James Saito
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Tomio Saito (born March 6, 1955) is an American actor of stage, motion pictures, and television. He is best known for his physical portrayal of Shredder in the 1990 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; the character was voiced by David McCharen. Saito also appeared in films like The Devil's Advocate, Home Alone 3, Pearl Harbor, and Die Hard: With a Vengeance. His TV credits include MAS*H, MacGyver, Law & Order, and Sex and the City. Saito has appeared in numerous stage productions, with early career work at the Asian American theatre company East West Players in Los Angeles. On Broadway he has appeared in The King and I, and David Henry Hwang's Golden Child. He won an Obie Award in 2007 for his performance in Julia Cho's Durango at The Public Theater in New York City. Saito starred in the regular supporting role of Dr. Chen in the ABC drama Eli Stone. Saito graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California.
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- Born:
- Mar 6, 1955 In Los Angeles - California - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 71
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Waltons 1972-09-14
- Latest Project:
- Movie Breathe 2024-04-04
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Breathe | The Man | 2024-04-04 |
| Series | The Company You Keep | Joseph Hill | 2023-02-19 |
| Movie | Love Hard | Bob Lin | 2021-11-05 |
| Movie | Tigertail | Hank | 2020-04-10 |
| Movie | Algorithm: BLISS | Dr. Stein | 2020-06-02 |
| Movie | The Christmas Bow | Grandpa Joe | 2020-11-08 |
| Movie | Long Shot | Minister Kishido | 2019-05-02 |
| Movie | Always Be My Maybe | Harry | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | Paterno | Doctor | 2018-04-07 |
| Series | Marvel's Cloak & Dagger | Dr Bernard Sanjo | 2018-06-07 |
| Movie | Wilson | Warren Kudo | 2017-03-24 |
| Movie | The Sea of Trees | Dr. Takahashi | 2016-04-27 |
| Movie | While We're Young | Dr. Nagato | 2015-04-03 |
| Movie | Big Eyes | Judge | 2014-12-24 |
| Movie | From the Rough | Won-Sik | 2013-06-08 |
| Series | House of Cards | Dr. Krebs | 2013-02-01 |
| Movie | Life of Pi | Older Insurance Investigator | 2012-11-20 |
| Series | Blue Bloods | Dennis Eng | 2010-09-24 |
| Series | Eli Stone | Frank Chen | 2008-01-31 |
| Movie | I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Yuni | 2007-03-07 |
| Series | Heroes and Villains | 2007-11-11 | |
| Series | The Unit | Unknown | 2006-03-07 |
| Movie | Brother's Shadow | Line Boss | 2006-04-29 |
| Movie | Love the Hard Way | Akiri | 2003-03-27 |
| Movie | Robot Stories | Roy | 2003-01-01 |
| Movie | The Atlantis Conspiracy | Police Captain | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Pearl Harbor | Japanese Aide | 2001-05-21 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | The Thomas Crown Affair | Paul Cheng | 1999-08-06 |
| Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
| Movie | Henry Fool | Mr. Deng | 1998-06-19 |
| Movie | Home Alone 3 | Chinese Mob Boss | 1997-12-12 |
| Movie | The Devil's Advocate | Takaori Osumi | 1997-10-17 |
| Movie | The Tomorrow Man | Dr. Lorechi | 1996-09-01 |
| Series | Star Trek: Voyager | Unknown | 1995-01-16 |
| Movie | The Hunted | Nemura | 1995-02-24 |
| Movie | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Korean Proprietor | 1995-05-19 |
| Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
| Movie | Silent Cries | Japanese Soldier | 1993-03-08 |
| Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | The Shredder / Oroko Saki | 1990-03-30 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Mortal Sins | Park Sung | 1989-09-22 |
| Movie | C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | 1988-05-23 | |
| Movie | Blood & Orchids | Halehone | 1986-02-23 |
| Series | A Woman of Substance | Tony Chiu | 1985-01-02 |
| Movie | Covenant | Cabbie | 1985-08-05 |
| Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | Airwolf | Unknown | 1984-01-22 |
| Movie | Hot Dog... The Movie | Kendo Yamamoto | 1984-01-13 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Charles in Charge | Unknown | 1984-10-03 |
| Series | Crazy like a Fox | Unknown | 1984-12-30 |
| Series | The A-Team | Unknown | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | Girls of the White Orchid | Officer #1 | 1983-11-28 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Movie | The Renegades | Khan | 1982-08-11 |
| Series | T. J. Hooker | Unknown | 1982-03-13 |
| Series | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | The Two Lives of Carol Letner | Professor | 1981-10-14 |
| Series | The Fall Guy | Unknown | 1981-11-04 |
| Movie | The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | 1980-05-25 | |
| Series | Bosom Buddies | Unknown | 1980-11-27 |
| Movie | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Lt. Tatsuo Yamato | 1980-11-23 |
| Series | Hart to Hart | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | Knots Landing | Unknown | 1979-12-27 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | Farewell to Manzanar | Richard Wakatsuki | 1976-03-11 |
| Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |