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Grant Imahara
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American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor (1970–2020)
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Grant Imahara was an American actor, television presenter and electrical engineer, born in Los Angeles on 23 October 1970. He held a degree in electrical engineering, was educated at the University of Southern California, and worked in the field of robotics.
Imahara was employed by Lucasfilm and the Discovery Channel, and spoke English. He died of an intracranial aneurysm in Los Angeles on 13 July 2020, from natural causes.
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
Grant Masaru Imahara was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor. He is best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed and built numerous robots and specialized in operating computers and electronics to test myths. Imahara began his career at Lucasfilm, where he worked in the THX division as an engineer and in the Industrial…
Known for
- MythBusters: There's Your Problem — Self2021
- White Rabbit Project — Himself - Host2016
- Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! — Lodge2015
- Caper2014
- Drunk History — Frank Inouye2013
- Sharkzilla — Himself2012
- The Guild — Grant Imahara2007
- Eureka — EMO Robot Scientist2006
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self2005
- MythBusters — Self - Host2003
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Key facts
- Born
- Grant Masaru Imahara , ( 1970-10-23 ) October 23, 1970, Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Died
- July 13, 2020 (2020-07-13) (aged 49), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Southern California ( BS )
- Occupations
- Electrical engineer roboticist television host
- Known for
- MythBusters BattleBots
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Grant
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- electrical engineer
- Employer
- Lucasfilm
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Academic degree
- electrical engineering
- Field of work
- robotics
- Image
- Grant Imahara by Gage Skidmore.jpg
- Height
- 1.65
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- Grant Imahara
- date of birth
- 1970-10-23
- date of death
- 2020-07-13
- cause of death
- intracranial aneurysm
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 今
- social media followers
- 579069
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Grant Masaru Imahara (October 23, 1970 – July 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he designed, built, and operated numerous robots and machines to test myths over the course of the show.
Imahara began his career at Lucasfilm, where he worked in the THX division as an engineer and in the Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) division in visual effects. His work has been featured in films from franchises such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, and Terminator. His first foray into television was on the robot combat series BattleBots, for which he designed and competed with his robot Deadblow and later returned as a judge. Imahara was also a chief model maker with ILM on such movie projects as Galaxy Quest. In 2005, Imahara joined the cast of Mythbusters as a member of the Build Team, appearing in over 200 episodes of the series until his departure in 2014. In 2010, he designed the animatronic "robot skeleton" Geoff Peterson to serve as a sidekick on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He starred in the 2016 Netflix series White Rabbit Project alongside his MythBusters co-stars Kari Byron and Tory Belleci.
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