Masi Oka: Coder, Actor, Hero

by: Lufguy

How do you become a SuperHero, that can teleport and stop time, on a hit T.V. show?  It is easy, start with an Ivy League education…

John Gaudiosi at WIRED says there is more to HIRO then meets the eye.

Millions of viewers of NBC’s Heroes know actor Masi Oka as Hiro Nakamura, the bored young Japanese office worker who discovers he has the power to alter time and teleport. What they probably don’t know is that he’s been working behind the scenes for years as one of Industrial Light & Magic’s top programmers.

In an ensemble cast that features solid acting all around, Oka steals the show every time he’s on the screen. The show literally has his Hiro living out the exploits of his own comic book, 9th Wonders...