Garret T. Sato (November 7, 1964 – March 25, 2020) was an American actor who was born and raised in Oahu, Hawaii. He attended Aiea High School and Leeward Community College where he took up acting. He was Yonsei (fourth generation Japanese American). Sato has well over 80 credits, including such films as Midway, The Shadow, Pearl Harbor, Beyond Paradise, Street Kings and The Mask.
Prior to his death, he resided in Los Angeles and Oahu, Hawaii.
Acting roles
Film credits In The Mask, the villain of the film is played by actor Peter Greene for the majority of the film. However, once the character dons the titular mask and is magically transformed the character is played alternatively by Sato and professional wrestler Jeep Swenson.
In 2005, he played a role in Lane Nishikawa's film Only the Brave, about the Japanese American segregated fighting unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of World War II. He had a short film Mojave 43 premiered at the AFI. Sato appeared in the 2013 films The Wolverine, ODE IN BLOOD. In 2016, he was in pre-production on "House Rules" and premiered in five films Megan, Leland, Buddy Solitaire, The Last Tour and Eternal Salvation .
Television credits He also appeared in numerous television shows such as: The Family Business, Inhumans, Alias, ER, 24 and NCIS: Los Angeles. He was recurring on Hawaii Five-0 as Detective Ahuna. He was quoted as saying, "As an actor I take great pride in the art of acting for it is part of WHO I AM."
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1993 Son in Law Male Hairdresser 1994 The Shadow Mongol 1994 The Mask Dorian Tyrell (in makeup) Uncredited1995 Midnight Man Uncredited1995 The Dangerous Ryo 1996 Bulletproof Bad Guy 1998 Beyond Paradise Angry ex-boyfriend 2001 Pearl Harbor Japanese Soldier #2 2003 Chick Street Fighter Bobby Chang 2005 Lethal Triad 2006 Only the Brave Cpl. Richard 'Hilo' Imamura 2006 All In Black Tie Asian Player 2006 Aces Chow 2006 Ghost Hunters: Point of Contact Satoshi 2007 Machine Cho 2008 The Flyboys Sato 2008 Street Kings Toilet Man 2008 Stiletto Aki 2009 Fear of Attraction Monk 2009 Bonita Beach Bob Jerome 2010 Corrado Jimmy Kim 2010 Project Purgatory Yudai Yamaguchi 2011 Violent Blue Liam 2011 Wasteland Keo Tanaka 2011 Knots Hoku's Dad 2011 Repeat Offenders: Jamais Vu Hiroshi Katana 2013 Blue Dream 2013 The Wolverine Dying Yakuza 2015 To Topple an Empire Charlie 2016 Buddy Solitaire Tyson 2016 The Last Tour Meat 2016 Caged Beauty The Apostle 2016 Eternal Salvation Eddie Sing 2017 Jurassic School Sammy 2018 Sleeping Dogs Lie Mr. Nakamura 2018 Megan Ganu Yoshida Short2018 Leland Leland Short2019 Midway Japanese Officer (Prison)
References
on Honolulu Advertiser
External links
Official Fan Page on Facebook Official Site for Blood Colony