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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). His career in film, on television, and on stage spanned 5 decades and 165 productions.
Mako Iwamatsu is a voice actor known for voicing Iroh, Aku, and Splinter. Take a visual walk through their career and see 14 images of the characters they've voiced and listen to 5 clips that showcase their performances.
Mako. Actor: Conan the Barbarian. Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941.
- January 1, 1
- Kobe, Japan
- January 1, 1
- Somis, California, USA
Steve McQueen, Mako, and Thomas H. Middleton in The Sand Pebbles (1966)- Mako, Simon Oakland, and Shepherd Sanders in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
- Mako in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
- Mako in The Perfect Weapon (1991)
- George Cheung, Mako, Haunani Minn, and Marcus K. Mukai in M*A*S*H (1972)
- Tom Selleck and Mako in Magnum, P.I. (1980)
- Mako in M*A*S*H (1972)
- Christian Slater, Jeff Bridges, Elias Koteas, Frederic Forrest, and Mako in Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
- Mako and Lauren Tom in The Facts of Life (1979)
- Animation Voice Work
- Video Games
- Trivia
Animation
1. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2006) - Uncle Iroh, Additional Voices 2. Dexter's Laboratory (1996)- Main Title Narrator 3. Duck Dodgers (2003-2005)- Ah-Choo (ep24), Happy Cat 4. Samurai Jack (2001-2004) - Aku, Hermit (ep34) 5. Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! (2005)- Hard Master (ep34) 6. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2004)- Narrator (ep21) 7. What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2003)- The Ancient One (ep15)
Movies
1. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)- Mr. Yamaguchi 2. TMNT (2007) - Master Splinter
Video Games
1. Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader (2003)- Additional Voices 2. Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003)- Masataka Shima 3. Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku (2004) - Aku 4. Secret Weapons Over Normandy (2003)- Imperial Japanese Voices 5. True Crime: Streets of LA (2003)- General Kim 6. Wrath Unleashed (2004)- Narrator
Number of VA titles on this wiki: (15)Years active on this wiki: 1996-2006. Titles were released after his death under the years: 2007.He never finished his voice work on TMNT so most of the lines by Splinter was done by Greg Baldwin. Baldwin also took over his role of Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbenderwhere he also had some lines...Many of his acting roles credited him simply as Mako, omitting his surname. He is known for his acting role as Akiro the Wizard in Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer and his voice roles as Aku in Samurai Jack and Iroh in thirty episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-born American actor and voice-artiste known for his extensive career in the film, television, and theater industries. For the majority of his career, he had chosen to be credited simply as “Mako”.
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Mako. Actor: Conan the Barbarian. Born in Japan, Makoto Iwamatsu was living there with his grandparents while his parents studied art in the United States, when Japan and the U.S. went to war in 1941.
