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Haruo Nakajima
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Film & TV
Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Haruo Nakajima (Japanese: 中島 春雄, Hepburn: Nakajima Haruo; January 1, 1929 – August 7, 2017) was a Japanese actor and stuntman. A pioneer of suit acting, he is best known for playing Godzilla in 12 consecutive films, starting from the original Godzilla until Godzilla vs. Gigan. Nakajima also played various other kaiju in Toho's tokusatsu films, including Rodan, Mothra and The War of the Gargantuas…
Known for
- The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga — Self - Suit Actor2019
- Mifune: The Last Samurai — Self - Actor2016
- Go, Sompote Sands! — Himself2013
- Men in Suits — Self2012
- Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects — Himself2008
- The Spirit of Godzilla2004
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters1998
- Faces of Horror — Gezora - Kameba (archive)1989
- Godzilla 1985 — Original Godzilla (archive footage) (uncredited)1985
- Godzilla — Godzilla (uncredited)1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of birth
- Yamagata Prefecture
- Place of death
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Image
- Haruo Nakajima 2013 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1929-01-01
- name in kana
- なかじま はるお
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- name in native language
- 中島春雄
- date of death
- 2017-08-07
- Commons category
- Haruo Nakajima
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
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