Masi to the Max

The actor manipulates personal quirks to give his ‘Five-0' character complexity

By Mike Gordon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 31, 2011

~~<p>Everyone was watching Masi Oka, so the actor weighed his words carefully, measuring the worth of each syllable against its potential to evoke surprise.</p>
<p>Each time the director called for action on a cramped set for a morgue office of "Hawaii Five-0," Oka served as a bridge between realism and comic relief. As Dr. Max Bergman, the show's socially challenged, oddball medical examiner, Oka aims to be unpredictable even as he delivers facts crucial to the police procedural.</p>
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Everyone was watching Masi Oka, so the actor weighed his words carefully, measuring the worth of each syllable against its potential to evoke surprise.

Each time the director called for action on a cramped set for a morgue office of "Hawaii Five-0," Oka served as a bridge between realism and comic relief. As Dr. Max Bergman, the show's socially challenged, oddball medical examiner, Oka aims to be unpredictable even as he delivers facts crucial to the police procedural. Login for more...