Pat Morita

Known for: Acting
Born: June 28, 1932, Isleton, California, USA
Died: November 24, 2005
Movies: 107

Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well-known for playing the role of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and as Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, in which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.

Best-Known Movies

7.9

Mulan

1998

7.2

The Karate Kid

1984

6.4

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

6.5

Mulan II

2004

5.9

The Karate Kid Part III

1989

5.4

The Next Karate Kid

1994

5.4

Spy Hard

1996

7.1

Brother

2000

6.2

Inferno

1999

6.6

Midway

1976

Filmography

2021	More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story	Self / Various (archive footage)
2017	John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2015	The Real Miyagi	Self / Mr. Miyagi
2014	Rice Girl	Peter Ong
2013	Blunt Movie	Mr. Miyami
2013	Mulan: 15th Anniversary - The Voices of Mulan II	Self - Voice of The Emperor
2011	Act Your Age	Tom
2010	Remove All Obstacles	The Guru
2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	(archive footage)
2010	Behind the Scenes with Interviews of Ninja's Creed	Self
2009	Royal Kill	Exhibition Manager
2006	Only the Brave	Seigo Takata
2006	The Karate Dog	Chin Li
2006	The Number One Girl	Mr. Sakata
2006	18 Fingers of Death!	Freeman Lee
2006	Spymate	Kiro
2005	Down and Derby	Ono Yakimoto
2005	The Way of The Karate Kid	Self / Mr. Miyagi
2005	American Fusion	Lao Dong
2004	Mulan II	The Emperor (voice)
2004	The Last Shot	Self
2004	Elvis Has Left the Building	Man in Turban
2003	Volcano High [MTV's Rapper Dub]	Vice Principal Jang Hak-sa (renamed Ko)
2003	High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story	Mr. Leo
2002	The Stoneman	Prof. Stevens
2002	The Biggest Fan	Richard Limp
2002	Hammerlock	Un Huong Lo
2001	Shadow Fury	Dr. Oh
2001	The Center of the World	Taxi Driver
2001	The Boys of Sunset Ridge	Charlie Watanabe
2001	House of Luk	Kwang Luk
2000	Brother	Guy at the Poker Table
2000	Talk to Taka	Taka
1999	Inferno	Jubal Early
1999	King Cobra	Nick Hashimoto
1999	Visit Fabulous Las Vegas	Self
1999	I'll Remember April	Abe Tanaka
1999	Gone to Maui	Mr. Ono
1998	Mulan	The Emperor (voice)
1998	Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan'	Emperor / Narrator (voice)
1997	Captured Alive
1997	Earth Minus Zero	Dr. Mobius Jefferson
1997	Sports on the Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)
1997	Beyond Barbed Wire	Narrator (voice)
1996	Bloodsport III	David Leung
1996	Reggie's Prayer	Principal Osaki
1996	Spy Hard	Brian, Waiter in Restaurant
1996	Bloodsport II	David Leung
1995	Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah	Pat / Super Ninja
1995	Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart	Ling Goldberg
1995	Timemaster	Isaiah
1995	The Misery Brothers	Judge
1994	The Next Karate Kid	Miyagi
1994	Greyhounds	Akira Mochizuki
1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	The Chink
1993	American Ninja 5	Master Tetsu
1993	Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun	Cap
1992	Mastergate	Senator Naito
1992	Auntie Lee's Meat Pies	Chief Koal
1992	Miracle Beach	Gus
1992	Honeymoon in Vegas	Mahi Mahi
1991	Goodbye Paradise	Ben
1991	Lena's Holiday	Fred
1991	Britannica's Tales Around the World: Hansel and Gretel	Host
1991	Do or Die	Masakana 'Kane' Kaneshiro
1991	Strawberry Road	Old man's brother
1991	Britannica Presents Tales Around the World: Cinderella	Host
1991	Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, and Other Animated Tales	Himself
1990	Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes	Yoodo Toda
1990	Britannica Presents Beauty and the Beast	host
1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self
1989	The Karate Kid Part III	Mr. Miyagi
1989	Collision Course	Investigator Fujitsuka Natsuo
1988	Big Bird in Japan	Bamboo Princess Story Narrator (voice)
1988	Funnymen: Triple Clowns of Comedy	Self / Host
1987	Captive Hearts	Fukushima
1986	Babes in Toyland	The Toymaster
1986	The Karate Kid Part II	Miyagi
1986	Shiatsu with Pat Morita	Self
1985	Amos	Tommy Tanaka
1984	The Vegas Strip War	Yip Tak
1984	Night Patrol	Rape Victim
1984	The Karate Kid	Miyagi
1984	Dance of Tears	(voice)
1982	Slapstick of Another Kind	Ah Fong, the Chinese Ambassador
1982	Jimmy the Kid	Maurice
1982	Savannah Smiles	Father O'Hara
1981	Full Moon High	The Silversmith
1981	Crash Island	Kazi Yamamora
1980	Hito Hata: Raise the Banner	Yamada
1980	For the Love of It	Ishihara
1980	When Time Ran Out...	Sam
1979	Young Guy Christian	Professor Mishugi
1978	Human Feelings	Waiter
1976	Midway	Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka
1976	Farewell to Manzanar	Zenahiro
1975	I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?	Heshy Yamamoto
1974	Punch and Jody	Takahasi
1973	Brock's Last Case	Sam Wong
1972	Cancel My Reservation	Yamamoto
1972	Where Does It Hurt?	Harry Nishimoto
1972	A Very Missing Person	Delmar Faulkenstein
1972	Evil Roy Slade	Turhan
1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West	Wong
1967	Thoroughly Modern Millie	Oriental #2
1964	Car Thieves	Komugi

Directing, Writing & Producing

1987

Captive Hearts

Screenplay

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