MythBusters was a famous scientific-related TV show, that was a huge hit. For quite a long time, Grant Imahara was the TV host of the series.
How many things do you know about him? If not so much, then keep on reading!
- His full name was Grant Masaru Imahara.
- He was born on October 23, 1970.
- He was born to a Japanese-American family in Los Angeles, California.
- Imahara was a graduate of the University of Southern California, with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.
- For a time, he seriously considered switching majors, with the intention of becoming a screenwriter.
- Then he decided to stay on the engineering track after assisting Tomlinson Holman, a professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
- Grant Imahara was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host.
- He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters.
- On MythBusters, 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.
- He also appeared on the television show BattleBots.
- In BattleBots he designed and competed with his robot Deadblow.
- He later returned as a judge.
- Imahara starred in the 2016 Netflix series White Rabbit Project alongside his MythBusters co-stars Kari Byron and Tory Belleci.
- Grant Imahara was also a passionate live-action role-playing gamer.
- He was credited for his work in updating the aging R2-D2 robots for the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
- As an official Artoo Technician, he made a cameo appearance in the mockumentary R2-D2: Beneath the Dome.
- Imahara joined MythBusters on the invitation of friend and occasional employer Jamie Hyneman.
- Jamie Hyneman was a former ILM colleague Linda Wolkovitch, who was an associate producer of MythBusters.
- He joined as the third member of the Build Team alongside Kari Byron and Tory Belleci.
- He replaced former MythBusters welder Scottie Chapman.
- His colleagues often jokingly referred to him as the “geek” of the Build Team.
- He often made the robots that are needed for the show and otherwise specializes in operating the computers and electronics for the myths.
- Imahara, along with Byron and Belleci, left the show after the 2014 season.
- They reunited for the 2016 White Rabbit Project, which was a Netflix Original Series.
- During that project, 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 on December 9, 2016, but the series was not renewed.
- In December 2016, Imahara became engaged to his long-time girlfriend, costume designer Jennifer Newman.
- Imahara died on July 13, 2020, at the age of 49.
- The cause of his death was the brain aneurysm.
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