In his earlier years in Hollywood he worked as a model maker and more for ILM, including on George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels and other big projects such as The Matrix: Reloaded, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and AI: Artificial Intelligence.
Imahara was also an actor, appearing as Sulu in Star Trek Continues and popping up in projects such as Drunk History, Eureka, and Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
One of his most recent social media posts had him spending time with a version of the one and only Baby Yoda, of The Mandalorian fame, that he had created from scratch.