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Grant Imahara
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Electrical engineer, roboticist, television host

Grant Masaru Imahara (October 23, 1970 – July 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host. He was 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. Prior to his television career, Imahara worked at Lucasfilm in the THX division as an engineer and in the Industrial Light and Magic division in visual effects.

Married Engaged to Jennifer Newman
Children No.

Curiosities

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Deadblow combat robot

Built and driven by Grant Imahara, it competed in BattleBots in the middleweight division using a fast pneumatic hammer as its weapon.

First job

After graduation, Imahara was hired as an engineer for Lucasfilm's THX division; he then moved to the company's visual effects division, Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), where he worked for nine years.

Films

While at ILM, he was involved in several films including The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Galaxy Quest, AI: Artificial Intelligence, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Van Helsing, and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

MythBusters

Imahara joined MythBusters on the invitation of friend and occasional employer Jamie Hyneman and former ILM colleague Linda Wolkovitch, who was an associate producer of MythBusters.

White Rabbit Project

Imahara reunited with Byron and Belleci for the 2016 White Rabbit Project, a Netflix Original Series, in which the team investigates topics such as jailbreaks, superpower technology, heists, and bizarre World War II weapons, evaluated against a defined set of criteria and explored through experiments, builds, and tests. The complete first season of the series was released on the Netflix streaming service December 9, 2016, but the series was not renewed.

Juri

By 2018, he was selected as one of the judges for the eighth season on "BattleBots".

Star Trek Renegades

Imahara portrayed Hikaru Sulu in all 11 episodes of the web series Star Trek Continues. He also played Lt. Masaru in the 2015 movie Star Trek Renegades.

Sharknado

In 2015, he appeared in the TV movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

The Home of the Future

Imahara hosted the second season of the web series The Home of the Future, produced by The Verge in partnership with Curbed.

Works

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White Rabbit Project

2016

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!

2015

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 39: Robotic Me 1st Edition

2014

Kickin' Bot: An Illustrated Guide to Building Combat Robots

2003

Mythbusters: Season 3

2012

208

MythBusters episodes

7

Deablow wins

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