Garret T. Sato (November 7, 1964 â March 25, 2020) was an American actor who was born and raised in Oahu, Hawaii. He attended Aiea High School and Leeward Community College where he took up acting. He was Yonsei (fourth generation Japanese American). Sato has well over 80 credits, including such films as Midway, The Shadow, Pearl Harbor, Beyond Paradise, Street Kings and The Mask.
Prior to his death, he resided in Los Angeles and Oahu, Hawaii.
In The Mask, the villain of the film is played by actor Peter Greene for the majority of the film. However, once the character dons the titular mask and is magically transformed the character is played alternatively by Sato and professional wrestler Jeep Swenson.
In 2005, he played a role in Lane Nishikawa's film Only the Brave, about the Japanese American segregated fighting unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of World War II. He had a short film Mojave 43 premiered at the AFI. Sato appeared in the 2013 films The Wolverine, ODE IN BLOOD. In 2016, he was in pre-production on "House Rules" and premiered in five films Megan, Leland, Buddy Solitaire, The Last Tour and Eternal Salvation .
He also appeared in numerous television shows such as: The Family Business, Inhumans, Alias, ER, 24 and '. He was recurring on Hawaii Five-0 as Detective Ahuna. He was quoted as saying, "As an actor I take great pride in the art of acting for it is part of WHO I AM."