If you've been watching Heroes (and if you haven't, shame on you), you know of Hiro Nakamura. He's the guy from Japan that figured out he could stop time and is now living is comic book dreams. And probably the best part of the show. Much like Hurley in Lost, he's lovable, sweet and wants to do the right thing, though he's pretty naive about it. And he doesn't fear numbers like Hurley, so it's even better.
In real life though, his name is Masi Oka and he's a programmer at ILM. In other words, he's one of us. Yay!.
"I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college," said Oka. "ILM offered me an entry-level position at its Marin, California, headquarters, but they refused to fly me out for the job interview. Fortunately, Microsoft also was interested in hiring me and they flew me out to Seattle, then down to San Francisco and back to Providence."
Not only is he one of us, he's a damn fine programmer it sounds like. And he still works for ILM while doing his acting career. Nice.
What Would Matt Do: Toss one back to geeks getting in front of the camera too.