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Chris Tashima

Chris Tashima

Actor · Born 1960-03-24 · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Chris Tashima is an award-winning American actor and director. 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 which won a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast at SXSW. He was awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role, at the inaugural Love International Film Festival, for his portrayal of Papa Nakaji in Tim Savage's World War II family drama Under the Blood Red Sun produced by Dana Satler Hankins. He portrayed real-life educator/activist Shigeo Yoshida in the 442nd RCT origin story Go For Broke from producer/screenwriter Stacey Hayashi. Most recently, he played the hard-nosed Uncle Bob in the generational family comedy No No Girl from writer/director Paul Daisuke Goodman--for which he received two nominations at the Austin Revolution Film Festival, and he plays Hiro in Brian M. Tang's action/fantasy short Kodama, receiving its world premiere at SXSW 2023. Tashima received an Academy Award® for directing the dramatic short film Visas and Virtue, a re-telling of the heroic actions of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara. In addition he co-wrote th…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) — Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
  2. Lethal Weapon (1987) — Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
  3. The Karate Kid Part II (1986) — The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
  4. The Shield (2002) — Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
  5. Night of the Creeps (1986) — Extra (uncredited)
  6. Once Bitten (1985) — Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
  7. The Sure Thing (1985) — Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
  8. Highway to Heaven (1984) — Camper's Dad (uncredited)
  9. The Fall Guy (1981) — Bar Patron (uncredited)
  10. Unsolved Mysteries (1988) — Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
  11. The Perfect Weapon (1991) — Bag Man
  12. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) — Club Patron (uncredited)
  13. St. Elsewhere (1982) — Technician (uncredited)
  14. Moving Violations (1985) — Parade Extra (uncredited)
  15. Real Playing Game (2013) — Mr. Chan
  16. Savage Dawn (1985) — Extra (uncredited)
  17. 1st & Ten (1984) — Reporter (uncredited)
  18. Model Minority (2012) — Ken Tanaka
  19. Visas and Virtue (1997) — Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
  20. Under the Blood-Red Sun (2014) — Papa Nakaji
  21. Vital Signs (1997) — Surgeon
  22. Overkill (1987) — Nagumo Jr.
  23. Killzone (1985) — Crawford's Men
  24. Scandal Sheet (1985) — (uncredited)
  25. Strawberry Fields (1997) — Mark
  26. Barrier Device (2002) — Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
  27. Not My Kid (1985) — Student (uncredited)
  28. The Mechanical Universe (1985) — Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain")
  29. Kodama (2023) — Hiro
  30. Americanese (2006) — Raymond Ding
  31. Generation (1985) — Gang Extra (uncredited)
  32. Sara (1985) — Concert Goer (uncredited)
  33. Lani Loa: The Passage (1998) — Bong
  34. Day of Independence (2003) — The Umpire
  35. Go for Broke (2017) — Shigeo Yoshida
  36. Requiem (1995) — Philip
  37. Surviving Theater 9 (2018) — Professor Cambro
  38. Lil Tokyo Reporter (2012) — Sei Fujii
  39. No No Girl (2022) — Uncle Bob
  40. Half Kenneth (2009) — Masamichi

Directed

  1. Independent Lens (1999) — Director
  2. Visas and Virtue (1997) — Director
  3. Day of Independence (2003) — Director
  4. Investigation of Fear (1979) — Director
  5. Chisai Samurai (1986) — Director