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James Saito

James Saito

Actor · Born 1955-03-06 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Life of Pi (2012) — Older Insurance Investigator
  2. Grey's Anatomy (2005) — Herschel Katano
  3. Pearl Harbor (2001) — Japanese Aide #1
  4. The Devil's Advocate (1997) — Takaori Osumi
  5. Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) — Korean Proprietor
  6. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Judge Henry Suzuki
  7. Big Eyes (2014) — Judge
  8. Home Alone 3 (1997) — Chinese Mob Boss
  9. House of Cards (2013) — Dr. Krebs
  10. Long Shot (2019) — Minister Kishido
  11. Marvel's Iron Fist (2017) — Yü-Ti
  12. Altered Carbon (2018) — Tanaseda Hideki
  13. Sex and the City (1998) — Korean Man
  14. Person of Interest (2011) — Glen
  15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) — The Shredder / Oroko Saki
  16. Hawaii Five-0 (2010) — David Toriyama
  17. Elementary (2012) — Dr. Ken Fukata
  18. Love Hard (2021) — Bob Lin
  19. Always Be My Maybe (2019) — Harry
  20. The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) — Paul Cheng
  21. While We're Young (2015) — Dr. Nagato
  22. Star Trek: Voyager (1995) — Nogami
  23. New Amsterdam (2018) — Andrew Nomura
  24. The A-Team (1983) — Kwai Li
  25. The Terror (2018) — Wilson Yoshida
  26. Blue Bloods (2010) — Dennis Eng
  27. MacGyver (1985) — Ming
  28. 30 Rock (2006) — Chef
  29. M*A*S*H (1972) — Park
  30. Law & Order (1990) — Yoshi Yoshimura
  31. The Sea of Trees (2016) — Dr. Takahashi
  32. Miami Vice (1984) — Ma Sek
  33. The Incredible Hulk (1977)
  34. Airwolf (1984) — Tim Shimizu
  35. Gargoyles (1994) — Taro (voice)
  36. Prodigal Son (2019) — Dr. Stanley Higa
  37. The Deuce (2017) — Kim
  38. Modern Love (2019) — Kenji
  39. Wilson (2017) — Warren Kudo
  40. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) — Mr. Miyazaki