Biography
James was born in Yokohama and raised in rural Yamagata, Japan. He moved to the U.S. after high school and earned a BA in literature from Wheaton College and an MFA in acting and directing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. James is based in NYC, working as an actor, director, translator, and writer. Many fans know him as Robert Minoru from Marvel's Runaways. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway, including Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Cho's Durango. His credits also include characters in world-premiere stage adaptations of literary classics, such as Yunioshi in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway and Toru in Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at the Edinburgh Int'l Festival and the Singapore Arts Festival. For the stage, he has directed My Friend Has Come for the Asian American Writers Workshop, Dancing with the Bird at the Japan Society in New York, "Clippy and Ms. U" for Ma-Yi Studios, and Ready or Not and It's a Jungle Out There for the 52nd Street Project Playmaking series. He made his f…
Movies & TV Shows
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Marvel's Daredevil (2015) — Leader
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Civil War (2024) — Commercial Corporal
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The Blacklist (2013) — Alexander Frayne
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Fallout (2024) — Leon Von Felden (West-Tek)
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Man on a Ledge (2012) — Police Technician
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) — Crown Acquisitions Executive
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New Amsterdam (2018) — Ethan Kimura
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Blue Bloods (2010) — Peter Chou
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Marvel's Runaways (2017) — Robert Minoru
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Poker Face (2023) — Officer Buckley
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Zero Day (2025) — Red Rooster
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Madam Secretary (2014) — Rick
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Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) — ATF Agent Marcus Cole
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Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) — Legal Assistant
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Mech Cadets (2023) — Captain Skip Tanaka (voice)
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Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000) — Alex
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Spin The Bottle (1999) — Cole
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Resistance at Tule Lake (2017) — Iwao Shimizu (voice)