James Saito
Biography
James Tomio Saito (born March 6, 1955) is an American actor, 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 including 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. He starred as Dr. Chen in the ABC drama Eli Stone.
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Acting History
2024
Breathe as Man
2024Breathe as The Man
2023The Company You Keep as Joseph Hill
2022Blockbuster as Simon
2021Love Hard as Bob Lin
2020Dash & Lily as Arthur Mori
2020The Christmas Bow as Grandpa Joe
2020Algorithm: BLISS as Dr. Stein
2020Tigertail as Hank
2020Little America
2019Modern Love as Kenji
2019Prodigal Son as Dr. Stanley Higa
2019Always Be My Maybe as Harry
2019Long Shot as Minister Kishido
2018New Amsterdam as Andrew Nomura
2018Paterno as Doctor
2018The Terror as Wilson Yoshida
2018Altered Carbon as Tanaseda Hideki
2017The Deuce as Kim
2017Wilson as Warren Kudo
2017Marvel's Iron Fist as Yü-Ti
2016The Sea of Trees as Dr. Takahashi
2015While We're Young as Dr. Nagato
2014Big Eyes as Judge
2014Madam Secretary as Shimbakura
2014Broad City as Trang
2013From the Rough as Won-Sik
2013House of Cards as Dr. Krebs
2012Life of Pi as Older Insurance Investigator
2012Elementary as Dr. Ken Fukata
2011Person of Interest as Glen
2010Blue Bloods as Dennis Eng
2010Hawaii Five-0 as David Toriyama
2008Eli Stone as Frank Chen
2007Heroes and Villains
2007I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Yuni
200630 Rock as Chef
2006Brother's Shadow as Line Boss
2006The Unit
2005Starved as Captain Wong
2005Grey's Anatomy as Herschel Katano
2003Love the Hard Way as Akiri
2003Robot Stories as Roy
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mr. Miyazaki
2001Pearl Harbor as Japanese Aide
2001The Atlantis Conspiracy as Police Captain
1999Third Watch as Sgt. Yee
1999The Thomas Crown Affair as Paul Cheng
1999Strangers with Candy as Drug Tester
1998Henry Fool as Mr. Deng
1998Sex and the City as Korean Man
1997Home Alone 3 as Chinese Mob Boss
1997The Devil's Advocate as Takaori Osumi
1996The Tomorrow Man as Dr. Lorechi
1995Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Korean Proprietor
1995The Hunted as Nemura
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Nogami
1994Gargoyles as Taro (voice)
1994New York Undercover as Detective Chang
1993Silent Cries as Japanese Soldier
1992To Be the Best
1990Law & Order as Yoshi Yoshimura
1990Law & Order as Mr. Tanaka
1990Counterstrike as General Loctuck
1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
1989True Blue
1989Mortal Sins as Park Sung
1988C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1986Blood & Orchids as Halehone
1985MacGyver as Ming
1985Covenant as Cabbie
1985A Woman of Substance as Tony Chiu
1984Crazy like a Fox as Chinese Henchman
1984Charles in Charge as Chinese Food Delivery Man
1984Miami Vice as Ma Sek
1984Miami Vice as Howie Wong
1984Airwolf as Tim Shimizu
1984Hot Dog... The Movie as Kendo Yamamoto
1983Girls of the White Orchid as Officer #1
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983The A-Team as Kwai Li
1982Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982The Renegades as Khan
1982T. J. Hooker as Lab Technician
1981The Fall Guy
1981The Two Lives of Carol Letner as Professor
1981Beyond the Next Mountain
1981Hill Street Blues
1980Bosom Buddies
1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1979Knots Landing as Reporter
1979Hart to Hart
1977The Incredible Hulk
1976Farewell to Manzanar as Richard Wakatsuki
1972M*A*S*H as Park
1972M*A*S*H as South Korean (uncredited)
1972M*A*S*H as South Korean
1972The Waltons