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Chris Tashima

Chris Tashima is an award-winning American actor, director and screenwriter. He has starred in numerous independent feature films, most notably as the romantic lead opposite Joan Chen, Allison Sie, Kelly Hu and Autumn Reeser, in Eric Byler's "Americanese" (2006). Other recent roles include the alcoholic father in Lily Mariye's feature directorial debut, "Model Minority" (2012), and Papa in Tim Savage's World War II family drama, "Under the Blood Red Sun" (2014), for which he earned Best Actor in a Supporting Role, from the inaugural Love International Film Festival (2016). Tashima received an Academy Award for directing the dramatic short film, "Visas and Virtue" (1997), inspired by the heroic actions of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara. He co-wrote the screenplay, adapted from a one-act play by Tim Toyama, and starred as the Humanitarian diplomat, Sugihara. He also directed, co-wrote and starred in the WWII Japanese American internment short film, "Day of Independence" (2003), which was nominated for a NATAS Northern California Area Emmy.


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Born:
Mar 24, 1960
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984-10-31
Latest Project:
Movie Kodama 2023-03-11
Known For
Poster of Real Playing Game
Poster of Strawberry Fields
Poster of Overkill
Poster of Killzone
Filmography
Movie Kodama Hiro 2023-03-11
Movie No No Girl Uncle Bob 2022-09-09
Movie Surviving Theater 9 Professor Cambro 2018-04-22
Movie Go for Broke Shigeo Yoshida 2017-10-14
Movie Under the Blood-Red Sun Papa Nakaji 2014-09-14
Movie Real Playing Game Mr. Chan 2013-08-28
Movie Model Minority Ken Tanaka 2012-05-11
Movie Lil Tokyo Reporter Sei Fujii 2012-09-14
Movie Half Kenneth Masamichi 2009-04-18
Movie Americanese Raymond Ding 2006-03-15
Movie Day of Independence The Umpire 2003-09-26
Movie Lani Loa: The Passage Bong 1998-09-25
Movie Strawberry Fields Mark 1997-03-09
Movie Visas and Virtue Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara 1997-05-01
Movie Requiem Philip 1995-11-07
Movie The Perfect Weapon Bag Man 1991-03-15
Movie Lethal Weapon Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited) 1987-03-06
Movie Overkill Nagumo Jr. 1987-12-16
Movie The Karate Kid Part II The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited) 1986-06-18
Movie Moving Violations 1985-04-19
Movie Killzone Crawford's Men 1985-05-01
Movie A Nightmare on Elm Street Kid (uncredited) 1984-10-31