Pat Morita (born June 28, 1932 ) was an American film and television actor.
Birth Name: Noriyuki "Pat" Morita
Hair: Black
Eyes: Black/Dark Brown
Height: 5' 3"
Nickname: "Nori"
Quote: "It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks."
He was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Kesuke Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985. He's also known for portraying the Emperor of China in the Disney animated film Mulan and Ah Chew in Sanford and Son.
Morita was the series lead actor in the television program Mr. T and Tina, regarded as the first American sitcom centered on a person of Asian descent, and Ohara, a police-themed drama. Both made history for being some of the few TV shows to this day with an Asian American series lead. Both television shows were aired on ABC, but they were both short-lived.
Morita died on November 24, 2005, at his home in Las Vegas of kidney failure at the age of 73.
Birth Name: Noriyuki "Pat" MoritaHair: Black
Eyes: Black/Dark Brown
Height: 5' 3"
Nickname: "Nori"
Quote: "It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks."
He was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Kesuke Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985. He's also known for portraying the Emperor of China in the Disney animated film Mulan and Ah Chew in Sanford and Son.
Morita was the series lead actor in the television program Mr. T and Tina, regarded as the first American sitcom centered on a person of Asian descent, and Ohara, a police-themed drama. Both made history for being some of the few TV shows to this day with an Asian American series lead. Both television shows were aired on ABC, but they were both short-lived.
Morita died on November 24, 2005, at his home in Las Vegas of kidney failure at the age of 73.
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