities
• Won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Program for "Heroes" in 2007
• Graduated from Brown University with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics in 1997
• Made his screen acting debut in the TV series "Dharma & Greg" in 2001
• Worked as an English, Japanese and Spanish translator at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• After college, he worked at producer-director George Lucas's motion picture visual special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic
• Best known for his role as Hiro Nakamura in "Heroes" and as Dr․ Max Bergman in the remake of "Hawaii Five-0․"
• With a background in improvisation, he has performed on the stages of ImprovOlympics, The Groudlings, TheatreSports and Second City
• While in college he was the musical director for all-male a capella group The Bear Necessities
• He scored a 189 on an IQ test he took in his youth