James Saito
Born: 1955-03-06 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Breathe as Man
2023
- The Company You Keep as Joseph Hill
2022
- Blockbuster as Simon
2021
- Love Hard as Bob Lin
2020
- Tigertail as Hank
- Algorithm: BLISS as Dr. Stein
- Dash & Lily as Arthur Mori
- Little America
- The Christmas Bow as Grandpa Joe
2019
- Prodigal Son as Dr. Stanley Higa
- Modern Love as Kenji
- Always Be My Maybe as Harry
- Long Shot as Minister Kishido
2018
- New Amsterdam as Andrew Nomura
- Altered Carbon as Tanaseda Hideki
- The Terror as Wilson Yoshida
- Paterno as Doctor
2017
- The Deuce as Kim
- Wilson as Warren Kudo
- Marvel's Iron Fist as Yü-Ti
2016
- The Sea of Trees as Dr. Takahashi
2015
- While We're Young as Dr. Nagato
2014
- Madam Secretary as Shimbakura
- Broad City as Trang
- Big Eyes as Judge
2013
- House of Cards as Dr. Krebs
- From the Rough as Won-Sik
2012
- Elementary as Dr. Ken Fukata
- Life of Pi as Older Insurance Investigator
2011
- Person of Interest as Glen
2010
- Blue Bloods as Dennis Eng
- Hawaii Five-0 as David Toriyama
2008
- Eli Stone as Frank Chen
2007
- Heroes and Villains
- I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Yuni
2006
- 30 Rock as Chef
- The Unit
- Brother's Shadow as Line Boss
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Herschel Katano
- Starved as Captain Wong
2003
- Robot Stories as Roy
- Love the Hard Way as Akiri
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mr. Miyazaki
- Pearl Harbor as Japanese Aide
- The Atlantis Conspiracy as Police Captain
1999
- Third Watch as Sgt. Yee
- The Thomas Crown Affair as Paul Cheng
- Strangers with Candy as Drug Tester
1998
- Sex and the City as Korean Man
- Henry Fool as Mr. Deng
1997
- Home Alone 3 as Chinese Mob Boss
- The Devil's Advocate as Takaori Osumi
1996
- The Tomorrow Man as Dr. Lorechi
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Nogami
- Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Korean Proprietor
- The Hunted as Nemura
1994
- Gargoyles as Taro (voice)
- New York Undercover as Detective Chang
1993
- Silent Cries as Japanese Soldier
1992
1990
- Law & Order as Yoshi Yoshimura
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
- Counterstrike as General Loctuck
1989
- True Blue
- Mortal Sins as Park Sung
1986
- Blood & Orchids as Halehone
1985
- MacGyver as Ming
- Covenant as Cabbie
- A Woman of Substance as Tony Chiu
1984
- Miami Vice as Ma Sek
- Airwolf as Tim Shimizu
- Charles in Charge as Chinese Food Delivery Man
- Crazy like a Fox as Chinese Henchman
- Hot Dog... The Movie as Kendo Yamamoto
1983
- The A-Team as Kwai Li
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Girls of the White Orchid as Officer #1
1982
- T. J. Hooker as Lab Technician
- Tales of the Gold Monkey
- The Renegades as Khan
1981
1980
1979
- Knots Landing as Reporter
- Hart to Hart
1977
1976
- Farewell to Manzanar as Richard Wakatsuki
1972
- M*A*S*H as Park
- The Waltons