Who he is: Mr. Miyagi, Academy Award nominee (1984)
Why he rules: While he technically lived nearly his entire life in the United States, Morita made The Karate Kid's Keisuke Miyagi an iconic symbol of the East in America. Not only did Morita gain fame and a best supporting actor nomination for his work on TV and film, but he also overcame spinal tuberculosis at age two and the detainment of his family in a WWII internment camp by age eleven. Although most people will remember him for his famous "wax on, wax off" mantra, I will choose to remember Pat Morita for drunkenly approaching Brett Favre during a Monday Night Football game, and for kicking the asses of these guys, presumably for saying "it's party time":
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