| Garret T. Sato | |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Oahu, Hawaii |
Garret T. Sato (November 7, 1964 – March 25, 2020)[1] [2] [3] 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). Prior to his death, he resided in Los Angeles and Oahu, Hawaii.
Sato has well over 80 credits, including such films as Midway, The Shadow, Pearl Harbor, Beyond Paradise, Street Kings and The Mask. 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 .
He also appeared in numerous television shows such as: The Family Business, Inhumans, Alias, ER, 24 and . 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."
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Son in Law | Male Hairdresser | ||
| 1994 | The Shadow | Mongol | ||
| 1994 | The Mask | Dorian Tyrell (in makeup) | Uncredited | |
| 1995 | Midnight Man | Uncredited | ||
| 1995 | 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 | Short | |
| 2018 | Leland | Leland | Short | |
| 2019 | Midway | Japanese Officer (Prison) |