Age: 29
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Mackenyu (新田 真剣佑, born November 16, 1996) is a Japanese actor born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba. He attended Beverly Hills High School in their Advanced Placement Program and appeared in a few films and TV shows while growing up. As a young child, Mackenyu had many interests including horseback riding, Yabusame, Kyokushin Karate (he was placed third at the US Kyokushin Karate Nationals), gymnastics, water polo, and wrestling (for which he became the school representative). He was also into music, playing piano since he was 10 years old, and later participated in the brass band of his high school in Beverly Hills, playing saxophone, and flute. At the age of 15, Mackenyu watched a movie of Haruma Miura and got inspired to pursue acting professionally in Japan. He held on to the dream of co-starring with the actor once he established his career, which then came true in the movie adaptation of Gunjō Senki (2021). Mackenyu landed his first feature film lead role in Take a Chance (2015) and was featured in the acclaimed short movie Tadaima (2015) for which he won a best supporting actor award at the Asians of Films festival. He moved to Japan later in the same year. His fame grew in Japan after landing the role of Eiji Tomari in Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future (2015). In 2016, he made his stage debut in the Japanese musical Boys Over Flower (Hana Yori Dango: The Musical), which prepared him for his future major roles in the stage-musicals ZEROTOPIA (2018) and Hoshi no Daichi ni Furu Namida (2020). He had a prominent role in the two part feature film Chihayafuru Part I & II (2016) which made him a big name in Japan. Mackenyu started to expand his acting opportunities in Hollywood with a supporting role in the film Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). In 2021, he starred as the final villain, Yukishiro Enishi, in the Rurouni Kenshin series. He portrayed Scar in the live-action sequel of Fullmetal Alchemist (2022). He gained global popularity when he landed the role of Roronoa Zoro in the live-action series adaptation of One Piece (2023). Drawing on his martial arts background, Mackenyu performs his own stunts and is highly skilled in sword fighting.
Mackenyu
Silver Surfer
for Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: High Spirits
Suggested by captainoptimist_123
In high school, there are some ups and downs like bullies, rejections, and the cool kids. 17 year old, Reed Richards manages to survive and strive for success but struggling to fit in. He has his best friend, Ben Grimm who goes to school with him every day, until he met Sue Storm, the beautiful girl in school who is the center of attention and his little brother, Johnny who’s been a slacker and attempts to get through high school. Richard’s classmate, Victor Von Doom, is a genius also his lab partner in science class. Until one night, Ben, Richard, Sue, and Johnny find a meteor in the middle of nowhere but suddenly it explodes and conveys cosmic rays all over them which get affected. When they wake up, They discover their powers and figures how to use them. But when Victor finds out about Reed and his friends getting their superhuman abilities, Victor goes into the lab and gets affected by the meteor that they found in the middle of nowhere. Until he gets revenge on them for trying to win the science fair. What will it take for Reed and his companions to stop Victor from happening.
