James Saito
March 6, 1955 (69 years old) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Breathe as Man
- 2023 · The Company You Keep as Joseph Hill
- 2022 · Blockbuster as Simon
- 2021 · Love Hard as Bob Lin
- 2020 · Dash & Lily as Arthur Mori
- 2020 · The Christmas Bow as Grandpa Joe
- 2020 · Algorithm: BLISS as Dr. Stein
- 2020 · Tigertail as Hank
- 2020 · Little America as
- 2019 · Modern Love as Kenji
- 2019 · Prodigal Son as Dr. Stanley Higa
- 2019 · Always Be My Maybe as Harry
- 2019 · Long Shot as Minister Kishido
- 2018 · New Amsterdam as Andrew Nomura
- 2018 · Paterno as Doctor
- 2018 · The Terror as Wilson Yoshida
- 2018 · Altered Carbon as Tanaseda Hideki
- 2017 · The Deuce as Kim
- 2017 · Wilson as Warren Kudo
- 2017 · Marvel's Iron Fist as Yü-Ti
- 2016 · The Sea of Trees as Dr. Takahashi
- 2015 · While We're Young as Dr. Nagato
- 2014 · Big Eyes as Judge
- 2014 · Broad City as Trang
- 2013 · From the Rough as Won-Sik
- 2013 · House of Cards as Dr. Krebs
- 2012 · Life of Pi as Older Insurance Investigator
- 2012 · Elementary as Dr. Ken Fukata
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Glen
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Dennis Eng
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as David Toriyama
- 2008 · Eli Stone as Frank Chen
- 2007 · Heroes and Villains as
- 2007 · I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Yuni
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Chef
- 2006 · Brother's Shadow as Line Boss
- 2006 · The Unit as
- 2005 · Starved as Captain Wong
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Herschel Katano
- 2003 · Love the Hard Way as Akiri
- 2003 · Robot Stories as Roy
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mr. Miyazaki
- 2001 · Pearl Harbor as Japanese Aide
- 2001 · The Atlantis Conspiracy as Police Captain
- 1999 · Third Watch as Sgt. Yee
- 1999 · The Thomas Crown Affair as Paul Cheng
- 1999 · Strangers with Candy as Drug Tester
- 1998 · Henry Fool as Mr. Deng
- 1998 · Sex and the City as Korean Man
- 1997 · Home Alone 3 as Chinese Mob Boss
- 1997 · The Devil's Advocate as Takaori Osumi
- 1996 · The Tomorrow Man as Dr. Lorechi
- 1995 · Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Korean Proprietor
- 1995 · The Hunted as Nemura
- 1995 · Star Trek: Voyager as Nogami
- 1994 · Gargoyles as
- 1994 · New York Undercover as Detective Chang
- 1993 · Silent Cries as Japanese Soldier
- 1992 · To Be the Best as
- 1990 · Law & Order as Yoshi Yoshimura
- 1990 · Law & Order as Mr. Tanaka
- 1990 · Counterstrike as General Loctuck
- 1990 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
- 1989 · True Blue as
- 1989 · Mortal Sins as Park Sung
- 1988 · C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf as
- 1986 · Blood & Orchids as Halehone
- 1985 · MacGyver as Ming
- 1985 · Covenant as Cabbie
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Tony Chiu
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as Chinese Henchman
- 1984 · Charles in Charge as Chinese Food Delivery Man
- 1984 · Miami Vice as
- 1984 · Miami Vice as Howie Wong
- 1984 · Airwolf as Tim Shimizu
- 1984 · Hot Dog... The Movie as Kendo Yamamoto
- 1983 · Girls of the White Orchid as Officer #1
- 1983 · Scarecrow and Mrs. King as
- 1983 · The A-Team as Kwai Li
- 1982 · Tales of the Gold Monkey as
- 1982 · The Renegades as Khan
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Lab Technician
- 1981 · The Fall Guy as
- 1981 · The Two Lives of Carol Letner as Professor
- 1981 · Beyond the Next Mountain as
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Bosom Buddies as
- 1980 · Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
- 1980 · The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story as
- 1979 · Knots Landing as Reporter
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
- 1976 · Farewell to Manzanar as Richard Wakatsuki
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as Park
- 1972 · The Waltons as