Acting

James Saito

Born 1955-03-06 · 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.

Credits

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Breathe
as Man
2024
Breathe
as The Man
2024
The Company You Keep
as Joseph Hill
2023
Blockbuster
as Simon
2022
Love Hard
as Bob Lin
2021
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
2020
Modern Love
as Kenji
2019
Prodigal Son
as Dr. Stanley Higa
2019
Always Be My Maybe
as Harry
2019
Long Shot
as Minister Kishido
2019
New Amsterdam
as Andrew Nomura
2018
Paterno
as Doctor
2018
The Terror
as Wilson Yoshida
2018
Altered Carbon
as Tanaseda Hideki
2018
The Deuce
as Kim
2017
Wilson
as Warren Kudo
2017
Marvel's Iron Fist
as Yü-Ti
2017
The Sea of Trees
as Dr. Takahashi
2016
While We're Young
as Dr. Nagato
2015
Big Eyes
as Judge
2014
Madam Secretary
as Shimbakura
2014
Broad City
as Trang
2014
From the Rough
as Won-Sik
2013
House of Cards
as Dr. Krebs
2013
Life of Pi
as Older Insurance Investigator
2012
Elementary
as Dr. Ken Fukata
2012
Too Big to Fail
as Chinese Official
2011
Person of Interest
as Glen
2011
Blue Bloods
as Dennis Eng
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as David Toriyama
2010
Eli Stone
as Frank Chen
2008
Heroes and Villains
2007
I Think I Love My Wife
as Mr. Yuni
2007
30 Rock
as Chef
2006
Brother's Shadow
as Line Boss
2006
The Unit
as Chu
2006
Starved
as Captain Wong
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Herschel Katano
2005
Love the Hard Way
as Akiri
2003
Robot Stories
as Roy
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mr. Miyazaki
2001
Pearl Harbor
as Japanese Aide #1
2001
The Atlantis Conspiracy
as Police Captain
2001
Third Watch
as Sgt. Yee
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge Henry Suzuki
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Paul Cheng
1999
Strangers with Candy
as Drug Tester
1999
Henry Fool
as Mr. Deng
1998
Sex and the City
as Korean Man
1998
Home Alone 3
as Chinese Mob Boss
1997
The Devil's Advocate
as Takaori Osumi
1997
The Tomorrow Man
as Dr. Lorechi
1996
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Korean Proprietor
1995
The Hunted
as Nemura
1995
Star Trek: Voyager
as Nogami
1995
Gargoyles
as Taro (voice)
1994
New York Undercover
as Detective Chang
1994
Silent Cries
as Japanese Soldier
1993
To Be the Best
as Tony Chiu
1992
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
1990
True Blue
1989
Mortal Sins
as Park Sung
1989
War and Remembrance
as Operations Officer (Yamato)
1988
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1988
Blood & Orchids
as Halehone
1986
MacGyver
as Ming
1985
Covenant
as Cabbie
1985
A Woman of Substance
as Tony Chiu
1985
Crazy like a Fox
as Chinese Henchman
1984
Charles in Charge
as Chinese Food Delivery Man
1984
Miami Vice
as Ma Sek
1984
Miami Vice
as Howie Wong
1984
Airwolf
as Tim Shimizu
1984